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| 19.05.2026 | Oishii Leads Vertical Farm Revolution with Major Funding | Oishii, the vertical strawberry farm innovator, secured $150 million in Series C funding. This capital fuels aggressive expansion. It advances robotics and automation across its Smart Farm model. Oishii blends Japanese farming with modern e... |
| 15.05.2026 | On the heels of fresh funding, Oishii has ‘crossed the chasm’ of unit economics in vertical farming | Vertical farming company Oishii this week announced the first close of a $150 million Series C round, which founder and CEO Hiroki Koga says was made possible by the firm’s continued focus on proving unit economics instead of chasing revenu... |
| 13.05.2026 | Oishii Raises $150M in Series C First Close | Oishii, the Jersey City, NJ-based company behind the indoor vertical strawberry farm, raised $150M in first close of its Series C funding. The round was led by SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd., with participation from Nomura Real Estate Dev... |
| 13.05.2026 | Oishii Announces First Closing Of $150 Million Series C As It Scales Its Indoor Smart Farm Model | Oishii has closed the first $150 million tranche of its Series C financing, marking a major new phase of scale for the company behind the world’s largest indoor vertical strawberry farm. The round was led by SPARX Asset Management with part... |
| 01.10.2025 | NanoQT: First Closing Of $14 Million Series A Raised To Transform Quantum Computing | Nanofiber Quantum Technologies (NanoQT) is a company at the forefront of quantum computing, focusing on the innovative development of ultra-low-loss nanofiber cavity-QED (quantum electrodynamics) interconnects specifically designed for quan... |
| 25.09.2025 | Nanofiber Quantum Technologies Holds First Closing of $14M Series A Financing | Nanofiber Quantum Technologies, Inc. (NanoQT), a Palo Alto, CA-based quantum computing company advancing ultra-low-loss nanofiber cavity-QED interconnects for quantum processors, held the first closing of a $14m Series A financing. The roun... |
| 04.08.2025 | New York Renews 10-Year Funding for RIT’s AMPrint Center | Private university Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) AMPrint Center has received a 10-year contract renewal from New York state to continue research and development in additive manufacturing. The funding—structured in two five-year ... |
| 24.04.2024 | Blue Skies Space raises £2M to open up access to satellite data | London-headquartered Blue Skies Space has secured over £2M in funding that will accelerate the delivery of its fleet of satellites. The funding will enable it to launch its first stargazing satellite in 2025. Space data company Blue Skies S... |
| 13.10.2022 | Vestas wins 50 MW order in Japan | SINGAPORE, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vestas has secured a 50 MW order with Toda Corporation for the SGET Iwaizumi Wind Farm in Iwate prefecture, Japan. Owned by SPARX Green Energy & Technology, the wind project will be constructed b... |
| 31.03.2021 | Oishii sees itself as ‘the Tesla of vertical farming.’ Here’s how it’s cracking CEA strawberries | Indoor farming is best known for leafy greens and micro-herbs. But New York’s Oishii is hoping to blaze a new trail and sweeten up the segment. “A lot of people call strawberries the holy grail of vertical farming,” Oishii founder Hiroki Ko... |
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