Tag: Technology
Tenacious co-leads Goterra’s $6m Series A to launch Australia’s first agrifoodtech...
Seeing as it’s one of the world’s foremost agricultural producers and a highly advanced tech-based economy, it may come as something of a surprise...
Vertical farming in LatAm: AgroUrbana closes $1m seed funding
Access to vertical farming technologies is deepening and widening across the world, bringing down the costs and hassle of locally producing anything from Singapore...
The next phase of Black Soldier Fly farming
Last summer at a research lab on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, I nervously rolled up my sleeve and tucked my hand deep into...
TerMir wins Alexandria’s inaugural AgTech Innovation Prize
Our mission at Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE) is to create and cultivate collaborative, innovation clusters that enable breakthroughs to advance human...
Proximity to customers, funders, ag leaders make Iowa a perfect home,...
“If you build it; the funding will come.” It might not be the exact quote that drove Kevin Costner to build a baseball diamond...
Farmer survey encourages Syngenta to commit $2bn to sustainable ag by...
Major seed and ag chemicals provider Syngenta is adding another initiative to the ongoing list of corporate sustainability commitments sweeping big food and big...
AgFunder releases ASEAN Agrifoodtech Investment Report 2020
AgFunder has just the ASEAN Agrifoodtech Investment Report 2020, its first-ever analysis of agtech and foodtech startup funding in Southeast Asia. The report can be...
Should regenerative agriculture embrace gene editing? This startup says it must
Regenerative agriculture is a growing movement. It’s popping up in new places including campaign platforms, proposed federal legislation, and new grant opportunities. Despite its...
Enterprise Singapore commits $40m to ag and aquaculture startups
Enterprise Singapore, the city-state’s startup agency, is earmarking S$55 million ($39.5 million) to help accelerate “promising” agriculture and aquaculture companies. Koh Poh Koon, the country’s...
BREAKING: Gates Foundation leads crop protection startup Enko’s $45 million Series...
There’s a long list of problems with chemical agriculture treatments: they’re destructive to soils and waterways; they can be hazardous to human and other...
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Boost Biomes nabs $5m Series A to tap into...
The biologics space is growing at a rapid space. Players are taking a variety of approaches to unlock the potential behind the microscopic organisms...
Moo-re funds! Connecterra brings impact fund into largest-ever Series B for...
Editor’s Note: Connecterra is an AgFunder portfolio company. AgFunder invested in Connecterra’s $4.9 million Series A in 2018, with AgFunder’s Michael Dean penning a...
Soil Carbon Co raises $6.9m in round led by Li Ka-shing’s...
Australian startup Soil Carbon Co has raised A$10 million ($6.94 million) in seed funding in a round led by Horizons Ventures, the VC firm...
India’s rural reforms a “big push” for farmers, agritech: Agriculture secretary
A set of new laws aimed at reforming India’s agricultural sector will be a boon to smallholder farmers and agritech startups alike, the country’s...
Scoular launches app to take the paper out of the grain...
Agriculture is often characterized as a heavily consolidated industry where a few major players dominate nearly every aspect of the supply chain. Every once...
