Indian agriculture tech startup AgroStar announced today that it has raised a $27 million Series C for its platform, which helps farmers increase crop production, manage orders and buy supplies online. The round was led by Bertelsmann India Investments, with participation from returning investors Accel, Chiratae Ventures and Aavishkaar Bharat Fund. AgroStar bills its app […]
View More AgroStar gets $27M Series C to give more Indian farmers increase crop production with data analyticsCategory: Agriculture
VCs have growing appetite for “AgriFood”
Venture investors are pouring billions of dollars into feeding their hunger for food and agriculture startups. Whether that trend line is due to enthusiasm for the sector or just broader heavy investing in the VC space is much less clear. According to a recent report published by AgFunder – a VC and investing marketplace focused […]
View More VCs have growing appetite for “AgriFood”Tech investors see bugs as a big business as Ÿnsect raises $125 million
A company using advanced technologies to grow and harvest mealworms (larval beetles) at scale is on track to become one of the venture capital industry’s oddest billion dollar investments. Ÿnsect, (pronounced ‘insect”) is a Paris-based producer of insect protein that has just closed on $125 million as the company looks to expand into North America […]
View More Tech investors see bugs as a big business as Ÿnsect raises $125 millionWith cybersecurity threats looming, the government shutdown is putting America at risk
Putting political divisions and affiliations aside, the government partially shutting down for the third time over the last year is extremely worrisome, particularly when considering its impact on the nation’s cybersecurity priorities. Unlike the government, our nation’s enemies don’t ‘shut down.’ When our nation’s cyber centers are not actively monitoring and protecting our most valuable assets and critical infrastructure, threats magnify and vulnerabilities become further exposed.
View More With cybersecurity threats looming, the government shutdown is putting America at riskSeeTree raises $11.5M to help farmers manage their orchards
SeeTree, a Tel Aviv-based startup that uses drones and artificial intelligence to bring precision agriculture to their groves, today announced that it has raised an $11.5 million Series A funding round led by Hanaco Ventures, with participation from previous investors Canaan Partners Israel, Uri Levine and his investors group, iAngel and Mindset. This brings the […]
View More SeeTree raises $11.5M to help farmers manage their orchards60% of the planet’s wild coffee species face extinction. What that means for your morning caffeine kick.
A triple whammy of disease, climate change, and deforestation has threatened around 60 percent of the planet’s wild coffee species. While this hasn’t yet imperiled the world’s coffee supply, it jeopardizes your favorite coffee’s resiliency in the fac…
View More 60% of the planet’s wild coffee species face extinction. What that means for your morning caffeine kick.Precision farming startup Taranis gets $20M Series B for its crop monitoring tech
Taranis, an ag-tech startup that uses aerial scouting and deep learning to identify potential crop issues, announced today that it has raised a $20 million Series B led by Viola Ventures. Existing investors Nutrien (one of the world’s largest fertilizer producers), Wilbur-Ellis venture capital arm Cavallo Ventures, and Sumitomo Corporation Europe also participated. Tel Aviv-based […]
View More Precision farming startup Taranis gets $20M Series B for its crop monitoring techThe online seed-swapping communities bringing the internet back to nature
Kelly Lay has been gardening since she was three-years-old.
Now a nursery specialist at a Lowes in central Illinois, Lay has turned her natural gift for gardening into a profession. And in her spare time Lay moderates r/seedswap, a small Reddit…
Iron Ox opens its first fully autonomous farm
For the last two and a half years, Iron Ox has been working on perfecting its agricultural robots to tend its indoor farms. After first testing its systems on a small scale, the company is opening its first fully autonomous production farm, with plans to start selling its produce soon. The farm is currently growing […]
View More Iron Ox opens its first fully autonomous farmEnveritas’ technology lets small growers tap into the market for sustainable coffee
Demand for sustainable coffee is growing, a boon for socially conscious coffee lovers — but many small growers are missing out because they lack the ability to verify that their coffee beans are grown using fair labor and eco-friendly practices. In fact, verification is often accessible only to large coffee estates or cooperatives. Enveritas wants […]
View More Enveritas’ technology lets small growers tap into the market for sustainable coffeeYour vegetables are going to be picked by robots sooner than you think
In the very near future, robots are going to be picking the vegetables that appear on grocery store shelves across America. The automation revolution that’s arrived on the factory floor will make its way to the ag industry in the U.S. and its first stop will likely be the indoor farms that are now dotting […]
View More Your vegetables are going to be picked by robots sooner than you thinkCeres Imaging gets $25M to intelligently scan crops from above
Agtech startup Ceres Imagine which uses computer vision and spectral imaging tech to deliver insights about crops to farmers has closed a new round of funding. The Oakland-based company has pulled in a $25 million round led by Insight Venture Partners with participation from Romulus Capital. They have raised around $35 million to date. Since […]
View More Ceres Imaging gets $25M to intelligently scan crops from above