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Aqua Capital closes $450m fund: The Week in AgriFoodTech
Apr 4, 2024 · The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aqua Capital closes $450m fund, Onego Bio ‘poaches’ $40m, BurnBot raises $20m. Agrifood private equity firm Aqua Capital this week announced the close of its $450 million Fund III, which will invest in sustainable agrifood solutions. Other noteworthy raises this week (and there are a bunch) include egg protein ...
FoodTech Archives - AgFunderNews
Oct 7, 2024 · VCs need to think longer term and more realistically for future agtech investments, said panelists at World Agri-Tech London. Foodtech investing: ‘You can’t escape the fundamentals. You have to produce something that adds significant value’. October 7, 2024. Eventually, says Andrew Ive at Big Idea Ventures, “It all shakes out and the ...
Ecorobotix lands $52m to bring crop protection bots to the Americas
May 10, 2023 · Brief: Switzerland’s Ecorobotix raises $52m to bring crop protection ‘bots to the Americas. May 10, 2023. Jennifer Marston. Ag robotics startup Ecorobotix has raised $52 million in Series B funding for its automated precision spraying robots for row crops and pastures. Aqton PE and Cibus Capital co-led the round with participation from ...
AFN (Asia) - FoodTech, AgTech, Startups, Venture Capital
AFN (Asia) - FoodTech, AgTech, Startups, Venture Capital. Guest article: Farmers aren’t buying today’s ag robotics model. You shouldn’t either. October 11, 2024. Tim Bucher. Farm automation faces a trust and manufacturing barrier that investment money alone cannot overcome.
Propagate Ventures raises $1.5m seed round to help farmers …
May 29, 2020 · Founded around 2017, the New York-based investment outfit recently closed a $1.5 million seed round led by Boston-based Neglected Climate Opportunities a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham Environmental Trust. Propagate Ventures is Techstars-backed and a portfolio company of Elemental Excelerator.
EXCLUSIVE: Boost Biomes nabs $5m Series A to tap into ecology of ...
Jun 25, 2020 · The San Francisco-based startup has just completed a $5 million Series A funding led by global crop nutrition company Yara International with participation from existing investors Viking Global and Y Combinator. The funding will go towards helping the startup continue commercializing its flagship biofungicide while also developing a broader ...
Ag insights platform Gro Intelligence is closing down
May 31, 2024 · Ag insights platform Gro Intelligence is calling it quits after failing to secure enough capital to stay afloat following a turbulent few months, AgFunderNews understands. The firm, which secured some eleventh hour funding in March as it laid off 60% of its staff, informed remaining staff this week that it would be closing down, with a skeleton crew kept on to wind …
Bio-agriculture can help feed the world and reduce chemical use
Aug 24, 2023 · Why we need bio-agriculture to help feed the world while reducing chemical usage. Sustainably feeding a global population of nearly 8 billion is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest challenges of the age. Bio-agriculture, a set of practices built on ecological balance and diversity, is increasingly seen as an important solution to this ...
Inside ADM's mission to shift millions more acres to regen ag
Mar 27, 2024 · The real acceleration started in 2022, when ADM took its regen ag from pilot- to large-scale programs across the US. The program had more than 2 million acres signed up for regen ag in 2023 and is aiming for north of 4 million by 2025. “Since we exceeded our goal last year by a significant amount, we’ve adjusted what our goals here are for ...