Syngenta Crop Protection and AI-Partner Enko Achieve Milestone Toward Sustainable Weed Control
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Swiss agtech giant Syngenta Crop Protection alongside partner Enko, an AI-informed crop health company, has reached a key milestone toward sustainable weed control solutions. Through a multi-year weed-control collaboration, Syngenta and Enko have advanced new molecules, building on the success of
Read moreMondelēz International’s VC Arm Joins in Fundraising Round for Israeli Cocoa Tech Startup
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media After overhauling its venture capital arm earlier this year, Mondelēz International is making moves. The company's venture capital arm, Mondelēz's SnackFutures Ventures, has reportedly joined in the latest fundraising round for cocoa-tech startup Celleste Bio. Based in Misgav, Israel, Celleste B
Read moreFour Growers Secures $9M in Series A Round for AI-Powered Crop Harvesting Robots
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Four Growers, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based AI-robotics startup, has secured $9 million in its latest fundraising round. The company, which is Series A, will direct the proceeds toward scaling its flagship GR-100 robot and an expansion push into North America and internationally, including Euro
Read moreScottish Biotech Biotangents Secures £2.3M, Looks to Revolutionize Dairy Farming
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Biotangents, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based biotech startup, has raised £2.3 million (US$2.9 million) in a Series A round. The proceeds will be directed toward bolstering the scale of its on-farm diagnostic device designed to identify disease in dairy cows. Led by St Andrews-based Eos Advisory and
Read moreQ&A: Canada’s Cascadia Seaweed Raises C$4M in Series A for West Coast Expansion and Innovation
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Cascadia Seaweed, a British Columbia-based processor of seaweed-derived ag products, has raised C$4 million (US$2.8 million), marking the first close of a Series A funding round. Representing both new and returning investors, the roster of backers included WWF Impact, Vere Ventures, Potato Impact
Read moreEuropean Agri-Tech Company Elicit Plant Secures $48M in Series B to Bankroll US Expansion
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media France-based agri-biotech company Elicit Plant has secured a stunning $48 million in a Series B fundraising round, inching closer to greater U.S. market penetration. The company, which also has operations in Brazil, has developed biosolutions for broad acre crops, helping farmers to protect their
Read moreThe ‘Tesla of Ag’ Vertical Farming Startup Secures $150M in Extended Series B Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Oishii, a U.S.-based indoor farming technology startup that specializes in high-end strawberries, has reportedly secured $150 million in a Series B fundraising round. Led by climate fund Resilience Reserve, the round also extended to Miyako Capital as well as NTT, Bloom8, McWin Capital Partners, M
Read moreM&A: FarmQA Acquires Farm Dog From Canadian Soil Play to Drive Agtech Adoption
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With a new CEO pursuing growth, Fargo, North Dakota-based FarmQA has made a strategic acquisition. FarmQA, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription company for agronomists, has acquired 100 percent of Farm Dog (aka FD Agro Technologies), a competing ag data platform, from North American soil-te
Read moreUS Impact Investor Acumen Catalyzes $1.5B in Climate Finance for Smallholder Farmers
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media U.S. non-profit impact investor Acumen has earmarked $300 million for climate finance over the next half decade to support ag founders, entrepreneurs and social enterprises throughout Africa, India, Latin America and Pakistan. This commitment distinguishes the organization as one of the biggest ag
Read moreGerman Agtech Startup Klim Secures $22M in Series A Round to Advance Regenerative Farming
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Berlin-based agri-tech startup Klim has secured $22 million in what the company has declared Germany's biggest Series A financing for startups in this sector. Klim, a platform to help farmers transition to regenerative ag practices at scale, plans to direct the proceeds toward expanding beyond Ger
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