AI-Powered Carbon Robotics Secures $70 Million in High-Profile Series D Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Making a statement in the robotics and AI revolution, Seattle, Washington-based Carbon Robotics has attracted a whopping $70 million in a Series D investment round. The fast-growing company will direct the proceeds toward growing its capital-intensive LaserWeeder business, developing software and
Read moreHatch Blue Raises €93M to Advance Sustainable Aquaculture Technology
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In its second close and surpassing its target size achieved in March, the Blue Revolution Fund (BRF), a collaboration between Ireland-based VC firm Hatch Blue and non-profit The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has attracted €93 million (US$100.2 million) in commitments to back sustainable aquaculture
Read moreSyngenta and Taranis Partner to Deliver AI Prowess to Growers and Ag Retailers
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The AI revolution has officially made its way into the ag space. Syngenta Crop Protection, a North Carolina-based business unit of the global Syngenta Group, has entered into a partnership with Taranis, a vertical AI-powered crop-intelligence platform with locations in the U.S., Brazil and Israel.
Read moreAgtech Pair Aims to Take Regenerative Ag to Next Level in Cross-Border Tie Up
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Regenerative agriculture is growing like wildfire among green circles, spreading across borders. Middlefield, Ohio-based Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA), which helps growers to make data-based decisions, has reached a global partnership with Turkish precision-ag tech company Topraq to expand acces
Read moreBiotalys Secures €15M in Private Placement to Advance Biocontrol Crop-Protection Solution
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Ghent, Belgium-based Biotalys has secured subscription commitments totaling €15 million (US$16.3 million) via a private placement of new equity shares involving both new and returning investors. Biotalys, an agtech company developing protein-based biocontrol solutions for sustainable crop protec
Read moreIowa’s AcreShield Raises $2.5M to Help Farmers Close Yield Gap, Expands Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media AcreShield, a Des Moines, Iowa-based company behind the YieldOptimizer technology, has raised over $2.5 million in a Series A fundraising round. The company's Yield Optimizer is a hybrid artificial intelligence (AI) solution designed to solve a yield-gap problem, helping to deliver smarter seed se
Read moreSwiss Agtech xFarm Technologies Raises €36M to Digitize the Agribusiness Sector
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In what's shaping up to be a massive year of growth, xFarm Technologies, a Manno, Switzerland-based technology company focused on digitizing the agribusiness sector, has raised an impressive €36 million (US$39.4 million) in a Series C funding round. Led by technology investment firm Partech thro
Read moreCanadian Indoor Farming Startup Vision Greens Raises C$8M in Equity and Debt Capital
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In its second capital raising event, Vision Greens, a Welland, Ontario-based tech-advanced indoor-farming company, has attracted C$18 million (US$13.11 million) in debt and equity to its coffers. The fundraising, the second of its kind for the company, includes C$10 million (US$7.2 million) in equ
Read moreMicropep Secures a Combined $40M in Series B Round for ‘Needle in Haystack’ Tech
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Venture capitalists have been flocking to the crop protection space of late, and apparently there's plenty to go around. North Carolina-based Micropep Technologies has clinched a $40 million Series B round, propped up by its latest pair of backers. Micropep's latest commitments, worth a combined $
Read moreTotal Acre Integrates Precision Planting API to Improve Crop Data Delivery
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With U.S. farmers busy harvesting their fields while also setting the wheels in motion for next season, Total Acre, a Kentucky-based program that fosters growth among a community of U.S. farmers, is doing its part to make things better for them. Through a partnership with agtech innovator Precisio
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