Agtech

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 protection, will direct the proceeds toward building its proprietary Agrobody technology platform […]

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 selection with protection to row crop […]

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 through its Impact Growth Fund, […]

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 equity capital and C$8 million (US$5.8 […]

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 $11 million, came from […]

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 Precision Planting, […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Australian agtech and food-tech venture capital firm Mandalay Venture Partners is extending its winning streak with artificial intelligence (AI) across the food value chain. Representing its maiden downstream investment in the agri-food tech sector, Mandalay Venture Partners is backing Restoke.ai, an AI-powered management platform whose software solution helps restaurants […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media U.K.-based ag-biotech startup Solasta Bio, which helps growers protect crops with nature and peptide-based insecticides, has secured $14 million in an oversubscribed Series A fundraising round. Led by Forbion through its BioEconomy fund strategy, the round also included an investment from sustainable ag-focused FMC Ventures, the corporate VC arm […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a bullish sign for dealflow in the ag industry, Indianapolis-based seed company Corteva has partnered with Pairwise, a Durham, N.C.-domiciled gene-editing play, to accelerate the delivery of advanced gene editing solutions to farmers from Nepal to Nebraska. The deal involves a $25 million strategic investment made by Corteva […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Mandalay Venture Partners, which backs agri-food tech companies, is making an expansion push in Australia. The firm has announced dual investments into Queensland’s Nbryo and Haelen Technology/Wholey Milk Company, each specializing in livestock genetics and milk processing, respectively. The deals, the value of which Mandalay is keeping close to […]