Fractal Ag Chief Discusses Farmer Equity Capital Platform Amid $15M Investment Tally
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Since launching its farmland capital technology platform to farmers and investors in 2023, Minnesota-based Fractal Agriculture's fundraising tally has surpassed an impressive $15 million. Fractal as a business raises money for two distinct purposes. As a VC-backed company, Fractal raises capital t
Read moreAustralian Agtech Cropify Raises A$2M in Seed Round for Grain Grading System
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media South Australian agtech Cropify, which is behind AI- and machine learning-powered technology to grade grains in the supply chain, has attracted A$2 million (US$1.3 million) to its coffers in a seed round, according to reports. Led by Australian and Singaporean VCs Mandalay Venture Partners and Hat
Read moreSingapore Agtech DiMuto Raises Nearly $6M for Blockchain-Based Food Supply Chain Solutions
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The blockchain has disrupted many sectors of the economy, and now it has made its way to the agriculture industry. Singapore-based DiMuto, an agri-food trade solutions company specializing in cutting-edge technologies, has raised $5.9 million in a Series A funding round. Led by The Yield Lab Asia
Read moreEarthOptics and Pattern Ag Merge for Soil Digitization Powerhouse
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media M&A is afoot in the ag industry, and soil will never be the same. EarthOptics, which is building the "soil cloud," and Pattern Ag have announced a merger of equals to form a digitization powerhouse that will take soil health to the next level for farmers. The combined company, which will opera
Read moreQueensland’s Inform Ag Attracts A$7M from Rural Funds for Tech Solution
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Sunshine Coast, Queensland-based Inform Ag, which is in the business of future-proofing farming, has raised A$7 million (US$4.7 million) in a funding round spearheaded by Rural Funds Group, an ASX-listed agriculture REIT and strategic corporate investor. Inform Ag, whose products help farmers and
Read moreNew TerraClear Chief Shares Vision for Robotics-Powered Rock Picking on US Farms
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media After seven years at data and technology platform Farmers Business Network (FBN), Devin Lammers has taken the helm of TerraClear, a Bellevue, Washington-based robotics company specializing in automated rock removal on U.S. farms. Lammers, who was named CEO a few weeks ago, joins to lead TerraClear
Read moreGermany’s Root Global Secures €8M in Seed Round for Food Supply Chain Climate Solutions
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Root Global, a Berlin-based software platform helping companies across the food system get to net zero, has raised €8 million (US$7.1 million) in a seed round. Led by seed-stage VC Point Nine, the fundraising also extended to Project A, HelloWorld and Zurich-based Arc Investors as well as a numb
Read moreCarbon Credit Trading Startup Creattura Clinches Japanese VC Backing in Series A Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Tokyo-based Creattura, a carbon credit trading platform, has secured JPY 350 million (US$2.4 million) in a Series A first-close financing from Japanese venture capital powerhouses DBJ Capital and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital. Creattura plans to direct the capital injection toward an expansion
Read morePHT Investment Group Launches $200M PE Fund for Food Supply Chain Innovation
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media PHT Investment Group, a Greenwich, Conn.-based investment firm owned by JL White Investments, has introduced a new fund to support its targeted mission of transforming the post-harvest infrastructure sector. PHT Growth Fund LP, the firm's PE platform, was formed to make strategic acquisitions and
Read moreTerrantic Co-Founder Offers a Peek Behind the Agtech Fundraising Curtain
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Now that Seattle-based agtech Terrantic's $3.5 million oversubscribed seed round is behind it, the startup is ready to take more ground. Despite an uncertain economic backdrop in which investors are demonstrating caution, Terrantic, in its latest fundraising, was able to secure not only backers bu
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