Agtech Startup Agrobiomics Secures €4M in Capital Raise for Climate Resilient Crops
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Agrobiomics, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based agtech startup, has raised €4 million (U$4.3 million) from NOON Ventures, a local deep-tech venture fund, in its latest funding round. The agtech company, which according to Crunchbase has raised a total of €6 million (U$6.5 million) since inception, pl
Read moreVCs Flock to Agtech Startup Farmblox in $2.5M Oversubscribed Seed Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Agtech startups have proven to be the rainmakers in the current dealmaking environment, including Boston-based Farmblox. The company is behind a farm automation system and just raised $2.5 million in a seed round to bring AI and automation to North American farms. Farmblox connects equipment and i
Read moreGrowUp Secures £38 Million From Generate Capital for Vertically Farmed Leafy Green Production
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media GrowUp, a London-based vertical farm startup, has secured a £38 million (US$49.1 million) investment from Generate Capital, a San Francisco-headquartered sustainable infrastructure platform, to produce locally grown, pesticide-free greens. GrowUp will direct the proceeds, which represent Generate
Read morePlenty and Alpha Dhabi Subsidiary Partner for Vertical Strawberry Farms in GCC
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media San Francisco-based farming startup Plenty Unlimited has formed a joint venture with Mawarid Holding Investment, an Alpha Dhabi Holding subsidiary, in the UAE for fresh strawberry production using its vertical farming technology. The companies have committed to investing a total of $680 million ov
Read moreDevelopment Bank of Japan Backs Seviora Capital’s Inaugural Agri-Food Tech Fund
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has announced an investment into the Seviora Future of Food and Farming (T3F) Feeder Fund LP, the first of its kind for Asia-based investment manager Seviora Capital, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. The strategy, which was originally lau
Read moreAgtech Startup Permia Sensing Secures £150K in Latest Seed Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media One agtech startup has just moved closer to its vision of improving the lives of coconut growers around the world. Permia Sensing, a London-based company whose agriculture and monitoring solutions detect Red Palm Weevil (RPW) larvae growing in coconut palm trees, has raised £150,000 (US$195,041)
Read moreVC Firm Cultivation Capital Introduces $20 Million Agtech Fund Amid Dealflow Optimism
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Cultivation Capital, a St. Louis-based venture capital firm, is feeling optimistic about market conditions for agtech deals. According to a U.S. SEC filing, the firm has introduced the Cultivation Capital AgTech Fund IV for a total offering amount of $20 million, with a minimum allocation from out
Read moreeAgronom Attracts €10 Million to Its Coffers Amid Sustainable Farming Push
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Estonia-based eAgronom, an agtech company specializing in climate technology, has attracted EUR 10 million to its coffers in a Series A2 equity round led by Swedbank AB. Of the total investment, eAgronom netted EUR 4.2 million from a booster round that took place last year, which has since been co
Read moreHutanBio Expands Seed Round to £3M With Backing from UKI2S
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Indicative of decarbonization’s role in tackling climate change, HutanBio announced it has expanded its Seed funding to £3 million (US$3.84 million) with additional funding committed by UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S).This development follows the company’s announcement in Fe
Read moreUNCAGED Innovations Gains $5.6M Seed Funding for Alternative Leather From Grains
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UNCAGED Innovations (UNCAGED), the world’s first leather alternative company making sustainable leather from grains at scale, has closed on an oversubscribed $5.6 million Seed round co-led by Green Circle Foodtech Ventures and Fall Line Capital. Ponderosa Ventures, Golden Seeds, and e
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