By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Queensland-based SwarmFarm Robotics has secured A$12 million (US$8.3 million) in Series A funding to accelerate its SwarmBot platform and its breakthrough operating system network SwarmConnect. This round was led by Emmertech, an agtech fund from Canada-based Conexus Venture Capital, and included new investors Tribe Global Ventures and Access Capital, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Israeli startup Meala FoodTech announced it has secured $1.9 million in Pre-Seed investments led by The Kitchen FoodTech Hub, a part of the Strauss-Group, and DSM Venturing, the corporate venture arm of the Royal DSM. The round also saw participation from Milk & Honey Ventures. This investment marks the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global agricultural company S&W Seed Co. and Equilon Enterprises (Shell) announced their agreement to establish a joint venture for the development of novel plant genetics for oilseed cover crops to be used as feedstocks for biofuel production. Under the name Vision Bioenergy Oilseeds LLC, the joint venture, which will […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media I’m sure at one point or another, nearly every farmer has wished they could clone themselves to accomplish all that needed doing. Now, with Agtonomy’s newest solution – TeleFarmer™ – specialty crop farmers are one step closer to that reality. Based in San Francisco and Sonoma County, Agtonomy enables […]
Photo credit: Rebellyous Foods By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in Seattle in 2017 by former aerospace engineer Christie Lagally, Rebellyous Foods has developed patented technology that achieves at-cost parity between plant-based and animal-based chicken. In support of this barrier-breaking work, the startup announced it has successfully raised $9.5 million in equity funding from […]
Photo credit: New School FoodsBy Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Plant-based seafood producer New School Foods has emerged from stealth to publicly present its proprietary, scalable technologies for plant-based meat production, able to produce whole-cut fish alternatives that are on-par with animal-based counterparts. Concurrently, the startup announced it has closed on $12 million in Seed […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Enko designs safe and sustainable solutions for the largest threats facing farmers today by applying the latest drug discovery and devleopment approaches from the pharma sector to agriculture. Since its launch in 2017, Enko has generated hundreds of leading molecules across all categories of crop protection through its ENKOMPASS™ […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Existing and new investors have come together to commit $27.6 million in strategic capital to EarthOptics, a leading soil-measurement and insight innovator. Led by Conti Ventures, the round also saw participation from some of the world’s most well-known agtech investors including Rabo Food & Ag Innovation Fund (RFAIF), CNH […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Climate tech startup Rumin8 is the first Australian startup to receive an investment from Bill Gates. The company announced it has closed on Phase 2 of its Seed fundraising oversubscribed, raising another US$12 million from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and Harvest Road Group, the agrifood business of […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Living Carbon, a mission-led company working to balance the planet’s carbon cycle using the power of plants – more specifically, photosynthesis-enhanced trees – has closed on a $21 million Series A led by Temasek. Lowercarbon Capital, Toyota Ventures ,Felicis Ventures, and other unmanned strategic angel investors also participated in […]
