Agerris, an Australian AI-driven robotics startup, announced it has raised A$6.5 million (US$4.6 million) in Seed funding through a round led by BridgeLane Group, and including Uniseed and Carthona Capital The round represents one of the largest agtech Seed rounds in Australian history, and will be used by the company to commercialize its robotics platforms, […]
India’s Intello Labs has raised $2 million in Seed funding from Nexus Venture Partners and Omnivore. Founded in 2016 by Milan Sharma, Nishant Mishra, Himani Shah, and Devendra Chandani, Intello Labs brings together artificial intelligence, vision technology, and deep learning to build a platform that can assess and monitor the quality of agricultural crops. Delivered […]
Augean Robotics has raised $1.5 million through a Seed round led by ffVC, and including S2G Ventures, Radicle Growth, and other unnamed participants. As part of the investment, Adam Plotkin from ffVC, and Kirk Haney from Radicle Growth with join Augean’s board. Founded in Philadelphia in 2017 by Charlie Anderson, Augean is addressing the labor […]
Aqua-Spark, a Dutch, global investment fund that backs companies along the aquaculture value chain for a healthier, more sustainable, and accessible aquaculture industry, has made an investment in Molofeed, a Norwegian developer of larval feed for finfish and shrimp based on proprietary, micro-encapsulation technology. Founded in 2015 by aquaculture pioneers, Molofeed’s business model is based […]
Benson Hill Biosystems announced it has acquired Iowa-based Schillinger Genetics, also known as eMerge Genetics, for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in St. Louis, Benson Hill is the developer of a revolutionary platform that combines machine learning and big data with genome editing and plant biology to develop healthier and more sustainable crops and ingredients for […]
The Trendlines Group announced that its portfolio company BioFishency has raised $2.4 million through a round in which the primary investors are a private investor from China, Dutch global investment fund Aqua-Spark, and the Trendlines Group. Founded in Israel in 2013 by aquaculture project managers and consultants, BioFishency is an aquaculture solutions startup working to […]
Gurugram, India-based online agribusiness platform DeHaat has raised Rs29cr (US$4 million) through a pre-Series A round led by Omnivore Partners and AgFunder. Additional angel investors and family offices also participated in the funding. Founded in 2012 by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi alumnus Shashank Kumar and IIT Kharagpur alumnus Manish Kumar, and owned by […]
New York-based indoor farming startup Square Roots has inked an exclusive partnership with food service provider and distributor Gordon Foods that will bring its scalable urban farming model to new markets. Founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 2016 by Kimbal Musk – younger brother of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk – and his business partner […]
Aibono Smart Farming, an AI-driven fresh produce aggregator platform, has raised $2.5 million in early stage funding led by impact investor Menterra Venture Advisors, and including The Artha Initiatives of Swiss impact investor Rianta Capital, Milliways Ventures from Silicon Valley, Rebright Partners from Singapore, and venture capital financier 3one4 Capital. Founded in 2014 by IIT […]
Bertelsmann India Investments, the India-focused investment arm of German media giant Bertelsmann, has led a $27 million Series C for AgroStar, a Pune-based agtech solutions platform. Existing investors who also participated in the round include Accel, Chirate Ventures, and Aavishkaar Bharat Fund. This round follows a $10 million Series B raised by the company in […]
