Chinese ag-focused startup Wangjiahuan has raised an impressive $58 million Series A to support efforts to build a blockchain platform to ensure food quality. Leading the round was Singapore-based logistics solutions provider, Global Logistic Properties (GLP) which made the investment through the US$1.46 billion Hidden Hill Modern Logistics Private Equity Fund launched this past May, […]
HerdDogg, a developer of remote, precision livestock sensor and monitoring technology, announced it has raised $2.3 million in seed funding led by Serra Venture. Others participating in the round include Innova Ventures, iSelect and other unnamed Midwestern venture firms. Under the terms of the funding, Rob Schultz, managing partner with Serra Ventures, will be joining […]
Apeel Sciences announced $70 million in new funding led by Viking Global Investors and including Andreessen Horowitz, Upfront Ventures, and S2G Ventures, among other unnamed participants. Additionally, under the parameters of the financing, Walter Robb, former co-CEO of Whole Foods, will join Apeel Sciences’ Board of Directors. Founded in Santa Barbara, California, in 2012 by […]
Cool Planet, an agtech company and engineered biocarbon product developer, announced a successful close on an additional $20 million in funding as an extension of the company’s previous Series A round led by its two top investors, Agustín Coppel and North Bridge Venture Partners. Founded in 2009 in Colorado, and led by president and CEO […]
Aerobotics, a South African aerial data and analytics startup, has raised a $2 million Series A that included commitments from AgFunder, South African bank, Nedbank Group, South African investment firm, 4Di Capital, and U.S.-based AngelList. Founded by James Paterson and Benji Meltzer in Cape Town in 2014, Aerobotics provides farmers with early pest and disease […]
Wisconsin-based biological farrning company Midwestern BioAg has raised $15 million in fresh capital through a funding round backed by three unnamed investors, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This latest round brings the company’s total funds raised to $23 million. Founded in 1983, Midwestern BioAg BioAg has nine locations across the […]
AgBiome, an agtech developer of biological crop protection products based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, has raised $65 million through a Series C round of funding. Investors in this round include The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO), Fidelity Management and Research Company, Polaris Partners, ARCH Venture Partners, Innotech Advisers, Pontifax Global Food […]
Canadian precision seeding and planting company Clean Seed Capital Group announced it has signed an agreement to acquire U.S.-based farming equipment manufacturer Harvest International for $13 million. Founded in 2007 by the Friesen family, Harvest International began with a focus on the manufacturing of high quality augers and conveyor systems. After seven years, in 2014, […]
Digital agricultural analytics company Agrible has been acquired by Nutrien, the largest provider of crop inputs and services in the world, for $63 million. Founded in 2012 in Champaign, Illinois, Agrible consists of a team of agronomists, atmospheric scientists, growers, and developers who all strive to provide farmers with “the insight to decide”. Beginning at […]
Athos Capital has invested €1.2 million (US$1.4 million) in Spain’s Agroptima, a farmland management tech startup that allows farmers and agricultural operation managers to raise efficiency in their day-to-day operations. Founded by Emilia Villa, a graduate of global academic institution ESADE, Agroptima plans to use the new funding to expand its team, enhance its ability […]
