Nuritas, an Ireland-based food and biotech company, has raised $20 million through a Series A backed by Cultivian Sandbox. Founded in 2014 by mathematician and computational biologist Dr. Nora Khaldi, the company, which is based in Dublin and which was awarded Forbes’ Thrive Accelerator award, uses artificial intelligence, deep learning, and DNA testing to identify […]
Israel-based biotech startup SuperMeat, a company dedicated to developing cultured meats in a laboratory setting, has raised a Seed round of $3 million backed by U.S.-based venture capital fund New Crop Capital, mission-focused venture capital firm Stray Dog Capital, and European poultry producer PHW. Founded in Tel Aviv in 2015, SuperMeat produces what it calls […]
San Francisco-based FarmWise has raised $5.7 million in seed funding through a round led by venture fund Playground, and backed by Felicis Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, and Valley Oak Investments. The company also announced that Bruce Leak, the co-founder of WebTV and investor of QuickTime, will be joining its Board of Directors. Founded in 2016 […]
Monsanto subsidiary The Climate Corporation announced it has partnered with Canadian full-service drone data company, Deveron, to combine Deveron’s aerial imaging capabilities with The Climate Corporation’s powerful analytics services through its Climate FieldView digital agriculture platform. Deveron has a growing fleet of drones that have the ability to conduct between five and eight flights per […]
Boston-based bioagtech startup Indigo Ag continues to announce new funding benchmarks, raising an additional $47 million from new investor, Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), to bring its Series D to a total $203 million. This second close, which gains ICD a Board Observer seat with Indigo, follows an initial close on the Series D at […]
Acre Venture Partners, the $125 million venture capital fund launched by Campbell Soup in February 2016, and Techstars Ventures co-led a $13 million Series A funding round for Pilotworks, an accelerator for food startups that includes a network of food incubators, mentors, and entrepreneurs. Co-founded by Mike Dee and Nick Devane, and based in Brooklyn, […]
The Global ID Group, a portfolio company of Paine Schwartz Partners, announced it has acquired Bioagricert, a leading food certification and quality control enterprise based in Bologna, Italy, for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 1984, Bioagricert offers organic food certifications that meet both Italian and international standards, as well as quality certification services, and Protected […]
Farmers Business Network Inc. (FBN), the company behind the independent farmer-to-farmer network built to connect farmers and allow for the sharing of data, insights, and information critical to agronomic decision making, has raised an impressive $110 million Series D led by T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. and Temasek. Other repeat investors in the round include […]
BASE FOOD, a Tokyo-based food tech startup, has raised a Seed round of ¥100 million (just under US$1 million) from Japanese venture capital firm Global Brain. Founded in April 2016 by Shun Hashimoto – formerly involved in the development of self-driving car technology with the DeNA Co. – BASE FOOD began developing its first product Base […]
Blackstone has acquired an undisclosed majority equity stake in Cloverleaf Cold Storage, a leading food logistics and cold storage warehousing company, through a definitive recapitalization agreement. Founded in 1952, and owned by the Feiges and Kaplan families, Cloverleaf has a network of 19 warehouses across eight states stretching across the U.S. Midwest to the Southeast, […]
