UK-based Winnow Solutions, a tech developer of smart solutions that help commercial kitchens reduce food waste, announced it has secured its latest US$7.4 million growth capital round led by Circularity Capital, Mustard Seed, and D-Ax. This round follows upon an oversubscribed US$3.3 million Series A for the company led by Mustard Seed and D’Ax. Launched […]
Nileworks, a Japanese agtech company focused on the development of hyper-precise agricultural spray drones, announced the successful raising of 800 million yen (approximately US$7 million). Involved investors include Japan’s National Institute of Industrial Innovation, Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Sumitomo Corporation and its subsidiary Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd, the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, and the […]
Colorado-based mushroom-focused food tech startup MycoTechnology announced that it has officially closed its Series B round of funding oversubscribed at $42 million. In mid-September the company announced it had successfully raised a $35 million round co-led by S2G, Bunge Ventures, and Emerson Collective. Other investors included in the round are Health for Life Capital; Seventure […]
As part of its planned acquisition of Monsanto, Bayer has agreed to divest significant portions of its seed and non-selective herbicide business to BASF in a US$7B all-cash deal. This deal marks the entrance of Germany’s BASF, the third largest player in the crop chemical industry, into the global seeds space – a sector that […]
Indian fresh produce supply chain management and business-to-business (B2B) agtech platform Farm Taaza Produce Pvt. Ltd has raised an $8 million Series A led by Hong Kong-based Epsilon Venture Partners, and Tara Indian Fund IV. Founded by Silicon Valley veterans in Bengaluru, Farm Taaza is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gram Suchana Solutions and is a […]
Trellis, a Toronto-based agtech startup that provides cannabis inventory management software, has raised a $2 million funding round led by Casa Verde Capital and including returning investor, Gateway, and new investors Argonautic Ventures and One Gun. The Seed-to-Sale startup was launched in 2014 by sole founder Pranav Sood. The company provides management software that has […]
Singapore-based Packet Greens, a high-tech automated, hydroponic vertical farming startup, has raised a US$1.5 million Seed round led by Spring SEEDS Capital – the venture capital arm of SPRING Singapore, an agency of the Ministry of Trade and Industry tasked with advancing Singapore’s innovative startups – and cleantech fund Trirec. Packet Greens connect hydroponic technology […]
Boston-based bioagtech startup Indigo Ag continues to reach new funding benchmarks – announcing the first closing of $156 million in its Series D funding. The round included Flagship Pioneering – Indigo’s founder and flagship investor; the Alaska Permanent Fund, and new investors Baillie Gifford and Activant Capital. Indigo, which was originally created within Flagship’s in-house […]
Indian agtech startup CropIn Technology Solutions has secured an undisclosed round of funding led by early stage Singapore-based fund BEENEXT, and including existing investors Ankur Capital and BSP Fund – a seed fund managed by Boston-based impact investor Invested Development. Founded in Bangalore in 2010 by Krishna Kumar, CropIn Technology develops tech platforms that offer […]
Front Range Biosciences (FRB), a leading agricultural biotech firm specializing in tissue culture propagation of high value crops including cannabis, announced it has raised $3 million in bridge round funding from a group of investors that includes Phyto Partners, Salveo Capital, Sand Hill Angels, HBS Angels of NYC, Halley Venture Partners, Anthill Ventures, and Canopy […]
