Israeli agtech AI platform Taranis announced it has closed a $7.5 million round of funding led by Finistere Ventures, and including Vertex Ventures, Eshbol Investments, Mindset Ventures, OurCrowd, and angel investor Eyal Gura. This new capital brings Taranis’ total funding to $9.5 million to date. Taranis offers the world’s first scalable predictive analytics solution platform […]
Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. (JISL) has made a strategic investment, acquiring an 80 percent stake in Agri-Valley Irrigation (AVI) and Irrigation Design and Construction (IDC), two of the largest micro irrigation dealers in the U.S., for a total consideration of $48 million. The acquisitions will be carried out through Jain’s California-based wholly owned subsidiary, Jain […]
Full Harvest, a San Francisco-based agtech platform designed to mitigate food waste at the farm level, announced it has closed on a $2 million round of funding led by Wireframe Ventures, Radicle, BBG Ventures, Early Impact Ventures, Impact Engine, and a field of angel investors including Astia and Joanne Wilson. Food need and agricultural production […]
Australian agtech startup, The Yield, announced it has successfully raised a $6.5 million Series A backed by global manufacturing companies Bosch, KPMG, and by Agfunder. The closing of this round, which also represents the maiden investment for Agfunder’s Opportunity Fund, brings The Yield’s total fundraising to $11.5 million raised over the past two years. Based […]
Data-driven agtech analytics company Arable Labs announced it has raised $4.25 million in a Series A led by Middleland Capital and S2G Ventures. New investors Chase Field, Spark Labs, and Cantos VC also contributed to the round. Arable connects sensors with predictive analytics to provide farmers and agribusinesses with real-time, continuous in-field weather and crop […]
Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV) had led a $6.5 million Series A for Ottawa, Canada-based agtech startup, FarmLead. Others in the round include Avrio Ventures, the MaRS Innovation Accelerator Fund, and Serra Ventures. Founded in 2013, FarmLead has established an online cash grain marketplace, where through its platform, grain buyers and sellers can connect automatically – […]
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, announced a $40 million Series C led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), and including DBL Partners, Bow Capital, Acre Venture Partners, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield […]
TechAccel, a venture and developmental partner focused on the agriculture, animal health, and food sectors, and Iowa Corn Opportunities, the equity funding arm of the Iowa Corn Growers Association, have jointly announced separate investments in St. Louis-based biotech animal nutrition company Agrivida Inc. “TechAccel and Iowa Corn Opportunities are partners with the strategic commitment to advance […]
India-based Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. announced its fourth overseas acquisition, having agreed to acquire Australian agtech company Observant for an undisclosed amount. Through the deal, Jain Irrigation will acquire the technology and core team of Observant, which provides in-field hardware and cloud-based applications for precision farm water management. Founded in 2003 by Simon Holmes à […]
Powai, Mumbai-based IvyCap Ventures, a private equity firm, has invested $4 million into local ag-tech startup RML AgTech, as PE Hub reported. RML, which raised the capital in a Series B round, delivers tailored data to 1.4 million Indian farmers via an app on the farmer’s smartphone. IvyCap directed the capital to RML over a […]
