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Tree.ly Founder Discusses Agtech Startup’s Recent €5M Seed Round, Growth Plans

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media After securing €5 million (US$5.4 million) in seed capital in early July, Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria-based Tree.ly, a startup dedicated to protecting European forests, is well capitalized for its carbon offset projects. Participants in the round included PortfoLion Capital Partners, aws Gründungsfonds, SymbiaVC and tyrolean business angel (tba) network, the […]

15 Minutes With… Mark Peart, Founder and CEO of DIT AgTech

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Mark Peart has done a lot of things in his career – aerial- mustering, logistics, property, and aviation, as well as being a self-proclaimed “serial entrepreneur” who has started 20 businesses – and all of it has prepared him for his role as founder and CEO of DIT […]

15 Minutes With… Jane Cummings, CTO of Cainthus

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Jane Cummings, chief technology officer at Dublin-based Cainthus, knows a thing or two about how things work – she has worked on one of the most advanced engineering undertakings to understand the fundamental nature of the particles that comprise the building blocks of our universe – so putting […]

15 Minutes With… Michael Lavin, Founder and Managing Partner, Germin8 Ventures

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media A fairly new player in the agtech and food tech sector, yet one with big visions and bold strategies and purpose, Germin8 Ventures prides itself on using technology intervention to provide food security and productivity with a focus on optimizing environmental sustainability and human health. Put more simply, […]

15 Minutes With… Ingo Mueller, CEO of AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd.

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media   It is now a well-told story that COVID-19 exposed the inefficiencies in the global food supply chain, but it is a fortuitous result that multiple businesses – agribusinesses, technology conglomerates, and entrepreneurs alike – are pushing the envelope on innovation to develop systems, products, and tools to recalibrate […]

15 Minutes With… Andrey Zarur of GreenLight Biosciences

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Boston-based GreenLight Biosciences, Inc., develops RNA-based solutions for agriculture and pharmaceutical applications with its unique cell-free GreenWorx bioproduction platform. The platform is capable of producing RNA sequences of exceptional fidelity in a fully-scalable fashion, and at a lower cost than other platforms, all done in an environmentally-friendly, sustainable […]