Australian agtech startup accelerator and co-working innovator, SproutX, announced a first close on its SproutX Venture Capital Fund at A$10 million. The backing for the fund, which is managed by Artesian Venture Partners, is being committed by Artesian and from the superannuation fund Hostplus. This funding will back SproutX’s 2017 accelerator program, which is on […]
SOSV, “the accelerator VC” – a venture capital firm that is a little different in that it owns and operates its own portfolio of accelerators, announced that it has closed its third fund at $150 million. Over the past 20 years SOSV has grown to be a global fund with $300 million in assets under […]
Israel’s Copia Agro & Food, a fund launched two years ago with a focus on bringing agricultural and food technologies born of the country’s research institutes to commercialization, is now raising $50 million to extend its investment scope to include ag technologies that mitigate climate change and food shortages. Privately owned and co-managed by Ohad […]
Britain-based food delivery giant, Just Eat, has announced the launch of its first Food Tech Accelerator program. The 10-week program, which will begin in November, will be accepting five early-stage food tech startups that will receive a £20,000 (US$25,483) investment, mentorship, and business guidance from in-house experts with Just Eat in exchange for a five […]
Kimbal Musk, younger brother of Tesla and SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, and his business partner, Tobias Peggs, are planning the launch this fall of Square Roots – a new accelerator for urban, vertical farming startups. Key investors and backers of the accelerator include Los Angeles-based Powerplant Ventures, Lightbank, FoodTech Angels, GroundUp, Techstars CTO Jud Valeski, […]
Croatian agtech startup, Agrivi, announced it has raised a €1 million Series A from South Central Ventures’ (SCV) Enterprise Innovation Fund (ENIF). Founded in 2013 in Kutina, Croatia by entrepreneur, Matija Zulj, Agrivi was launched after Zulj became frustrated by the challenges faced when operating his own blueberry farm. Agrivi produces affordable knowledge-based farm management software modules that […]
