Agtech

  • Food Cycle Science Secures Funding to Stop Methane Food Emissions Before They Begin

    By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Canada’s Food Cycle Science Corporation (FCS) has received institutional funding from Power Sustainable Lios (PSL), the sustainable agrifood investment group of Power Sustainable, for its award-winning electric food waste recycler that transforms food scraps into a dry, odor-free by-produc

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  • Sweden’s Nordluft Gains Backing for its Sustainable Forestry Drone Technology

    Photo credit: EIT InnoEnergy By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Swedish startup Nordluft is securing new capital from Södra Ädla, Sweden’s largest forest-owners association and international first industry group, and EIT InnoEnergy, which has supported Nordluft since 2018, for its innovative drone technology offering a

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  • eFishery Secures $30M Loan from HSBC Indonesia

    By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Indonesian aquaculture tech startup eFishery broke records in 2022 when it successfully closed on a $90 million Series C to become the world’s largest aquaculture tech startup in the world.  Continuing the momentum, the company has now announced it has secured $30 million in operat

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  • HerdDogg Closes on $6M Series A4 for its “Fitbit for Cows”

    By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nebraska-based agtech startup HerdDogg has officially closed on its $6 million Series A4 fundraising round led by Serra Ventures and Wonder Fund North Dakota. Lever VC Fund II and other unspecified investors also contributed to the round.  HerdDogg explained that intensive cattle sys

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  • Orsero Partners with Cercchia Holding – Molari to Develop New Berry Supply Chain

    By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Italy’s Orsero SpA, a leading importer and distributor of fresh fruit and vegetables in Mediterranean Europe, has signed a strategic partnership with Cercchia Holding, represented by Matteo and Luca Molari, specialists in varietal selection and the propagation of berries, to form Frutti di

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  • IntelliCulture Targets Strategic Growth with $3.5M in Funding

    By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media IntelliCulture, an equipment management software platform for specialty and high-value crops, has secured $3.5 million in new funding led by Serra Ventures and including Emmertech and Tall Grass Ventures.  Regulatory and environmental pressures continue to mount for growers, but espe

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  • Frontier Agriculture Backs CCm Technologies’ Carbon Negative Fertilizer

    By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Crops utilize only about half of the synthetic nitrogen applied to fields, and a portion is emitted as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide and other nitrogen gasses. This has resulted in nitrogen becoming the top source of crop-related greenhouse

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  • Ecosystem Integrity Fund Leads $16M Series A for iyris

    By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was just in March of this year that RedSea - a company advancing commercial farming for low-to-mid-tech farmers in arid climates through its proprietary technologies that increase crop yields, reduce input costs and risk, extend growing seasons, and reduce water and energy consumption by

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  • Regal Partners Agrees to Acquire Merricks Capital in A$235M Deal

    By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ASX-listed Regal Partners has agreed to acquire Merricks Capital, a hard asset investment specialist executing private credit and alternative investments in Australia and New Zealand and the manager of the A$470 million (US$313.55 million) Merricks Capital Agriculture Credit Fund.  The

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  • Allozymes Gains $15M Series A to Develop Most Comprehensive Enzyme Data Library

    By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biotech company Allozymes has closed on a $15 million Series A co-led by Seventure Partners and Xora Innovation.  New investors who joined the round include Thia Ventures, and NUS Technology Holdings, the investment arm of the National University of Singapore, from where the company

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