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WEBExclusive: Boston-based foodtech startup Motif FoodWorks is closing down. September 6, 2024. Elaine Watson. The firm, which raised a $226m series B round in 2021 when money was cheap and interest in alt proteins was sky-high, has since struggled to navigate a more challenging environment, with investor sentiment souring on meat alternatives ...
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WEBPairwise raises $40m series C, forms JV with Corteva to accelerate gene editing on row crops. September 17, 2024.
Regenerative Agriculture Investing: 70 Investment Groups Worth …
WEBJul 11, 2019 · This week, a new report, cleverly called Soil Wealth, has come out detailing the level of investment in regenerative agriculture-related projects and the numbers are surprisingly high: there are some 70 investment strategies with assets under management of over $47.5 billion, and that’s just in the US. Just to clarify, that amount includes ...
Bayer backs drone spraying platform Rantizo in $7.5m Series A
WEBDec 2, 2020 · Rantizo has just closed a $7.5 million Series A round led by Leaps by Bayer, with participation from a number of other agtech-focused investors – including Fall Line Capital, Innova Memphis, Lewis & Clark Ventures, KZValve, and Sukup Manufacturing. It brings the company’s total funding to date to $9 million. Launched in 2018, Rantizo’s ...
How We Got Acquired by Syngenta, by Ag Connections’ Co
WEBJun 17, 2016 · It also helps with regulatory compliance, land mapping, and decision-making with a multi-user interface. After a multi-year contract with Syngenta, the Swiss agribusiness acquired Ag Connections in October last year. We caught up with Rick Murdock, co-founder of Ag Connections, to find out more about the acquisition, and the journey to that point.
Vertical farming startup Plenty acquires Bright Agrotech to reach ...
WEBJun 13, 2017 · California-based vertical farming company Plenty, previously See Jane Farm, has acquired Bright Agrotech in an effort to reach “field-scale.”. Bright Agrotech is an indoor ag hardware company that’s focused on building indoor growing systems for small farmers all over the world, in contrast to Plenty, which is aiming to become a large-scale indoor farming business and currently has a ...
Bioenergy DevCo raises $100m to build anaerobic digesters across …
WEBNovember 10, 2021. Jack Ellis. US anaerobic digester company Bioenergy DevCo has raised $100 million in funding from Austin, Texas-based alternative asset manager Irradiant Partners. It will use the capital to support development of multiple anaerobic digestion facilities across North America. Founded in 2016, Bioenergy DevCo builds and manages ...
FarmLogs Raises $22m Series C as CEO Vows Never to Exit
WEBJan 11, 2017 · Louisa Burwood-Taylor. FarmLogs, the decision support and ERP software tool for farmers, has raised $22 million in Series C funding in a round led by new investor Naspers Ventures, the venture arm of the South African media group. Existing investors Drive Capital, Huron River Ventures, Hyde Park …
TurtleTree’s CEO on cellular ag, pivots, and ‘rude' investors
WEBSep 8, 2023 · Meet the founder: TurtleTree’s Fengru Lin on pivoting, skeptical investors, and the economics of precision fermentation. September 8, 2023. Elaine Watson. Like many startups, TurtleTree has shifted its strategy over the years, narrowing its focus from cell-cultured milk (growing lactating mammary cells in bioreactors) to building a precision ...
Indonesian agrifoodtech startups raised $165m last year: …
WEBJul 14, 2020 · Farm-to-fork models, new retail drove $165m agrifoodtech funding in Indonesia last year. Singaporean agrifoodtech startups may have secured the most funding overall last year, as highlighted by AgFunder’s recently released ASEAN Agrifoodtech Investment Report. But take one large outlier in the city-state — …
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