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BigSis, the British agtech start-up offering robust yet chemical-free insect control solutions to farmers, has been named as one of Bloomberg UK’s 25 Startups to Watch. From more than 1,500 applications received, BigSis is one of just 25 startups to feature in the inaugural list compiled by Bloomberg. The financial and media company says the […]
ICL Group (NYSE: ICL) (TASE: ICL), a leading global specialty minerals company, recently announced its agriFood innovation and investment platform, ICL Planet Startup Hub, has led an investment round in Agrematch, an artificial intelligence (AI) agriTech startup. The two companies agreed to launch a joint, multiyear program to use Agrematch’s AI system for the discovery […]
Empire State Development (ESD) and Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement (CREA) recently announced the 20 finalists selected to take part in year five of Grow-NY, a food and agriculture business competition focused on enhancing the emerging food, beverage, and agriculture innovation cluster in upstate New York. The competition is funded through New York […]
Transforma Insights’ recent report, ‘Digital Transformation (DX) in the Agriculture sector’ (Author: Suruchi Dhingra, Research Manager, and Joydeep Bhattacharyya, Content Editor, Transforma Insights) identified nine key domains of change in the agriculture sector that are enabled by disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things. In this article we examine each of […]
Nitrofix, a zero-emission ammonia producer pioneering a novel electrochemical process, announced $3.1 million in seed financing to accelerate the production of green ammonia from just water and air for the agriculture, hydrogen and maritime fuel markets. The round was led by Clean Energy Ventures with participation from SOSV, Zero Carbon Capital, UM6P Ventures and High […]
FLORA Ventures™ announces the launch of its $80M fund, and its first closing with commitments of $50M, making it the largest Israeli-based AgriFood VC. And, according to IVC data, it is the largest Israeli new VC fund to have completed a first closing during 2023 across all tech investment verticals. FLORA Ventures invests in early-stage […]
SVG Ventures|THRIVE and NEC X, NEC Corporation’s Silicon Valley innovation hub and venture studio, recently announced that they have partnered to build bridges between agtech entrepreneurial ecosystems and NEC X venture-building capabilities. They will collaboratively identify opportunities for new ventures in agriculture and fast-track acceleration of resulting ventures from NEC X. The organizations will join […]
Farms2Fork Technologies Pvt. Ltd.’s platform cultYvate provides farm-based precision analytics in irrigation, fertigation, fertiliser utilisation for water-intensive crops like paddy, sugarcane etc. cultYvate has been implementing projects pan India over the last 3 years and has gained valuable insights into the unique challenges faced on the ground. The IoT sensors deployed on farm help to […]
GROW, the agrifoodtech ecosystem catalyst, has unveiled the latest cohort for the fourth annual AgFunder GROW Impact Accelerator. The handpicked cohort reflects the increasingly crucial interconnections between food, planetary health, smallholder financial inclusion, and climate. These 10 selected startups, who were picked from a competitive applicant pool of over 600 applications hailing from 82 countries, […]
Amsterdam-based investment firm Convent Capital has invested in circularity since 2011 and launched its article 9 sustainable AgriFood Growth Fund in April 2022. Convent is proud to announce the successful second close of its AgriFood Growth Fund now at EUR 100m. The increase includes a €10m commitment from the Dutch insurance company a.s.r. The fund […]
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