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NitroVolt raises funding from BackingMinds to eliminate the carbon footprint from worlds’ most CO2 polluting chemical production

Ammonia is one of the most important chemicals for modern society. 50% of the world’s food production relies on it and without ammonia, half the world’s population – 4bn people – would not be alive. However, current ammonia production methods emit 500 Mt CO2 / year, eq. of 2% of global CO2 emission, which is […]

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Agriculture AgTech Food Security Fund Raise

Ag-tech Start-Up WeedOUT Raises USD8.1 Million to Fight Weed Resistance

Ag-tech start-up WeedOUT, Ltd., announces it has secured USD 8.1 million in A-round funding. Leading the round is Fulcrum Global Capital, a prominent US agri- focused VC with ties to a vast network of farmers across the US. The infusion of new capital will advance the company’s mission to combat weed resistance through its breakthrough […]

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Verdify secures €2.4 million investment for impactful food choices in healthcare and retail

Foodtech company Verdify has successfully raised €2.4 million in funding to scale its personalised nutrition innovation for fostering human and planetary health. The investment comes from existing shareholders and new investors Goeie Grutten Impact Fund, Oost NL, Koppert Cress and De Smaakmaker. The capital injection follows previous investments in the company in 2020 and 2021. […]

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GeneNeer Secures $1 Million in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Crop Seed Innovation

GeneNeer Ltd. is pleased to announce it has successfully closed a US$1 million seed round to support the acceleration of its technology for rapid crop seed innovation. The company’s breakthrough method leverages its proprietary Superlines and tissue-specific silencing capabilities to improve the current precision, speed, and safety of advanced breeding technologies. In a league of […]

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Agriculture AgTech Startups

Indian Agriculture Embraces AI for Grain Quality Analysis

Grain Analyser received the prestigious Pusa Krishi Grant for the groundbreaking initiative to introduce phone-based quality assessment technology to farmer producer organisations (FPOs) in India. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) have selected Grain Analyser, awarding it 25 lakhs of INR to bring phone-based AI grain quality […]

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AgTech FoodTech Fund Raise

Singapore’s ProfilePrint completes Series B fundraising, strengthening its position as the neutral A.I. Ingredient Quality Platform

ProfilePrint Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based technology company effecting significant changes in the agrifood industry, has announced the successful conclusion of its Series B funding round. The round was led by Tai Partners and participated by four of its existing shareholders, showcasing a strong vote of confidence in ProfilePrint’s AI-driven ingredient quality platform, underpinned by its […]

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AgTech

North Carolina is Sowing Seeds of Success for AgTech Startups

There is a powerful competitive advantage for AgTech startups located in North Carolina (NC), with the key determinant of success being proximity to a healthy ecosystem that provides access to talent, patient capital, entrepreneurial development, and existing market opportunities in the context of a supportive and committed legislature. It is by no accident that NC […]

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Horticulture Precision Agriculture Sustainability

17 million euros for sustainable agriculture: ECBF leads RED Horticulture Series A financing round, together with Demeter IM and Unigrains

Together with the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), Demeter IM and Unigrains, RED Horticulture closed a 17 million Series A funding round to drive its growth and invest in the development of its high-performance lighting strategies. Part of the financing comes from a banking pool (BPI, BNP Paribas, CIC, Crédit Agricole, Société Générale) and support […]

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Hypercell Technologies wins $1 million at global Grow-NY food and ag competition

Governor Kathy Hochul Wednesday announced Hypercell Technologies, of Peachtree Corners, Georgia as the grand-prize winner of this year’s Grow-NY business competition, a startup challenge focused on enhancing the emerging food, beverage, and agriculture innovation cluster in Central New York, the Finger Lakes, and the Southern Tier. Now in its fifth year, the program awarded $3 […]

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AgTech Events Startups

Extreme Events Driving Innovation in Agri-Tech, Reap Conference Reveals

“Extreme events over recent years have brought the recognition that if you want to stay in business, you need to be open to change. All the companies in this year’s REAP Start-Up Showcase were addressing a real-world problem that is becoming more urgent – but they are also viewing the challenge through a different lens, […]