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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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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 BioTech Precision Agriculture

Invaio Sciences acquires Peptyde Bio to accelerate nature-positive crop protection pipeline

Invaio Sciences recently announced it has acquired Peptyde Bio, a company that discovers, designs and characterizes novel peptides for use in agriculture. The acquisition brings an established platform and IP portfolio that will enable Invaio to speed up the design and discovery of biologically active peptides that can protect crops from pests and disease in […]

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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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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, […]

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AgTech BioTech Precision Agriculture

Bloomberg UK names BigSis in its 25 ‘Startups to Watch’

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 […]

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AgTech Precision Agriculture

ICL and Agrematch to Develop Novel Crop Nutrition Solutions via AI

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 […]