News Commentary | November 21, 2019
Led by RTP Global, the funding round included Piton Capital and existing investors Atlantic Labs and Index Ventures. Plantix's mobile platform offers the characterization of approximately 600 plant symptoms of diseases, pest damage, and nutrient deficiencies for 45 different crops using image ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | February 21, 2020
Semios develops a wireless pheromone‑based pest monitoring and precision agriculture data system. Its recent $75 million raise, led by Morningside Group, brings its total funding to $115 million and will enable Semios to continue collecting data to improve its system's algorithms used to derive ... To read more, click here.
News Commentary | June 24, 2020
The round was joined by ADM Capital, Kersia, Pymwymic, and existing investors Breed Reply and Sistema_VC, bringing Connecterra's total funding to $14.5 million. With the Series B, Connecterra will further develop its livestock management platform, Ida, and scale its coverage of the dairy cattle ... Not part of subscription
by Joshua Haslun
The Series A round and funding commitment led by Wafra, Kuwait's national investment company, and supported by the Alliances for Global Sustainability, are the largest for a regional company in the Middle East. They serve to enable expansion throughout the region, starting with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. While automated greenhouses often focus on lettuce production, Pure Harvest reached year-round tomato production from its 1 ha greenhouse in Nahil, thanks to collaborations with greenhouse developers like Certhon. The company already distributes to retailers including Waitrose and Carrefour. Clients, expect advanced production of fruits and vegetables to grow but be dictated by regional socioeconomics and food and technology demands.
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