Monarch Tractor Announces $133M Series C Funding - Marking Largest-Ever Raise in Agricultural Robotics
With this latest raise, the company behind the world's first fully electric, driver-optional, smart tractor cements its position as a leader in the space
iFarm Will Build a Vertical Farm in Nuanu, the Innovative City on Bali
The project is aimed at ensuring the year-round supply of the highest quality produce in Nuanu and creating a regenerative farming model for a sustainable town's future.
Source.ag raises $23 million Series A to empower the world's fruit and vegetables growers with next level AI for greenhouse agriculture
Source.ag, the leading artificial intelligence (AI) provider for greenhouse growers, has closed $23 million in its Series A funding round, bringing the company's total funding to $35 million in just under two years.
Plenty Secures $400 Million Series E
The funds will support Plenty's growth strategy, including leveraging its technology platform to sell multi-crop farms directly to partners.
UK's Vertical Future harvests £21 million in Series A round
Hailed at the largest Series A round to ever reach European shores in the controlled environment agriculture space, southeast London's Vertical Future has raised £21 million in a Series A round.
Infarm raises $200m to accelerate global expansion of climate-resilient vertical farms
Since its launch, Infarm has used its modular technology to expand commercial operations to more than 50 cities across 11 countries in Europe, North America and Asia. It operates more than 17 Growing Centers and over 1,400 in-store farms for 30 of the world's t
Dream Harvest Secures $50 Million Capital Raise From Orion Energy Partners to Significantly Scale Production
Vertical Farming Trailblazer Seeks to Expand Regional Presence to Yield up to Three Million Pounds of Produce Per Year in Effort to Enhance Sustainable Farming, Curb Food Waste and Meet Mounting Consumer Demand
Trends in FoodTech Investing
Venture capitalists invested more than $18 billion in food technology startups during the 2020 pandemic year.
Eden Green Technology Breaks Ground on New Texas Greenhouse, Continues With $12 Million Strategic Expansion
Eden Green Technology's greenhouse modules are more sustainable and scalable than other hydroponic vertical farms, low-tech greenhouse formats, and traditional soil-based farming methods.
Danish Nordic Harvest raises DKK 62 million. DKK to one of Europe's largest vertical farms
Nordic Harvest has just closed its first investment round, and will be one of the largest vertical farms in Europe. With the investment round, Nordic Harvest will bring a sustainable food system close to the consumer.
BrightFarms Secures $100 Million Series E Round of Funding to Expand High-Tech Indoor Farming Across the U.S.
BrightFarms currently distributes its products to more than 2,000 stores in the U.S. and expects to expand its distribution to more than 15,000 stores by 2025
Rise Gardens Secures Investment from Amazon Alexa Fund to Help Bring the Best of Indoor Farming to the Consumer Market
Extension of seed financing enables Rise Gardens to expand reach and offerings for popular indoor garden system that enables people to grow their own food year-round
Agtech Startup iFarm Raises $4M for Automated Indoor Farming
The company will use the funding to develop its iFarm Growtune tech platform that enables operations of multiple varieties of vertical farms and quadrupling the number of plants available to iFarm's tech.
Six Agtech Startups Selected for Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator
Companies seek to improve soil health, optimize pest control and scale food production, and will test technologies at Danforth Plant Science Center
LettUs Grow, raises 2.35 million pounds as demand for vertical farming technology rises
Award-winning vertical and indoor farming technology company, LettUs Grow, has announced that it has secured £2.35 million in seed funding. The investment round was led by Longwall Venture Partners LLP.
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