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Agtech
45 posts
IMIO raises $12M from Sofinnova and Chipotle’s Cultivate Next to make biologicals reliable for farmers
Charles Smith started by concentrating on food waste and eventually established IMIO, the company that currently supplies freeze-dried…
October 20, 2026
OlsAro secures €5M to scale AI genetics for climate-resilient crops
OlsAro has described salt-tolerant wheat as its first product since at least April 2024. The Swedish AgTech startup…
October 14, 2026
5 mistakes agtech founders make when raising money
Between 2023 and early 2026, at least 113 well-documented agrifood and climate tech companies failed or fell into severe distress,…
October 9, 2026
Berlin agtech hexafarms raises €4.8M to sell greenhouse sensors and scouting robots by subscription
Greenhouse growers can leave up to 30% of their potential yield unrealised, according to hexafarms’ own analysis. Growing…
October 6, 2026
From $2.2M to $10.7M in one year: how Polysense grew from pilot projects to global production lines
A 45% faster potato-peeling process might not sound like a typical funding story, but results like this convinced…
July 8, 2026
Point Nine breaks from software to back a Dutch startup’s protein potato in an oversubscribed €5M round
Aardaia, a Wageningen startup breeding a new protein-rich crop, has raised a €5 million seed round led by…
July 8, 2026
Anterra Capital closes $100M Fund III first close with Rabobank, Novo Holdings, and Zoetis as agtech valuations reset to 2016 levels
Most venture firms see their investors mainly as sources of money. Anterra Capital, however, treats its investors as…
June 15, 2026
8 agtech startups to watch, according to top VCs
Global agrifoodtech funding held steady at $16.2 billion in 2025, and while the number matches the previous year,…
May 11, 2026
Bayern Kapital backs Nature Robots’ €4M seed round for autonomous agriculture
Nature Robots, a deeptech AI startup founded in 2022 in Osnabrück, Germany, has secured €4 million in seed…
March 30, 2026