| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.09.2026 | Builders VC and others back SweetAg’s bid to modernize the agricultural lending process | Agriculture is a uniquely challenging industry when it comes to lending, thanks to the wide variety of information needed to understand a farm’s bankability. Numbers about land parcels, livestock health, equipment, crop pricing, and product... |
| 24.08.2026 | Astromech Secures $20 Million to Pioneer Predictive AI Biology, Valued at $3.8 Billion | Astromech, a cutting-edge computational biology firm, recently secured $20 million in funding. This capital injection propels its mission: to forecast biological evolution using advanced AI. The company aims to predict how living systems ch... |
| 21.08.2026 | Astromech Raises $20 Million To Build AI Biology That Forecasts Evolutionary Changes | For most of science, biology has been reactive. A disease first emerges before a genome sequence follows. A species is first lost before there’s an extinction study. Astromech raises $20 million to train AI models that can predict how livin... |
| 21.08.2026 | Astromech Raises $20M in Funding | Astromech, a Dallas, TX-based computational biology and predictive artificial intelligence startup spun out from de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences, raised $20m in funding.
The round was led by Bob Nelsen (co-founder of ARCH Venture... |
| 20.08.2026 | Astromech Raises $20 Million At $3.8 Billion Valuation To Advance Predictive AI Models Of Biological Evolutionary Change | Astromech, an evolutionary biology AI company developing predictive models of biological change using evolutionary and multispecies genomic data, has raised $20 million in new funding at a $3.8 billion valuation. Biotech investor Bob Nelsen... |
| 24.06.2026 | Invest Qatar Gateway Launches VC Funding Module To Connect Startups With Venture Capital Funds | Invest Qatar announced the launch of the Venture Capital Funding Module on the Invest Qatar Gateway. The module was developed in collaboration with Qatar Investment Authority and is designed to improve startup access to capital and investme... |
| 05.02.2026 | Brilliant Harvest raises $4m to solve ag equipment’s service bottleneck with AI | – Brilliant Harvest, an AI-powered helpdesk helping ag equipment dealers streamline interactions with farmers, has raised a $4 million seed round.
– The round was backed by new investors FTW Ventures, Alpaca VC, Automotive Ventures, SVG Ven... |
| 09.10.2025 | Knapsack Raises $10M in Series A Funding | Knapsack, a Portland, OR-based intelligent product engine powering AI-native digital product creation, raised $10m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Builders VC, with participation from Crosslink Capital, Epic Ventures, Mana Venture... |
| 30.09.2025 | Be My Sense of Qatar won Startup Grind Doha All Star Pitch Battle | Startup Grind Doha Chapter successfully hosted on the 15th September the highly anticipated All Star Pitch Battle, an electrifying evening that highlighted the strength and creativity of Qatar’s startup ecosystem with over 150 people from t... |
| 20.08.2025 | HealthInno Awarded $145K by Encantado Foundation to Launch Health Tech Workforce Program in New Mexico | Stefany Goradia (left) and Angelica Maestas (right) of HealthInno at a regional technology conference to discuss the growth of New Mexico’s health sciences and technology ecosystem.
Backed by The Encantado Foundation, HealthInno and CNM Ing... |
| 18.06.2025 | Future Fields raises $8m Series A to expand fruit fly biomanufacturing platform: ‘Clients come to us because they’ve struggled to make proteins in legacy platforms’ | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Future Fields.]
Canadian startup Future Fields has raised an $8 million Series A round to expand its biomanufacturing platform harnessing genetically engineered fruit flie... |
| 30.04.2025 | New Mexico House Premieres During SXSW 2025, Bringing the Land of Enchantment to Austin | Inaugural event connects New Mexico's film, art, and tech talent with a global audience during the city's premier tech and culture convergence.
SANTA FE, N.M., April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- New Mexico made a spirited debut on the glo... |
| 28.04.2025 | UbiQD: $20 Million Series B Closed For Scaling Quantum Dot Technology | UbiQD, a leader in quantum dot (QD) technology, announced the closing of its $20 million Series B funding round. The round was led by Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP), with participation from Builders VC, Azura Group, Builders Vision, Stout S... |
| 24.04.2025 | Fats from fermentation: Checkerspot unveils high-oleic palm alternative… without genetic modification | California-based Checkerspot has developed what it claims is a world first: an algal oil closely matching the fatty acid profile and performance of high-oleic palm oil, without genetic engineering.
While regular palm oil has a high percenta... |
| 23.04.2025 | The Rise of Agri-Tech: Puna Bio and UbiQD Lead the Charge | In the world of agriculture, innovation is the lifeblood. Two companies, Puna Bio and UbiQD, are emerging as beacons of progress. They are reshaping how we think about farming and sustainability. Their recent funding rounds highlight a grow... |
| 22.04.2025 | Puna Bio Receives Investment from Corteva Catalyst | Puna Bio, a Buenos Aires, Argentina-based agricultural technology company, received an investment from Corteva Catalyst.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Other investors included At One Ventures, SP Ventures, SOSV, Builders VC, and... |
| 22.04.2025 | UbiQD Raises $20M in Series B Funding | UbiQD, a Los Alamos, NM-based quantum dot (QD) technology company, raised $20M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Phoenix Venture Partners (PVP), with participation from Builders VC, Azura Group, Builders Vision, Stout Street Capital... |
| 22.04.2025 | UbiQD lands $20m to scale its light-optimizing quantum dot technology for agriculture and solar | Advanced materials company UbiQD has raised $20 million in Series B funding to scale its quantum dot technology across agriculture and solar industries. This could, in turn, help to make both industries more efficient and bring costs down.
... |
| 27.02.2025 | Qatar attracts VC fund managers to Doha with its $1 billion ‘fund of funds’ | Qatar Investment Authority’s $1-billion fund of funds has accepted its first group of venture capital fund managers.
Raj Ganguly, co-CEO of B Capital, hailed the Gulf state’s approach to artificial intelligence, and its support for the sect... |
| 31.10.2024 | Pathos AI: Pioneering the Future of Drug Development with $62M Boost | In the bustling heart of Chicago, a biotechnology company is reshaping the landscape of drug development. Pathos AI has recently secured $62 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round. This infusion of capital is not just a financi... |
| 30.10.2024 | Pathos AI Closes $62M Series C Funding | Pathos AI, a Chicago, IL-based clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on re-engineering drug development through artificial intelligence, raised $62M in Series C funding.
The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with parti... |
| 26.09.2024 | Exclusive: Brilliant Harvest emerges from stealth with AI-powered helpdesk for ag equipment dealers | Brilliant Harvest, an AI-powered helpdesk designed to empower ag equipment dealer teams throughout the customer experience from purchase to repair, has emerged from stealth after signing its first major customer: Rocky Mountain Equipment.
F... |
| 21.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: MycoWorks opens mycelium plant, Flagship et al pump $250m into Indigo Ag, Pure Harvest bags $150m | After a pretty dry spell, agrifood investors were throwing around the big bucks this week, with the launch of two sizeable funds ($384m from Astanor Ventures and $312m from Humble Growth), while Flagship led a $250m round into Indigo Ag and... |
| 18.07.2023 | Bowery Valuation Closes $16.3 Million Extension of Series B Funding, Accelerating Growth Trajectory | Bowery Valuation Founders and Co-CEOs John Meadows and Noah Isaacs with CTO Cesar Devers (middle) "This latest capital raise will enable us to further enhance our data infrastructure, expand our team, and accelerate our growth trajecto... |
| 13.07.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aphea.Bio scores $78m for biologicals, Do Good Foods files Ch. 11, Chipotle’s avocado robots | Good news this week arrived in the form of funding rounds for biologicals maker Aphea.Bio and infant formula startup Bobbie, amongst several others. Less sunny was news that upcycled chicken company Do Good Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankru... |
| 10.07.2023 | Exclusive: Performance Livestock Analytics lands funding from Builders VC, separates from animal health giant Zoetis | Precision livestock platform Performance Livestock Analytics (PLA) has separated from animal health company Zoetis, which acquired PLA in 2020.
As an independent entity, PLA plans to accelerate the growth of its data analytics platform for ... |
| 22.02.2023 | Brief: Future Fields raises $11.2m to scale up fruit flies for recombinant protein production | [Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Future Fields via the 2019 GROW impact accelerator and its 2022 Alt Protein Fund.]
Canadian startup Future Fields has raised $11.2 million in a seed extension round to scale up ... |
| 14.12.2022 | Robotruck Converter SafeAI Lands Millions In New Funding | Autonomous truck operated by contract mining company MACA. The truck was retrofitted with autonomous ... [+] technology by SafeAI. MACA |
| 06.10.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: The Rounds bags $38m for waste-free e-grocery, Jay-Z invests in pizza robot startup Stellar | This week brought a win for more sustainable grocery delivery with The Rounds’ Series A fundraise. Meanwhile, investment in restaurant robots increased with Jay-Z’s funding for pizza robot truck Stellar and new capital for Hyper Food Roboti... |
| 03.10.2022 | Tractor Zoom Raises $5M in New Round | We’re excited to announce that Tractor Zoom announced that it raised $5M in Series A funding. HPA participated in the round, which was co-led by Builders VC and Bienville Capital. Additional investors include Next Level Ventures and Wintrus... |
| 03.10.2022 | EXCLUSIVE: Tractor Zoom scoops up $5m to bring better data, transparency to farm equipment buying | US-based data company Tractor Zoom has secured $5 million in Series A funding for its digital marketplace that streamlines the equipment-procurement process for farmers and vendors. Builders VC and Bienville Capital led the round. Next Leve... |
| 01.09.2022 | BREAKING: Biologicals startup Puna Bio lands $3.7m to fight climate change with ‘extreme bacteria’ | Argentina’s Puna Bio has raised $3.7 million for its seed treatment that leverages the power of extremophiles — living microorganisms able to develop and survive in extreme conditions — to strengthen crops against the impacts of climate cha... |
| 01.09.2022 | Puna Bio Raises $3.7M Seed Funding to Restore Soil Health with Desert Microbes | Researchers in the remote Puna Desert of Argentina discover "extremophiles" that make plant growth possible on highly degraded soil, boost yields 9-13% on fertile soil and replace synthetic fertilizers
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sep... |
| 01.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Planted’s $72m for whole-cut ‘chicken,’ genomics startup Pattern snags $35m | Swiss alt-protein startup Planted raised Series B funding to expand its line of whole-cut plant-based chicken items. Agtech and genomics startup Pattern also announced Series B funding, while carbon-neutral milk company closed a Series A ro... |
| 29.08.2022 | A Gen Z VC speaks up: Why Gen Z VCs are trash | Andrew Chan Contributor
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In the eternal words of Kanye Omari West: “Scoop-diddy-whoop, Whoo... |
| 19.07.2022 | Healthie Raises $16M to Enable Infrastructure Platform for Digital Health Companies | What You Should Know:
– Healthie, a New York City-based infrastructure platform for digital health companies raises $16M in an oversubscribed Series A round led by Velvet Sea Ventures with participation from Greymatter Capital, Watershed, B... |
| 25.01.2022 | Alberta Enterprise Corporation invests USD$10 million to scale startups modernizing industry | AEC invests USD$10 million in Builders VC Fund II to provide access to Series A financing to technology companies advancing traditional industries. |
| 02.12.2021 | Binah.ai Welcomes Digital Health Leader Mark H. Goldstein as Chairman of its Advisory Board and Investor | TEL AVIV, Israel (PRWEB) December 02, 2021
Binah.ai, the leading provider of general health and wellness video-based monitoring tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI), announced today that it has appointed Mark H. Goldstein as the Ch... |
| 14.09.2021 | BREAKING: Nitrogen fixer Andes scores $15m from Bayer, Wilbur-Ellis to move into carbon capture | Andes, a Chilean-founded, US-based ag biotech startup, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by the VC arms of Bayer and Wilbur-Ellis – Leaps by Bayer and Cavallo Ventures.
Existing investors Endurance and KdT Ven... |
| 14.09.2021 | Nitrogen fixer Andes scores $15m from Bayer, Wilbur-Ellis to move into carbon capture | Andes, a Chilean-founded, US-based ag biotech startup, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by the VC arms of Bayer and Wilbur-Ellis – Leaps by Bayer and Cavallo Ventures.
Existing investors Endurance and KdT Ven... |
| 02.03.2021 | BREAKING: Anti-mastitis startup SomaDetect raises $6m Series A from Ag Capital Canada, Merck | Dairy farmers would save a lot of money — and tears over spilled milk — if they had a way to detect mastitis early.
The bacterial infection of the udders leads to a loss of roughly $200 per cow, per year for US dairy farmers, according to t... |
| 02.03.2021 | Anti-mastitis startup SomaDetect raises $6m Series A from Ag Capital Canada, Merck | Dairy farmers would save a lot of money — and tears over spilled milk — if they had a way to detect mastitis early.
The bacterial infection of the udders leads to a loss of roughly $200 per cow, per year for US dairy farmers, according to t... |
| 17.06.2020 | Construction delivery startup GoFor Industries raises $9.8 million seed round | Ottawa-based startup GoFor Industries, which provides logistics solutions and delivery services for the home improvement and construction industries, has raised a $9.8 million CAD seed round. This brings the company’s total funding to date ... |
| 17.06.2020 | GOFOR CLOSES 9.8M SEED ROUND LED BY BUILDERS VC | Round will fuel expansion across North America.
GoFor Industries, a provider of last mile logistics solutions, announced today the closing of its seed round of $9.8 million led by Builders VC, CEMEX Ventures, Mucker Capital, Plug and Play ... |
| 12.06.2020 | Conversa Health receives $12 million to expand its virtual care communication tool | |
| 11.06.2020 | Backed by Northwell, Conversa Health Raises $12M for AI-Powered Chatbots | What You Should Know:
– Conversa Health raises $12 million in Series B funding round to expand its AI-powered chatbots enabling health systems, payers and pharmaceutical companies to engage patients and collect patient-generated health data... |
| 29.04.2020 | Today in funding: Provision Analytics, Ackroo, MergeBase, Obie.ai | Four Canadian startups have announced fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from whom, and what they’ll be putting the new funds toward. Provision Analytics raises $3.2 million
Calgary-based Pr... |
| 28.04.2020 | Zoetis’ acquisition of Performance Livestock Analytics is major milestone for livestock tech space | Monsanto’s acquisition of The Climate Corporation in 2013 marked a major turning point for the then-nascent agri-foodtech space. Since then, investment has flooded into startups innovating for food and farming from row crop production to tr... |
| 14.04.2020 | EXCLUSIVE: Provision Analytics raises $3.2m to expand food safety data platform | The current pandemic has put food safety and the weaknesses in our food supply chain at the center of many consumers’ minds. Although the financial decline that will surely come from the impact of Covid-19 is ultimately devastating, some ag... |
| 18.12.2019 | NeuroFlow, the most “clinical grade” out of “sea of mental health solutions,” lands $7.5M investment | Based in Philadelphia, NeuroFlow has developed a technology platform designed to help providers blend behavioral health into their overall care and remotely monitor patients.
Between 25,000 and 30,000 patients should be on the platform by t... |
| 12.12.2019 | Meet Builders VC, A Firm Backing Startups In ‘Nonsexy’ Industries
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| 12.12.2019 | Meet Builders VC, A Firm Backing Startups In ‘Nonsexy’ Industries
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Anyone who gets my reporting preferences, knows that I love two things: covering startups based outside of the Bay Area and companies out to disrupt and shake up industries that sorely need innovati... |
| 07.01.2019 | Builders VC Fund I receives Canadian LP support as firm opens Calgary office, adds local partner | Alberta Enterprise Corporation and BDC Capital announced LP investments in US VC firm Builders VC‘s Fund I just before the new year. While investment amounts were not disclosed, SEC filings from June put Fund 1 at just over $115.5 million U... |
| 04.12.2018 | Alberta Enterprise Corporation and BDC Capital Invest in Builders VC | |
| 29.03.2017 | Carbon Health launches virtual clinic to create network of independent physician practices (updated) | Other investors that took part in Carbon Health’s inaugural round included Javelin Venture Partners, Two Sigma Ventures, and Bullpen Capital which invests in companies at the post-seed funding stage. Angel investors in the business include ... |
| 16.01.2017 | Joe Lonsdale moves forward with 8VC’s new fund and more | Joe Lonsdale has had his fair share of ups and downs in recent years. Investors don’t seem to mind. Nearly a year ago, they quietly provided Lonsdale’s newest, early-stage venture firm, 8VC, with $425 million in funding for its debut fund, ... |
| 09.12.2016 | Formation 8 founder Jim Kim and longtime VC Paul Lee partner on a new fund called Builders | Jim Kim, who most recently co-founded the venture firm Formation 8, is launching a brand-new venture firm called Builders that looks to be raising a $200 million fund, judging by a recent SEC filing. His co-founder is Paul Lee, who left the... |
| 30.11.2016 | Builders VC to Raise $200M First Venture Capital Fund | Builders VC, a San Francisco, CA- and Chicago, IL-based early stage venture capital firm, is to raise its first fund.
According to a regulatory form filed with the SEC, Builders VC Fund I, L.P., aims to raise $200m.
The document lists Gener... |
| - | Carbon Health launches virtual clinic to create network of independent physician practices (updated) | Virtual visit interaction via Carbon Health app
This post has been updated with comments from Carbon Health CEO Eren Bali
The technology entrepreneur who founded Udemy, a marketplace for online courses, is looking to make a big splash in th... |
| - | NeuroFlow, the most “clinical grade” out of “sea of mental health solutions,” lands $7.5M investment | NeuroFlow plans to double its work force next year as it seeks to boost sales of its mental healthcare management platform.
As it moves ahead, the company is drawing on $7.5 million in Series A funding announced Monday. San Francisco-based ... |
