| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.06.2026 | SWARM Engineering Secures $10M: AI Transforms Agrifood, Manufacturing Operations | SWARM Engineering secured $10M in Series A funding. S2G Investments and AgRogue Growth Partners led the round. The company develops AI-driven decision intelligence for agrifood and manufacturing. Funds will expand its operational AI roadmap... |
| 10.06.2026 | SWARM Engineering Raises $10M in Series A Funding | SWARM Engineering, an Irvine, CA-based decision intelligence company for agrifood and manufacturing, raised $10M in Series A funding.
The round was led by S2G Investments and AgRogue Growth Partners, with participation from Radicle Growth, ... |
| 10.06.2026 | SWARM Engineering Raises $10 Million Series A To Transform Operational Decisions With AI | SWARM Engineering announced that it has raised $10 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round led by S2G Investments and AgRogue Growth Partners. Additional investors participating in the round included Radicle Growth, Grit Road Pa... |
| 29.10.2020 | Arable raises $20m Series B funding for global expansion, starting with Brazil | San Francisco-based crop management platform Arable has raised $20 million in a Series B round led by local VC firm Prelude Ventures.
The round also included participation from new investors such as M20 and Nassau Street Ventures, as well a... |
| 16.10.2020 | Need startup funding? Here are 75+ venture capital firms in the Baltimore-DC region | If you’re located in New York City or the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms are abundant and well covered by the media — you can’t escape them. But entrepreneurs in the Baltimore-D.C. region don’t need to go so far to find a firm that c... |
| 13.10.2020 | Need startup funding? Here are 75+ venture capital firms in the DMV region | If you’re located in New York City or the Silicon Valley, venture capital firms are abundant and well covered by the media — you can’t escape them. But entrepreneurs in the DMV region don’t need to go so far to find a firm that could propel... |
| 28.07.2020 | Vive’s nanotech-powered crop inputs land $5.4m funding | There are traditional chemical inputs, and there are bio-based inputs. One Canadian startup is adding a third category to the list: nanotech-boosted inputs.
“We view precision ag as a stool that has three legs,” Darren Anderson, CEO of prec... |
| 02.01.2020 | 2020 predictions from agrifoodtech’s leading VCs | Happy New Year!
What a decade it’s been for the advancement of the food and agriculture industries! It was a decade spent catching up with other industries in the technological revolution. In many respects the industry is still in catch-up ... |
| 18.11.2019 | Plant Response Biotech merges with Koch spin-out in first move of biologicals roll-up | Plant Response Biotech has merged with Koch Biological Solutions in the first of a planned series of “rollup” deals for the biological crop input category, AFN can exclusively reveal. Read on to get the scoop on how this deal came about.
Sc... |
| 10.09.2019 | ZeaKal clinches $15 million Series C funding, hires veteran DuPont exec | ZeaKal, a San-Diego biotech startup that neatly tweaks genetic crop traits to improve their rates of photosynthesis, has just publicly revealed it closed a Series C financing round.
Totaling $15 million, the round includes the $10 million s... |
| 13.02.2019 | 60 AgriFood Tech Startups Nominated for 2019 AgFunder Innovation Awards – Vote Now! | *VOTING EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 1, 9AM ET!*
We’re very excited to open our Third Annual AgFunder AgriFood Tech Innovation Awards, where we recognize the innovators and entrepreneurs driving the agrifood tech sector forward.
Our nomination comm... |
| 20.02.2018 | Nine Dairy Farm Tech Startups Seeking to Bolster a Troubled Industry | Whether it be single-cow farms in India or massive commercial dairies in the US, the dairy industry is under pressure in light of changing market forces and consumer preferences.
In 2014, India’s dairy industry grew to be larger than that o... |
| 21.11.2017 | Women in Agtech: Joy Parr Drach of Advanced Animal Diagnostics is Done with Double Standards | Joy Parr Drach is CEO of Advanced Animal Diagnostics (AAD), a company developing tools to diagnose livestock disease on the farm. The Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-based company aims to help cut back on the number of antibiotics ad... |
| 28.09.2017 | The Inno Guide to Angel and Venture Capital Investors in the D.C. Metro Area | Updated 4/27/2020 by Cassidy Beegle-Jackson.
The venture capital landscape is changing in D.C.
The number of deals is dwindling, and each quarter, it seems the region's venture data is relying more and more on one major venture deal to defi... |
| 27.03.2017 | Arable raises $4.25 million to demystify farming with sensors and data | Arable has raised $4.25 million for solar-powered sensors and software to help farmers produce more food with fewer resources, and more accurately predict their yields. Middleland Capital and S2G Ventures led the Series A investment in Arab... |
| 27.03.2017 | Arable Labs raises $4.25 million to bring predictive analytics to farming | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Arable Labs has raised $4.25 million to bring dat... |
| 27.03.2017 | Arable Labs raises $4.25 million to bring predictive analytics to farming | Arable Labs has raised $4.25 million to bring data-driven analysis and predictions to farming.
The Princeton, N.J.-based startup uses sensors for the Internet of Things, or making everyday objects smart and connected, to collect data on a f... |
| 27.03.2017 | Arable Raises $4.25m Series A from S2G and Middleland | Arable Labs, the agriculture sensor and analytics company, has raised $4.25 million in Series A funding in a round led by family office-backed Middleland Capital and S2G Ventures, the Chicago-based food and ag VC.
Other new investors in the... |
| 25.09.2016 | Nyca Partners Joins $2.5M Seed Round for Zero | Zero, a startup building a new mobile banking experience with transformative functionality, economics and features, announced that it raised a $2.5 million seed round led by ENIAC Ventures, with New Enterprise Associates, Nyca Partners, Lig... |
| 25.09.2016 | NEA Joins $2.5M Seed Round for Zero | Zero, a startup building a new mobile banking experience with transformative functionality, economics and features, announced that it raised a $2.5 million seed round led by ENIAC Ventures, with New Enterprise Associates, Nyca Partners, Lig... |
| 15.09.2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: Harvard Angels Invest in IntelinAir, Wheatsheaf Invests in Animal Health Tech, BayoTech Raises $1.5m, more | IntelinAir, a San Jose-based automated aerial imagery analytics startup, closed its seed round consisting of $3 million in equity and $500k in venture debt from Midwest high-growth tech funders Hyde Park Venture Partners, early- and mid-sta... |
| 28.04.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Harvard Business School Invests in UK Satellite Startup, Middleland Backs Flower Delivery, more | UK Satellite Startup Rezatec Closes $1.46m Seed Round
Based in the UK, satellite company Rezatec has raised a $1.46 million seed round with Russian-led Run Capital and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels. Located in Hartwell’s Satellite A... |
| 18.02.2016 | ZeaKal Raises $5.3m Series B for ‘Blockbuster’ GM Seeds | ZeaKal, a biotechnology startup producing genetically-modified seeds, has raised $5.3 million from agtech VC heavyweights Finistere Ventures and Middleland Capital. A group of family offices also joined the Series B round.
With the funding,... |
| 18.02.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Monsanto Leads $7.5m Series A for Understory, Symbiota Re-Brands to Raise $56m, more | Symbiota Re-Brands to Indigo and Raises $56m from Flagship Ventures
Microbial stimulant company Symbiota has re-branded to Indigo to mark a new phase in the company’s development. The re-branding coincides with a $56 million capital raise l... |
| 27.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 27, 2015 | Grofers snapped up $120M; Sigma Pensios raised $62M; GOQii secured $13.4M funding
Savedo, a Berlin, Germany-based online financial marketplace that allows European savers to invest in safe term deposits within the EU, raised funding from HW... |
| 25.11.2015 | PlantResponse Biotech raises 5.7 Million € in Series A funding | PlantResponse Biotech, an agrobiotechnology company, closed a Series A round of 5.7 Million €. The financing round was lead by Monsanto Growth Ventures and included a mix of institutional and strategic investors including, Caixa Capital Ris... |
| 25.11.2015 | PlantResponse Biotech cierra una ronda de €5,7M liderada por Monsanto Growth, acuden CaixaCR, Middleland y Novozymes | 25/11/2015
PLANTRESPONSE BIOTECH CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €5,7 MILLONES LIDERADA POR MONSANTO GROWTH PARTNERS, ACUDEN CAIXA CAPITAL RISC, MIDDLELAND Y NOVOZYMES.
La compañía de agrobiotecnología PlantResponse Biotech, ha cerrado una ronda A de... |
| 10.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 10, 2015
Early-Stage Venture-Capital Investors
Early-Stage Venture-Capital Investors | Careem secured $60M; Transfix raised $12M; Spiro closed $1.5M
Trucking remains the most widely used way of shipping goods, with heavy duty semi-trucks being responsible for shipping 70% of all U.S. freight.. But it's also an industry that h... |
| 16.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup: October 16, 2015 | MycoTechnology closed $9.2M round; Mast received $7M; HRBoss landed $2M
Entrenar.me, a Valencia, Spain-based platform that connects people to personal trainers, closed a €205,000 ($233,700) funding round. The round was led by SeedSyndicates... |
| 10.09.2015 | Fundings in Brief: Groundwork BioAg Series B, France Launches Farmer Relief Plan, Indian Dairy Attracts Capital | This week’s fundings in brief include the public and private funding of two Indian dairy operations, a farmer relief program in France and the cancellation of a private equity seafood deal.
France Announces $3b Agriculture Relief Package
Fr... |
| 02.09.2015 | Middleland Capital Leads Seed Round for Chicory Prebiotic Fiber Developer Blue Prairie | Nebraska-based chicory root producer and prebiotic fiber developer Blue Prairie recently closed a $750,000 seed round led by Middleland Capital, the agtech-focused venture capital firm. The round included a $250,000 investment by Invest Neb... |
| 26.08.2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 26, 2015 | Fanatics secured $300M; Spoonflower announced $25M; Velostrata raised $14M
Velostrata provides on-demand hybrid cloud software that decouples compute from storage. What that does is enable enterprises to stream production workloads to and f... |
| 17.02.2015 | Telemedicine startup Avizia raises $4M to expand staff, explore acquisitions | Among its investors are NextGen Angels, Blu Venture Investors, and Middleland Capital. To date, Avizia has raised about $6 million.
Baird, formerly of Cisco, founded the company in 2013 with a group of former colleagues. The Reston, Virgini... |
| 20.08.2014 | Avizia, telemedicine technology business founded by former Cisco employee, raises $2M | As part of the financing round, Edward Kennedy, CEO of Tollgrade Communication, joined Avizia’s board of directors.
Avizia CEO Mike Baird said improving quality and accessibility of patient care are two big priorities for healthcare provide... |
| 14.08.2013 | Syntellia Raises $3M Series A Financing | Syntellia, a San Francisco, CA-based innovative text input company, raised $3m Series A financing.
Backers included Highland Capital Partners, under its recently launched Leap Fund, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Middleland Capital a... |
| 18.12.2012 | Proterro Closes $3.5M Financing | Proterro, Inc., an Ewing, NJ-based company making sugar instead of extracting it from crops, closed a $3.5m financing.
The round was led by existing investor Braemar Energy Ventures, with participation from new investors Cultivian Ventures ... |
| - | Telemedicine startup Avizia raises $4M to expand staff, explore acquisitions | Just a couple of months after it acquired Emerge.MD, telemedicine startup Avizia has raised fresh capital for an aggressive expansion plan this year. It raised $4 million, according to a Form D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commis... |
| - | Avizia, telemedicine technology business founded by former Cisco employee, raises $2M | As telemedicine continues to gain acceptance in what continues to be a relatively small corner of the healthcare market, telemedicine technology startup Avizia has added a new investor as part of a $2 million fundraise, according to a Form ... |