| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.07.2023 | Molecular farming: IngredientWerks grows heme protein in corn at ‘unprecedented low cost’ | Molecular farming startup IngredientWerks has genetically engineered corn crops to express high levels of bovine myoglobin in a process it claims can scale at a fraction of the cost of precision fermentation.
A heme-binding protein found in... |
| 09.12.2019 | As agtech moves from “more with less” to higher quality, Benson Hill Seeds has right idea for 2020 | Do more with less. It’s probably fair to say that’s been the key mantra for the agtech industry over the past decade.
As panic hit about the need to feed 10 billion people on the planet in 2050, innovators and investors have focused on brin... |
| 25.07.2019 | Agrivida Secures $8M |
WOBURN, MA, Agrivida has announced an $8 million first close that includes $3 million from Open Prairie and participation from existing investors.
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| 24.07.2019 | Agrivida Raises $20M in Financing | Agrivida, a Village of Four Seasons, Missouri-based animal health and nutrition company, raised $11M in the first tranche of its financing round.
The round, which has a final target of $20m, was led by the Open Prairie Rural Opportunities F... |
| 04.12.2018 | A List of Dairy Tech Startups and the Barriers to Adoption | Dairy production is one of the oldest agricultural industries on the planet, but today it is arguably one of the most troubled. Despite the world’s unending appetite for dairy products, dairy farmers are facing one of the toughest economic ... |
| 08.02.2018 | TechAccel Backs Chloroplast Engineering Startup Plastomics | Kansas-based agtech venture development organization TechAccel has backed ag biotech startup Plastomics.
The St. Louis-based startup is working to shorten the pipeline for developing new seeds with multiple transgenic traits, increasing the... |
| 07.09.2017 | What is Agriculture Biotechnology? | Agriculture biotechnology (ag biotech) applies to all technologies used on the farm involving biological or chemical processes. It is a broad category involving many different types of technology and science, including breeding, genetics, m... |
| 08.03.2017 | Agrivida Receives Investment from TechAccel and Iowa Corn Opportunities | Agrivida Inc., a St. Louis-based agriculture technology company focused on animal nutrition, received an investment from TechAccel and Iowa Corn Opportunities.
The two firms joined current investors including the University of Texas Investm... |
| 09.02.2017 | Agtech Funding (& Exit) Sheet: Observant Acquired by Jain, Winnow Solutions Raises Convertible, more | Observant, the Australian manufacturer of in-field hardware and cloud-based applications for precision farm water management, has been acquired by Jain Irrigations, the global irrigations business. Observant was founded in 2003 by Simon Hol... |
| 08.02.2017 | TechAccel Invests in Agrivida Solidifying its Unique Agritech Acceleration Platform | Agriculture venture development organization TechAccel has made a strategic investment in animal feed additive startup Agrivida alongside the Iowa Corn Growers Association‘s equity investment fund Iowa Corn Opportunities.
The undisclosed in... |
| 08.09.2016 | Agrivida Completes Initial Close of $20.4m Series E Financing | Agrivida Inc., a Saint Louis-based agritech company focused on animal nutrition, completed an initial close of $20.4m Series E financing.
The round was led by The University of Texas Investment Management Company, which was joined by curren... |
| 08.09.2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: UTIMCO Leads $20.4m Series E First Close for Agrivida | The only deal in a quiet week for agtech fundings is Agrivida, a biotech startup in the animal nutrition industry. The startup has raised $20.4 million in Series E funding, in a first close for the round.
The University of Texas Investment ... |
| 12.04.2016 | How Technologies Developed for Other Sectors are Revolutionizing Food Production | Editor’s Note: Kevin Zussman is an agtech investor with Cultivian Sandbox, a venture capital firm that invests in food & agriculture technology startups. Cultivian Sandbox is a joint venture between Cultivian Ventures and Sandbox Ventur... |
| 22.03.2016 | Agrivida’s Dan Meagher 7 Months on from $23m Series D | During the first few months of 2015 Agrivida, a biotech company producing multi-purpose enzymes decided to focus its attention on the animal nutrition sector. The company’s biomolecular technology platform uses the corn plant as a factory t... |
| 28.09.2015 | Synthetic Biology Is Not Just Good, It’s Good For You | Emily Leproust Contributor
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| 20.08.2015 | Agtech Veteran Cultivian Sandbox Leads Agrivida’s $23M Series D | Animal nutrition biotech company Agrivida has raised $23 million in Series D funding from a range of heavyweight venture capital firms. The round, which first closed in January on $12 million, has now completed ahead of its $20 million targ... |
| 19.08.2015 | Agrivida Completes $23M Series D Financing | Agrivida, Inc., a Medford, Mass.-based animal nutrition company, completed a $23m Series D financing.
The round was led by Cultivian Sandbox Ventures with participation from an affiliate of Maschhoff Family Foods, ARCH Venture Partners, Mid... |
| 19.08.2015 | Agrivida Closes $23M in Series D |
MEDFORD, MA, Innovative technology company focused on animal nutrition, announced today that it has completed a $23 million Series D financing.
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| 17.06.2015 | Crop Protection Product Developer Asilomar Bio Announces $3M Series A Round | “Farmers everywhere will tell you that weather and water are the biggest issues,” Travis Bayer, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Asilomar Bio. The company recently closed a $3 million Series A round co-lead by Cultivian Sandbox Ve... |
| 22.04.2015 | AgTech Industry Takes in $1.04 Billion in Q1 | After the agriculture technology (AgTech) sector raised a total of $2.36 billion in 2014, the big question was whether or not the sector would continue to pick up momentum in 2015. Judging by first quarter performance, we’re feeling optimis... |
| 15.01.2015 | Agrivida Raises $12M in Series D |
MEDFORD, MA, Innovative technology company focused on animal nutrition, announced today that it has raised $12 million as part of a Series D financing.
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| 14.01.2015 | Agrivida Raises $12M in Series D Financing | Agrivida, Inc., a Medford, Mass.-based innovative technology company focused on animal nutrition, raised $12m in Series D financing.
The round was led by Cultivian Sandbox Ventures with participation from an affiliate of Maschhoff Family Fo... |
| 12.09.2012 | Agrivida Snares $15M Series C |
MEDFORD, MA, Company that develops biotechnologies for agricultural and industrial processing, said that it has raised $15 million as part of a Series C financing.
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| 07.06.2012 | Agrivida Launches Field Production Of Engineered Plants, Plans C Round | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Agrivida—the Medford, MA-based startup that is “engineering plants that can break themselves down into sugars,” according to founder and president R. Michael Raab—is scaling u... |
| 13.11.2009 | DOE, USDA hand out $24M to biomass projects | 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!
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| 13.11.2009 | DOE, USDA hand out $24M to biomass projects | Biomass is often overlooked in favor of sexier renewable energy sources like solar and wind — it’s dirty, capital intensive and not emissions free — but it is one of the only drop-in technologies in the alternative fuel space (meaning that ... |
| - | Agrivida Launches $20 Million Financing Round with Lead Investment from the Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund | EFFINGHAM, IL, July 24, 2019 – The Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund, a growth-stage private equity fund dedicated to providing capital to agribusiness companies throughout rural America, announces a lead investment in Agrivida’s curren... |
| - | Agrivida Completes Initial Close Of Over $20 Million In Series E Funding | Agrivida Inc., an agritech company focused on animal nutrition, announces it has completed an initial close of $20.4 million Series E financing. The funds will be used to advance the commercialization of Agrivida’s patented GRAINZYME® feed ... |