| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.07.2026 | Chinese lidar maker with Nvidia ties accused of being cyber risk for U.S. | Hesai Technology, a Shanghai-based manufacturer of the sensors that allow robots and self-driving vehicles to see, was blacklisted as a national security threat in 2024 by the U.S. Department of Defense, which designated Hesai as a Chinese ... |
| 20.04.2026 | Guest article: Physical AI isn’t replacing farmers. It’s critical for keeping them in business | Editor’s note: Tim Bucher is the CEO and co-founder of Agtonomy, a physical AI company that partners with leading equipment manufacturers to embed its technology at the factory level, transforming off-road machines into smart, autonomous so... |
| 31.10.2025 | Agtonomy Secures $18M Series B for AI Farm Automation | Agtonomy closed an oversubscribed $18 million Series B funding round. This significant capital injection fuels the company's advanced physical AI platform. It targets crucial applications across agriculture and diverse off-road industries. ... |
| 29.10.2025 | Agtonomy: $18 Million Series B Closed For Advancing Physical AI Across Agriculture And Off-Road Industries | Agtonomy, a leading software and services company specializing in automation and physical AI for agriculture and land management, announced it has raised $18 million in an oversubscribed Series B round led by DBL Partners, with participatio... |
| 28.10.2025 | Agtonomy Raises $18M in Series B Funding | Agtonomy, a South San Francisco, California based software and services company specializing in automation and physical AI solutions for agriculture and land management, closed a $18m Series B funding round.
This round was led by DBL Partne... |
| 28.10.2025 | Agtonomy bags $18m to bring more AI to ‘the next frontier of automation’: agricultural equipment | Agtonomy will expand its ag autonomy software and services business thanks to an $18 million Series B round the California-based company just closed.
VC firm DBL Partners led the round with participation from asset manager Nuveen and existi... |
| 23.10.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Bezos Earth Fund sets up $30m AI ‘challenge,’ Nutropy nets $8m | In another sliver of good news for alternative protein, French biotech startup Nutropy raised funds this week and now has plans to launch its animal-free cheese in the next couple of years.
Elsewhere, the Bezos Earth Fund announced a $30 mi... |
| 21.09.2025 | Will electric tractors gain traction? At a pilot event for farmers, researchers see possibilities | By MICHAEL PHILLIS, MELINA WALLING and JOSHUA A. BICKEL
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In the soft dirt of an indoor horseback riding ring last month, a group of farmers got ready to test drive a new piece of equipment: an electric tractor. Rel... |
| 30.07.2025 | Hesai's JT Series 3D Lidar Revolutionizes the Future of Autonomous Farming | PALO ALTO, Calif., July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Hesai Technology (Nasdaq: HSAI), a global leader in lidar solutions, announces today that it will supply its advanced JT series lidar sensors to support the deployment of next-generation auto... |
| 08.01.2025 | The Future of Agriculture and Robotics: A New Dawn in Technology | The agricultural landscape is shifting. Innovations in technology are redefining how we grow food and manage resources. Two recent articles highlight this transformation: the impact of GLP-1 drugs on food systems and the unveiling of advanc... |
| 07.01.2025 | Hesai Unveils Mini Hyper-Hemispherical 3D Lidar Series for Robotics at CES | Hesai (Nasdaq: HSAI) introduces new JT series mini 3D lidar, with compact and lightweight design, and world's widest hyper-hemispherical field of view
Designed specifically for robotics applications
Mass production and deliveries for JT ser... |
| 02.01.2025 | GLP-1, GWP*, and the state of ag robotics: the top 10 guest posts on AgFunderNews in 2024 | It should come as no surprise that the most popular guest posts of 2024 covered topics such as GLP-1, regenerative agriculture, plant-based meats, and, of course, artificial intelligence.
AgFunderNews frequently publishes guest articles fro... |
| 24.10.2024 | Agtonomy Receives Investment from Allison Ventures | Agtonomy, a San Francisco, CA-based software and services company specializing in advanced autonomous and AI solutions for agriculture and industrial applications, received an investment from Allison Ventures.
The amount of the deal was not... |
| 24.10.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Agtonomy raises $32.8m, NVentures backs Orbital Materials, NotCo unveils ‘fragrance formulator’ | Ag robotics and automation startups swarmed the news this week, coinciding with the FIRA 2024 farm robotics show in Sacramento, California. Agtonomy, Carbon Robotics, FarmDroid, and others all announced fundraises, while AgFunder portco Ver... |
| 20.10.2024 | The Rise of AgriFoodTech: A New Era of Sustainable Innovation | The world of AgriFoodTech is buzzing. It’s a landscape ripe with innovation, where sustainability meets technology. Companies are racing to transform how we produce and consume food. This week, the headlines overflowed with exciting develop... |
| 20.10.2024 | Agtonomy: AI-Based Agriculture Automation Company Raises $32.8 Million (Series A) | Agtonomy, a pioneer in AI-based automation software for agriculture and land maintenance, announced it has raised an additional $10 million to close its Series A round, bringing the total funding to $32.8 million. Leading mobility venture f... |
| 17.10.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Blue Stripes, Nukoko land rounds for alt chocolate, OroraTech snags deal for wildfire detection | Foodtech headlines this week contained more chocolate than a jumbo bag of Ghiradelli Squares. Blue Stripes and Nukoko both announced fundraises, while Voyage Foods announced a massive new manufacturing facility.
Elsewhere, climate-focused c... |
| 24.05.2024 | Syre's $100 Million Series A Funding and Expansion Plans | Syre, the textile impact company, recently secured a whopping $100 million in Series A funding to fuel its ambitious plans for gigascale textile-to-textile recycling plants. The company, founded by Vargas and H&M Group, is on a mission ... |
| 23.05.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Textile impact company Syre raises $100m, Nestlé launches brand for GLP-1 consumers | This week, Syre, a “textile impact company” started by Vargas and H&M Group raised a massive Series A to fund its forthcoming textile-to-textile recycling plants. In foodtech, UK-based Nory announced new capital to bring more AI into th... |
| 22.12.2023 | Momenta Leads Series a Investment Round for Agtonomy, Joined by Doosan Bobcat North America and Toyota Ventures | Agtonomy, a leading software and services company specializing in advanced autonomous and AI solutions for agriculture, has secured $22.5 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Momenta, with strategic partners including D... |
| 20.12.2023 | Agtonomy: $22.5 Million Funding Raised To Advance Autonomous AI Solutions For Agriculture | Agtonomy – a leading software and services company specializing in advanced autonomous and AI solutions for agriculture – recently announced it has secured $22.5 million in a Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Momenta, wit... |
| 19.12.2023 | Agtonomy Scoops Up $22.5M Series A Round |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Momenta, the leading Industrial Impact venture capital firm, announced today that they have led the Series A funding round for Agtonomy.
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| 19.12.2023 | Momenta Invests in Agtonomy Series A |
Momenta, the leading Industrial Impact venture capital firm, announced today that they have led the Series A funding round for Agtonomy, a leading software and services company specializing in advanced autonomous and AI solutions for agric... |
| 19.12.2023 | Agtonomy Raises $22.5M in Series A Funding | Agtonomy, a San Francisco, CA-based software and services company specializing in advanced autonomous and AI solutions for agriculture, raised $22.5M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Momenta, with strategic partners including Doosa... |
| 04.02.2023 | Agtonomy Unveils Groundbreaking TeleFarmer Solution for Specialty Crop Farmers | Agtonomy, an ag tech software company with a focus on developing climate-smart solutions for specialty crop farmers, announces its new TeleFarmer Solution. TeleFarmer empowers farmers to remotely execute labor-intensive field tasks such as ... |
| 31.01.2023 | Momenta Launches Industry 5.0 Venture Capital Fund | Momenta, the leading Digital Industry venture capital + value creation firm today announced the Industry 5.0 Fund, a target $100 million venture capital fund. |
| 31.01.2023 | Momenta launches $100M Industry 5.0 Venture Capital Fund | Momenta launches $100M Industry 5.0 Fund The launch of the Industry 5.0 fund, Momenta's fifth venture capital fund since 2012, expands our focus from digital technologies that drive industry productivity to those that drive societal and env... |
| 19.09.2022 | Agtonomy Closes Seed III Funding Round; Total Funding to $13.5M | Agtonomy, a South San Francisco and Sonoma County, CA-based software and service agtech startup, raised $13.5M in Seed III funding.
The round was led by Cavallo Ventures and Mirae Asset Venture Investment.
The company intends to use the fun... |
| 16.09.2022 | Agtonomy Successfully Closes Seed III Funding Round; Takes Total Funding to $13.5 Million | Agtonomy, a cutting-edge software and service ag-tech start-up, announced the successful closing of another round of funding for a total investment of $13.5 million. The round was led by Cavallo Ventures, the venture arm of multi-billion-do... |
| 15.09.2022 | Agtonomy Closes $13.5M Seed III Round |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Agtonomy, a cutting-edge software and service ag-tech start-up, announced the successful closing of another round of funding for a total investment of $13.5 million.
>> Click here for more funding data on Agtonom... |
| 20.01.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Consumer foodtech players Flipdish, Yumi & La Vie raise large rounds | One of this week’s biggest fundings went to Flipdish — a US startup providing software that powers payments, online ordering, and delivery for foodservice enterprises — which netted a massive $100 million in a round led by Chinese tech gian... |
| 18.01.2022 | Agtonomy Closes Additional $5 Million to Accelerate Development of its Autonomy Platform for Local Agriculture | SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Agtonomy, a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist service platform, today announced that it has raised an additional $5 million in Seed II funding from strategic and venture investors Toyota Ventures,... |
| 18.01.2022 | Agtonomy Raises $5M in Seed Funding | Agtonomy, a San Francisco CA- and Sonoma County-based hybrid autonomy and tele-assist service platform, raised $5M in Seed funding.
Backers included Toyota Ventures, Flybridge, Hampton VC, E²JDJ and Momenta, as well as existing investors GV... |
| 18.01.2022 | Momenta Invests in Agtonomy | The “Tractor Man” - Why we invested in Agtonomy
Momenta is pleased to announce its investment in Agtonomy, a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist platform for agricultural vehicles.
Technology and Farming
Farming has never fed more people than t... |
| 18.01.2022 | Momenta Invests in Agtonomy | The “Tractor Man” - Why we invested in Agtonomy |
| 18.01.2022 | Toyota Ventures leads seed extension into Agtonomy, turning tractors into autonomous vehicles | Agtonomy co-founder and CEO Tim Bucher was born and raised on a farm and was deep into his own farming business when he took a computer course while at UC Davis and got hooked.
It was that parallel agriculture/technology career that led him... |
| 03.01.2022 | Synbio & supply chain key for agrifoodtech in 2022, according to VC firm E²JDJ | For Stephanie Dorsey, founding partner at US investment firm E²JDJ, agriculture is undergoing “accelerated evolution” out of the industrial age and squarely into a digital and biological one.
This is being driven by advancements in artifici... |
| 23.09.2021 | Agtonomy Raises $4M in Seed Funding | Agtonomy, a San Francisco, CA-based hybrid autonomy and tele-assist service platform, launched out of stealth with $4m in seed funding.
Backers included Grit Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Village Global.
The company intends t... |
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A year and a half ago, restaurant software maker Toast laid off nearly half its workforce and fur... |
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| - | Agriculture Labor Tele-Assist Platform Agtonomy Closes $4 Million In Seed Funding | Agtonomy — a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist service platform — launched recently out of stealth and announced a $4 million seed round. These are the details.
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| - | Ag-Tech Company Agtonomy Raises $13.5 Million | Agtonomy recently announced it raised $13.5 million in funding. These are the details.
Agtonomy recently announced it raised $13.5 million in funding.
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