| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.09.2026 | These constraints are holding agrifood back. AgFunder is investing to solve them | In the 1820s, when European farmers were pouring manure onto exhausted soils and getting very little yield back, the accepted explanation was that plants needed more humus, the decayed organic matter in the ground, which they fed on. So the... |
| 10.07.2025 | IRCAI and AWS Select 23 New Startups for the 2025 Compute for Climate Fellowship | The program funds research and development of concepts that harness advanced cloud computing and artificial intelligence to solve global environmental challenges.
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, July 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Research... |
| 13.11.2024 | Compute for Climate Fellowship Announces Eight New Startups Selected to Build Their Proof-of-Concepts for Free on AWS | LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, Nov. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI), an organization under the auspices of UNESCO, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), today announced th... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: A New Era in Agriculture**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is changing. Like a field awakening at dawn, the farm robotics sector is blossoming, even amid economic challenges. In 2024, the sector has raised nearly $399 million, a drop from the previous year but still a ... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities in 2024**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. Farm robotics is at the forefront of this transformation. In 2024, the sector is grappling with funding challenges but is also witnessing a surge in innovation. As labor costs ris... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Rise of Farm Robotics: Navigating a New Era in Agriculture**
** | ** The agricultural landscape is changing. Like a field being tilled for the first time, the farm robotics sector is breaking new ground. In 2024, despite a challenging fundraising environment, this sector is showing resilience and innovati... |
| 24.07.2024 | The 7 biggest farm robotics deals of 2024 so far | The farm robotics sector has shown some resilience in 2024 and continues to bring innovative products to market, despite the challenging year for fundraising.
In the first half of 2024, the AgFunder-defined Farm Robotics, Mechanization, and... |
| 16.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Delivery startup Crisp bags $38m, ‘mindful drinking app’ Sunnyside lands $11m, Bowery layoffs | Announcements from this week suggests foodtech funding rounds are slowly gaining speed again. Crisp bucked the downward trend of food delivery startups with a Series C raise, Sunnyside raised funds for its alcohol monitoring app, and Le Fou... |
| 13.11.2023 | Aigen raises $12m to scale its fleet of solar-powered autonomous robots to more than 20,000 acres | Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Aigen.
US-based Aigen Robotics has raised a $12 million Series A for its solar-powered, autonomous robots for agriculture.
Australia VC ReGen Ventures led the round with ... |
| 10.11.2023 | Aigen Raises $12M in Series A Funding | Aigen, a Kirkland, Washington, DC-based AI-driven robotics company, raised $12M in Series A funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $19M, was led by ReGen Ventures along with NEA, Cleveland Avenue, Incite, and Susquehanna Priv... |
| 09.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Talus Renewables nabs $22m for green ammonia, Getir buys FreshDirect | This week, Talus Renewables closed a funding round for its green ammonia system and vegetable waste firm Letoon Holdings secured capital. M&A is coming for online grocery, as evidenced by Getir’s acquisition of US-based FreshDirect. The... |
| 09.11.2023 | With fresh funding, agtech startup Aigen ramps up production of solar-powered farm robots | (Aigen Photo)
Seattle-area agtech startup Aigen is aiming to scale up production of its weed-destroying robots and broaden its footprint on farms across the U.S.
The company on Thursday revealed the investors in its new $12 million investme... |
| 13.10.2023 | Ag-tech startup Aigen, which sells solar-powered weed-thumping robots, lands $12M | Aigen co-founders Rich Wurden, left, and Kenny Lee. (Aigen Photo)
Aigen raised $12 million in fresh cash, providing a boost for the company rolling out a solar-powered robot that uses advanced computer vision models to spot and kill weeds.
... |
| 11.08.2023 | AI on the farm: Ag-tech startups help zap weeds, fertilize crops — but still face challenges with data | Aigen, which recently unveiled a new self-driving robot, is led by co-founders, Rich Wurden, left, and Kenny Lee. (Aigen Photo)
Engineers are bringing their talents in artificial intelligence and machine learning to the farm.
The Pacific No... |
| 03.07.2023 | Aigen Unveils the World’s First AI-Driven, Solar-Powered, Agricultural Robotics Service | Aigen, a Seattle-based agricultural technology startup unveiled a groundbreaking autonomous, scalable robotics platform, powered entirely by solar and wind energy. Leveraging proprietary, quantized AI, the Aigen Element service is the only ... |
| 27.01.2023 | Tech layoffs at big companies could be a boon for startups and entrepreneurship | (Bigstock Photo)
A wave of layoffs at tech companies is flooding the job market with fresh talent. The trend is sparking questions about whether startups will take advantage, and whether there will be a rush of new companies launched by Big... |
| 27.04.2022 | Climate tech startup funding: UW-spinoff BattGenie, Microsoft vet, and weeding robot raise fresh cash | Photo credits: Aigen weed zapping robot (Aigen Photo), charging home electronics (GeekWire / Lisa Stiffler), Port of Tacoma (Creative Commons / J.Getz)
Here’s the latest funding news for climate tech startups across the Pacific Northwest. B... |
| 22.02.2022 | WTIA picks 30 of Washington state’s ‘best and brightest’ tech startups for Founder Cohort | (BigStock Illustration)
The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) has selected 30 Washington state tech startups for its seventh Founder Cohort Program.
The virtual program is designed to help seed-stage startups grow and scale ... |
| 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... |
| 19.01.2022 | Aigen Raises a $4 Million Seed led by NEA | Aigen, a company developing a scalable, solar-powered robotics platform for agriculture and soil regeneration, announced a $4 Million seed round led by NEA with participation from AgFunder, Global Founders Capital, and ReGen Ventures.
“Aige... |
| 19.01.2022 | Aigen Raises $4M in Seed Funding | Left to right: Henry Magun (NEA), Richard Wurden (Aigen), Andrew Schoen (NEA), Kenny Lee (Aigen)
Aigen, a Kirkland, WA-based scalable, solar-powered robotics platform for agriculture and soil regeneration, raised $4M in funding.
The round w... |
| 18.01.2022 | Aigen gets $4m from NEA, AgFunder to boost farm sustainability with solar robots | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Aigen.
US agtech startup Aigen has raised a $4 million seed round for its solar-powered robotics platform that automates processes around soil health, providing farmers with more... |
| 18.01.2022 | Aigen’s swarm of agtech robots want to make agriculture carbon negative | Even though the only thing the robot can do right now is pull weeds, Aigen is adamant it isn’t building a weed-whacking robot. It claims to be on a mission to terraform the earth, and says it has a path toward making agriculture carbon nega... |
| 18.01.2022 | Tech vets land $4M to develop solar-powered robots that zap weeds and regenerate soil | Protoype of an Aigen weeding pulling and soil enhancing robot. (Aigen Photo)
New funding: Aigen, a startup developing solar-powered robots for weed control and soil regeneration, has raised $4 million in venture capital. The seed round was ... |
| - | Aigen | “Aigen's mission is to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture—with a chemical free, solar powered robotics platform.” |
| - | Aigen: AI-Driven Robotics Company Closes $12 Million In Funding | Aigen – an AI-driven robotics company – recently announced that it closed $12 million in Series A financing from leading investor ReGen Ventures and NEA, Cleveland Avenue, Incite, and Susquehanna Private Equity Investments LLLP. The funding... |
