| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.07.2023 | Best Agri-Tech Companies of 2023 | The agricultural industry is undergoing a remarkable transformation driven by the rapid advancement of technology. Agri-tech companies are at the forefront of this revolution, leveraging innovation to address the complex challenges faced by... |
| 02.05.2019 | Canada AgriFood Tech Market Map: 166 Startups Growing Canada’s Agricultural Sector | Just as it has for most of its history, the ample and multi-leveled agricultural and agri-food sector of Canada continues to play a fundamental role in the country’s economy.
Experts predict that all agricultural and agri-food exports from ... |
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The deal is being made through KKR’s $711 million Next Generation Technology Growth Fund, which target... |
| 28.02.2019 | Hortau Closes $20M Equity Funding Round | Hortau, a Levis, Québec, Canada-based provider of precision irrigation management services for commercial agriculture, closed a $20m equity funding round.
Backers included
– Export Development Canada ($7m),
– Fonds de solidarité FTQ ($5.9m)... |
| 15.01.2018 | EXCLUSIVE: Biotech Dominates THRIVE Top 50 in AgTech List | Biotech and predictive analytics startups dominate the Salinas, CA-based THRIVE AgTech’s Top 50 list of agtech companies shaping the future of agriculture for 2018.
The largest technology category on last year’s list, “big data analytics,” ... |
| 17.07.2017 | Ag Industry Brief: Agtech Startups Win Big at AI Competition, Adapt-N Reachs 1m Nitrogen Recommendations, more | Agtech Startups Win Big at CogX AI Innovation Challenge
Agtech startups won big at the recent CogX Innovation Exchange and Annual Awards in London, an event that brought together more than 350 of the world’s leading Artificial Intelligence ... |
| 16.12.2016 | Ag Industry Brief: AgLaunch Open for 2017 Applications, Hortau Appoints New Chairman, Farm491 Announces Awards, more | AgLaunch Completes First Cycle, Now Accepting 2017 Program Applications
Memphis-based AgLaunch Accelerator announced this week that it had completed its inaugural 15-week accelerator program, with some successful results for its cohort incl... |
| 07.12.2016 | Harvesting next-gen technologies for the farm | Michael Dix Contributor
Michael Dix is managing partner and co-founder of Intentional Futures. Previously, he spent eight years at Microsoft leading product management and marketing strategy teams. He also worked in Beijing, for News Corpor... |
| 05.10.2016 | How Does Agtech Fit an Impact Investing Thesis? | Editor’s Note: I recently attended SOCAP, the largest conference for the impact investing community, and was excited to note a growing enthusiasm on the potential for food and agriculture technology to promote positive change in the world. ... |
| 04.02.2016 | Hortau Announces $10M Funding |
NAPA, CA, Hortau, a developer of irrigation management systems and services, has raised $10 million in new VC funding.
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| 04.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 4, 2016 | Lamudi raised $31.4M; Sonatype completed $30M funding round; Zendrive secured $13.5M funding
Zendrive raised $13.5 million in funding for its service to make transportation safer. The investment was led by Sherpa Capital and will be used to... |
| 04.02.2016 | Hortau Secures $10M in Third Round of Funding | Hortau, a San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based provider of precision irrigation management systems and services, secured $10m in third round of funding.
The round was led by Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners, LP (ACAP), with participation fr... |
| 04.02.2016 |
Hortau Raises $10M For Irrigation Management Systems
| San Luis Obispo-based Hortau, a developer of commercial, irrigation management systems, has raised $10M in a financing round. The funding was led by Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners, LP (ACAP) and also included BDC Capital, Avrio Ven... |
| 04.02.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Memphis Meats to Raise $2m Seed Round, FarmDrop Raises $4.3m, more | Cultured Meat Company Memphis Meats to Raise $2m Seed Round
Memphis Meats, which is growing cultured meat in a laboratory using cells from cows, pigs, and chickens, is closing in on a $2 million seed round to add to its initial funding from... |
| 03.02.2016 | Hortau Raises $10m Equity Funding from New Investors for Precision Irrigation – exclusive | Twenty fifteen was a busy year for water and irrigation technology as the subsector raised $670 million across 20 deals, according to AgFunder’s upcoming investment report.
And 2016 is off to a good start with Californian precision irrigati... |
| 19.10.2015 | Hackathon Challenges Developers To Make A Difference In Ag | Brian Milne Contributor
Brian Milne is a freelance writer and former senior reporter/editor for McClatchy Newspapers, advocating sustainable water technologies and precision agriculture.
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| 20.09.2015 | Spurring Investments And Innovation In Agriculture | Brian Milne Contributor
Brian Milne is a freelance writer and former senior reporter/editor for McClatchy Newspapers, advocating sustainable water technologies and precision agriculture.
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| 04.07.2015 | Precision Ag Tech Helps California Farmers Grow More With Less Water | Brian Milne Contributor
Brian Milne is a freelance writer and former senior reporter/editor for McClatchy Newspapers, advocating sustainable water technologies and precision agriculture.
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| 05.06.2015 | Precision Irrigation Provider Hortau Secures $5M Investment from ACAP | Precision irrigation management provider Hortau announced earlier this week that it has secured $5 million in funding from Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners (ACAP). ACAP, which holds a Rural Business Investment Company license from th... |
| 30.04.2014 | Meet Hortau, One of Many Agtech Companies at the Global AgInvesting Conference | This week, farming business is taking over the Waldorf in New York City, and brings with it investors, experts and innovators of the ag space.
The Global AgInvesting Conference is holding the event for its sixth year, and is hosting 115 spe... |
| 07.04.2014 | Hortau Raises $3.5M in Funding | Hortau, a San Luis Obispo, California-based provider of wireless, web-based irrigation management solutions, raised $3.5m in funding.
Existing backer Avrio Capital provided the funding, which followed a $3m investment closed in January 2013... |
| 09.01.2013 | Hortau Secures $3M |
QUEBEC CITY, CANADA, Company that designs and manufactures cutting-edge irrigation management technologies announced a $3-million equity financing.
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| 09.01.2013 | Hortau Receives $3M Equity Financing from Avrio Capital | Hortau, Inc., a Quebec City, Canada-based company that designs and manufactures irrigation management technologies, has received a $3m equity financing from Avrio Capital.
Founded in 2002 and led by president Jocelyn Boudreau, Hortau is a p... |
