| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.12.2023 | Top 10 AgTech Startups in Canada | Canada is one of the largest agricultural producers and exporters globally. It is also considered among the most pioneering and technologically advanced countries in the world when one talks about agriculture. In 2016, the agriculture and a... |
| 04.10.2022 | New Ventures BC 2022: Meet the winners of $250k in cash and prizes | Ovou were crowned champions of the 22nd annual New Ventures BC Competition.
Awards season is in full swing across B.C.’s tech ecosystem. The latest to dish out accolades is New Ventures BC, with Ovou taking home the $110,000 Innovate BC Fir... |
| 28.03.2022 | 16 Canadian Businesses to Receive Funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada | Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is partnering with the Canadian government and Canadian businesses to help entrepreneurs become global leaders and champions in the development of sustainable solutions for a better tomorrow.... |
| 07.02.2022 | 4 B.C. firms among recipients of $52.3M in federal cleantech funding | Sustainable Technology Development Canada (SDTC) announced that it’s investing $52.3 million in sixteen companies working on innovations to combat climate change. Four of the companies are based in British Columbia. They include:
Semios, a ... |
| 30.12.2021 | AFN’s top 20 guest articles of 2021 | AFN strives to provide holistic coverage of trends and developments across the agrifoodtech ecosystem; but we on the editorial team wouldn’t be able to do it all by ourselves. We rely on the multitude of expert commentaries, opinion pieces,... |
| 29.11.2021 | Farmers have been burned by agtech too often. Here’s how to win back their trust | Michael Gilbert is the founder and CEO of Semios, a precision agriculture company based in Vancouver, Canada.
The views expressed in this guest commentary are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of AFN.
Visiting farms thes... |
| 03.10.2021 | 🦄 Another week, another unicorn | Good morning everyone! Do you know what day it is? It’s New Ventures BC (NVBC) Competition Awards Ceremony Eve. That’s right, tomorrow night we find out who will take the top spot in the 21st edition of the annual competition. It started wi... |
| 29.09.2021 | Can Warby Parker reach the vaunted $10 billion valuation? | It’s been a long time in the making.
Eyeglasses retailer Warby Parker is coming into focus Wednesday on the public market after 11 years as a private business.
This direct listing will matter: To an extent, it will serve as a bellwether for... |
| 29.09.2021 | Semios Raises $100M in Funding | Semios, a Vancouver, BC-based precision-farming platform, raised $100m in funding.
The round was led by Morningside Group.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its R&D and deployment of solutions to allow growers worldwide... |
| 29.09.2021 | Can Warby Parker reach the vaunted $10 billion valuation? | It’s been a long time in the making.
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Eyeglasses retailer Warby Parker is coming into focus Wednesday on the public market after 11 years as a private ... |
| 29.09.2021 | Vancouver, B.C.-based Semios raises $100M for farming tech and services | Semios, a Vancouver, B.C.-based company that develops agriculture technology to assess crop status and risks, today announced a $100 million investment round.
Founded in 2010, Semios’ wireless IoT network helps farmers assess the yield and ... |
| 29.09.2021 | Semios Raises $79 Million to Expand its Tech Tools for Farmers
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| 29.09.2021 | Climate volatility helps agtech platform Semios raise $100M round led by Morningside | One of the greatest challenges for farmers today is the increasing volatility in the climate, leading to unpredictable weather patterns, making growing conditions challenging. If farmers can’t grow crops, then our food security is as risk. ... |
| 29.09.2021 | Semios Raises $100 Million in Capital to Expand agtech Platform Globally | New Funding Will Further International Expansion as Company Eyes New Partnerships and Acquisitions
Semios, a leading precision-farming platform and one of the world’s largest independent agtech solutions providers, announced it has raised $... |
| 29.09.2021 | Semios secures $100 million to further acquisition strategy, become global AgTech leader | Vancouver startup Semios has secured $100 million CAD in its pursuit to become the leading independent AgTech company globally.
The equity financing will further Semio’s acquisition strategy, with which it plans to build out its global pres... |
| 29.09.2021 | “It’s now ours to lose and we don’t intend on losing.” — Semios, now $100M richer, has gone from greenhouse to powerhouse to unicorn | Vancouver agtech juggernaut Semios has raised $100 million in funding led by Morningside Group, a Boston-based private equity and venture capital firm focused on investing in socially responsible businesses. This funding takes Semios into B... |
| 29.09.2021 | Semios raises $100 million in capital to expand agtech platform globally | New funding will further international expansion as company eyes new partnerships and acquisitions
VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Semios, a leading precision-farming platform and one of the world's largest independent agtech ... |
| 29.09.2021 | Semios raises $100m to scale precision ag platform with more acquisitions likely | Semios, the Vancouver, Canada-headquartered precision ag platform, has closed $100 million in late-stage funding.
The round was led by Morningside Group, a Boston-based private equity and venture capital firm. It brings the company’s total ... |
| 27.08.2021 | Semios Acquires Agworld to Form Independent Global AgTech Powerhouse | Semios, the leading precision-farming platform for permanent crops, announced that it is acquiring Agworld, a leading data-driven farm management platform, to deliver even more benefits to growers around the globe. Together, Semios and Agwo... |
| 26.08.2021 | Acquisition roundup: Semios, Lone Wolf, Pluribus, Graph Blockchain, Frenter, NestReady | Six Canadian tech companies have recently made acquisitions or have been acquired. Here are the latest details on Canada’s movers and shakers.
Semios to acquire fellow AgTech software company Agworld
Vancouver-based precision farming platfo... |
| 25.08.2021 | Agrifoodtech Digest: Cargill, Microsoft & Rabobank get in on the ag carbon game | Two of the past week’s biggest stories were AFN exclusives from the ag carbon market, both involving Microsoft: verification platform Regrow’s $17 million Series A round, and agroforestry startup reNature’s successful ‘harvest’ in Brazil. I... |
| 27.10.2020 | Top 10 AgTech Startups in Canada | Canada is one of the largest agricultural producers and exporters globally. It is also considered among the most pioneering and technologically advanced countries in the world when one talks about agriculture. In 2016, the agriculture and a... |
| 10.09.2020 | Automated pest control startup Trapview nets $4.4m from impact investors, Japan’s Kubota | Trapview, a pest insect monitoring and forecasting platform first developed by Slovenian company Efos, has just raised €3.7 million ($4.38 million) in ‘Series A2’ funding.
The round saw investments from two European impact investors: Italy’... |
| 04.03.2020 | Following $100 million raise, Semios receives $25 million from CIBC Innovation Banking | Semios, a Vancouver-based agri-tech company, has secured $25 million in growth capital financing from CIBC Innovation Banking.
This latest investment is in addition to Semios’ $100 million equity raise last month, which was led by Morningsi... |
| 20.02.2020 | Semios Secures $75 Million To Expand IoT Network In Agriculture | Semios — the leading precision farming platform for permanent crops — announced it has raised $75 million in private equity funding to advance the development of its data-driven crop management solution
Semios — the leading precision farmin... |
| 18.02.2020 | Precision farming startup Semios raises $75M in funding to expand the largest IoT network in agriculture | Semios, a Vancouver, Canada-based precision farming startup, has raised $75 million in private equity funding to advance the development of its data-driven crop management solution. The round, which was led by Morningside Group, a Boston-ba... |
| 18.02.2020 | AgTech startup Semios raises $100 million CAD | Vancouver-based Semios, which has developed a platform for crop data and pest control management, has raised $100 million CAD ($75 million USD) in private equity funding.
The financing was led by Morningside Group, a Boston-based private eq... |
| 18.02.2020 | Top tech startup news for today, Tuesday, February 18, 2020: Apple, Atomico, Dell, Tesla, Skype, Semios | Good morning! Below are the top tech startups news for today, Tuesday, February 18, 2020.
Dell to sell its cybersecurity unit RSA for $2.08 billion. Dell Technologies announced Tuesday it would sell its cybersecurity unit RSA for $2.08 bil... |
| 18.02.2020 | Semios Raises US$75M In Funding | Semios, a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based precision farming platform for permanent crops, raised US$75m in funding.
The round was led by Morningside Group.
The company, which has secured a total of US$115m in external capital so f... |
| 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 ... |
| 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,” ... |
| 04.08.2016 | IoT grows crops best, but still too pricy for farmers | The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming to the agriculture industry, but a new report suggests that service costs and niche products are slowing adoption of the new technologies.
Benefits of IoT in agriculture include better yield rates and ... |
| 18.04.2016 | Update: Canadian Govt Joins PE Investors to Back Pest-Reducing Sensor Company’s $8m Seed Round | *Since this article was first published on April 13, Semios has raised a further $950k from the Canadian government.
SemiosBio Technologies, a Canada-headquartered company, manufacturing sensors for specialty crop orchards, has raised nearl... |
| 12.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 12, 2016 | Livongo completed Series C round; Datera raised $40M; Fleet secured $4M
Fleet secured a $4 million investment round to help fuel growth of its online marketplace that lets shippers assess and accept quote requests from freight forwarders. H... |
| 07.12.2014 | Surprise: Agriculture is doing more with IoT Innovation than most other industries | Venture capitalists invested a record amount in agriculture and food startups in the third quarter this year, totaling $269 million across 41 deals. Conservis, for example, raised $10 million to offer farmers a real-time view of operations.... |
| - | SD Tech Fund Awards $58.6M in Clean Technology Grants to 14 Companies | The Government of Canada has awarded 14 innovative companies government funding for clean technology development projects. These cleantech projects will create jobs, provide solutions for a variety of environmental challenges, and help Cana... |
| - | Reflections on Agrifoodtech in a Time of Danger & Opportunity | We believe technology is the single biggest lever available to help address the challenges of the massive, impactful sector of food and agriculture—and realize the multitude of opportunities. Our two organizations, The Mixing Bowl and Bette... |
