crops
Climate
InnerPlant grows with new John Deere-backed millions for sustainable farming
6:58 am PDT • September 19, 2022
InnerPlant helps farmers reduce the amount of chemical pesticides needed or harvests lost to pathogens.
Startups
Nigerian agritech startup Releaf secures $4.2M to scale its food processing technology
1:12 am PDT • September 15, 2021
The distance between their farms and the nearest processor is key for smallholder farmers who need to process their crops. And though Nigeria’s food processing systems have a keen resemblance…
With fresh support from its billionaire backers Pivot Bio is ushering in a farming revolution
4:30 am PDT • April 30, 2020
In the first decade of the twentieth century two German chemists, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch, invented fertilizer — the nitrogen compound which ushered in modern agriculture and saved the…
Startups
AgroStar gets $27M Series C to give more Indian farmers increased crop production with data analytics
7:02 am PDT • March 13, 2019
Indian agriculture tech startup AgroStar announced today that it has raised a $27 million Series C for its platform, which helps farmers increase crop production, manage orders and buy supplies…
