| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.07.2024 | Vertical Farming Venture Capital Has Dried Up, But Startups Are Still Planting Seeds | 6 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
As venture capital wagers go, indoor farming has not done especially well.
Over the years, investors have plowed over $6 billion into startups in the space, most during the peak period of 2019-2023. ... |
| 01.04.2024 | Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Announces Proposed Class Action Settlement on Behalf of Purchasers of AppHarvest, Inc. Securities | NEW YORK, April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP announces that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has approved the following announcement of a proposed class action settlement that would... |
| 08.09.2023 | Have You Heard About The Herd Of Failed And Struggling AI-Focused Unicorns? | 27 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
These days, we hear a lot about companies seeing soaring valuations as a result of their artificial intelligence prowess. It’s easy to get the impression that an AI-focused business model is the mos... |
| 26.07.2023 | Indoor farming company AppHarvest files for bankruptcy | Dive Brief:
Indoor farming company AppHarvest, which drew investments from major names including Martha Stewart and then-author J.D. Vance, filed for bankruptcy, according to a Monday announcement.
The startup was a leader in the controlled... |
| 28.06.2023 | Почему разоряются все салатные фермы, управляемые ИИ | У идеи вертикального земледелия было всё, чтобы привлечь современный венчурный капитал. Новая технология, использующая роботов, дроны и искусственный интеллект. Обещания огромной экономии воды и отсутствие необходимости в нормальной почве (... |
| 10.05.2023 | AppHarvest beats consensus with Q1 2023 net sales of $13.0 million and makes significant progress on five-year Project New Leaf strategy | AppHarvest achieves quarterly net sales nearly 90 percent of sales for full year 2022 including sales of almost $11 million in tomatoes and more than $1 million in strawberries
AppHarvest ships commercially for first time from full four-far... |
| 05.01.2023 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Liberation Labs’ $20m seed round, Deere unveils robotic fertilizer system | This week, precision fermentation company Liberation Labs announced the final close of a large seed round and John Deere introduced more autonomy into its farming equipment. Elsewhere, food waste startup Alterpacks raised $1 million while g... |
| 29.11.2022 | Brief: Vertical farm network InFarm to lay off ‘more than half’ of workforce, downsize operations | Vertical farm startup Infarm will lay off more than half of its workforce, around 500 employees. The Berlin, Germany-based startup cites skyrocketing energy prices and the wider downturn as reasons for the cuts.
Infarm will consolidate its ... |
| 05.08.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Vertical farmer Spread raises $30m, McWin launches $500m restaurant fund | Kyoto-based Spread set a record for foodtech funding in Japan this week with a Series A raise for its vertical farming operation. Investment firm McWin has launched a fund for restaurants, while Source Global bagged a late-stage round for i... |
| 14.07.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Cruising Kitchens nets $100m, foodtech layoffs & shutdowns continue | The biggest funding round this week went to mobile kitchen manufacturer Cruising Kitchens, which counts Hard Rock Cafe, Whataburger, and the LA Dodgers among its clients.
But a growing number of foodtech headlines these days seems to be abo... |
| 01.06.2022 | BREAKING: FarmWise’s weeding robots haul in $45m Series B funding from Taylor Farms, others | US ag automation startup FarmWise Labs, which builds weeding robot Titan, has raised $45 million in Series B funding, it announced today.
Fall Line Capital and Middleland Capital co-led the round.
Taylor Farms, one of the top producers of l... |
| 22.03.2022 | AgFunder captures increasing, urgent investor demand for agrifoodtech with $60m Fund IV first close | Disclosure: AgFunder is AFN’s parent company.
AgFunder, one of the world’s most active investors in foodtech and agtech startups, has increased its assets under management to $160 million – 10x in two years – with the first close of its fou... |
| 01.03.2022 | Q&A: VanEck ETF aims to bring agrifoodtech to retail masses & avoid ‘stasis’ of passive funds, says manager | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, was an investor in Root AI, which was acquired by AppHarvest.
There are more opportunities for everyday consumers to invest in the agrifoodtech scene than ever before. Companies producing plant-ba... |
| 24.02.2022 | The Lowdown: Bowery’s strawberry bot buyout | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company, AgFunder, is an investor in Root AI and Tevel.
Last week, New York vertical farming company Bowery announced that it had acquired Mountain View, California-based ag robotics startup Traptic for an undisclos... |
| 10.02.2022 | AppHarvest : unanimously appoints Kevin Willis to Board of Directors - Form 8-K | AppHarvest unanimously appoints Kevin Willis to Board of Directors
MOREHEAD, Ky. Feb. 9, 2022 - AppHarvest, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPH, APPHW), a leading AgTech company, public benefit corporation and Certified B Corp building some of the world's l... |
| 31.01.2022 | AppHarvest : announces preliminary FY 2021 net sales and Adjusted EBITDA at higher end of guidance as it marks first anniversary operating as public company - Form 8-K | AppHarvest announces preliminary FY 2021 net sales and Adjusted EBITDA at higher end of guidance as it marks first anniversary operating as public company
Three more high-tech indoor farms currently under construction
expected to be operati... |
| 13.01.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Remilk raises $120m; ‘world’s first plant-based salmon fillet’ unveiled | There were multiple fundings above or near the $100 million mark this week in agrifoodtech, led by Estonian ride-hailing and food delivery app Bolt with its $709 million round.
Elsewhere, alt-dairy startup ReMilk raised $120 million, while ... |
| 10.01.2022 | AppHarvest’s CEO Wants to Lessen Our Dependence on Foreign Imports | David Thompson, Tech Times 10 January 2022, 04:01 pm
(Photo : Hannah Madison)
With America positioned as the most vital importer of fresh fruit and vegetable market globally, farming pioneers like AppHarvest's Jonathan Webb are working arou... |
| 16.12.2021 | AppHarvest enhances liquidity through $100 million committed equity facility with B. Riley Principal Capital and re-affirms 2021 outlook and construction timeline | Committed equity facility provides AppHarvest with the right, without obligation,
to sell and issue up to $100 million of its common stock over 24 months to B. Riley at AppHarvest’s discretion, subject to certain limitations
Company remains... |
| 16.12.2021 | AppHarvest : enhances liquidity through $100 million committed equity facility with B. Riley Principal Capital and re-affirms 2021 outlook and construction timeline - Form 8-K | AppHarvest enhances liquidity through $100 million committed equity facility
with B. Riley Principal Capital and re-affirms 2021 outlook and construction timeline
Committed equity facility provides AppHarvest with the right, without obligat... |
| 13.12.2021 | AppHarvest Restocks “The Food Fight” Salsa Following Quick Sell-Out After Product Launch | Demand for the company’s first value-added product shows momentum behind new “Fight the Food Fight” campaign, desire for sustainable products
MOREHEAD, Ky., Dec. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AppHarvest, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPH, APPHW), a leading... |
| 01.12.2021 | Data Snapshot: Farm robotics startups raised $491m in H1 2021 to automate the basics | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletter to receive alerts about new re... |
| 16.11.2021 | How AppHarvest (APPH) Is Reinventing Farming to Feed the World Sustainably | Easy access to healthy food like organically grown, pesticide-free fruits and vegetables is a birthright not enjoyed by all.
As Mother Nature continues to buckle under the pressure of 7.9 billion people globally, food shortage is a chief co... |
| 11.11.2021 | AppHarvest launches Fight The Food Fight Campaign and e-commerce platform with its first harvest from second season of sustainably grown tomatoes | The company’s new The Food Fight Salsa is now available at shop.appharvest.com as tomatoes ship to store shelves
MOREHEAD, Ky., Nov. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AppHarvest, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPH, APPHW), a leading AgTech company, public benef... |
| 11.11.2021 | APPHARVEST MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS | This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q ("Quarterly Report") contains statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securiti... |
| 11.11.2021 | AppHarvest Announces Q3 2021 Results and Second Growing Season Off to Solid Start | Company delivered higher than expected net sales of approximately $543,000 on 1.5 million pounds of tomatoes sold in Q3 2021, as second growing season at company’s Morehead, Ky. high-tech indoor farm ramps up in Q4 2021
High-tech indoor far... |
| 11.11.2021 | AppHarvest Announces Q3 2021 Results and Second Growing Season Off to Solid Start - Form 8-K | AppHarvest Announces Q3 2021 Results and Second Growing Season Off to Solid Start
Company delivered higher than expected net sales of approximately $543,000 on 1.5 million pounds of tomatoes sold in Q3 2021, as second growing season at comp... |
| 10.11.2021 | Data Snapshot: Bowery’s $300m round tops H1 2021 Novel Farming Systems deals | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
AgFunder data confirms that US vertical farming startup Bowery bagged the biggest investment deal in th... |
| 27.10.2021 | AppHarvest to Report Third Quarter 2021 Performance | MOREHEAD, Ky., Oct. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AppHarvest, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPH, APPHW), a leading AgTech company, public benefit corporation and Certified B Corp focused on farming more sustainably by leveraging the best that nature has to... |
| 18.10.2021 | Brief: AeroFarms & Spring Valley terminate $1.2bn SPAC deal | US vertical farmer AeroFarms and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Spring Valley have scrapped their merger deal.
The scuttled transaction, announced in March this year, would’ve seen Newark-based AeroFarms become a Nasdaq-listed p... |
| 23.09.2021 | Data Snapshot: 2021 started out as year of the ag SPAC. How’s that going? | Editor’s note: Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
In last week’s Data Snapshot, we took a look at M&A in the agtech space in 2020 and ... |
| 23.09.2021 | Advanced Farm Technologies closes $25m Series B round for its robotic harvesting system | Advanced Farm Technologies, a farm robotics company based in California, has closed a $25 million Series B round of funding led by Catapult Ventures. The round also included participation from all of Advanced Farm Technologies’ Series A inv... |
| 26.08.2021 | Data Snapshot: Insect ranches, vertical ag among 2020’s top-funded ‘Novel Farming’ startups | AFN‘s parent company AgFunder released the latest edition of its annual Farm Tech Investment Report earlier this month, which showed that funding for agritech startups last year saw its biggest annual increase in since 2018.
According to th... |
| 19.08.2021 | Brief: Cox Enterprises acquires indoor ag startup BrightFarms | US indoor ag startup BrightFarms has been wholly acquired by media and communications conglomerate Cox Enterprises. Financial details were not disclosed.
Atlanta-based Cox had been BrightFarms’ majority shareholder since it led the startup’... |
| 18.08.2021 | Agrifoodtech Digest: Wendy’s plans 700 parking lot ghost kitchens; Knowde nets $72m | AFN‘s weekly Agrifoodtech Digest is our selection of the top funding, partnership, and product launch headlines reported by us and other sources these past seven days.
🇺🇸 Burger chain Wendy’s plans 700 ghost kitchens by 2025 in partnership ... |
| 16.08.2021 | Saltwater ag startup Red Sea Farms raises $16m from AppHarvest, Aramco | Red Sea Farms, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) startup developing saltwater-fed farming facilities, has closed its Series A round at $16 million.
The Saudi Arabia-based company just secured a $6 million second tranche of Series A... |
| 16.08.2021 | BREAKING: Saltwater ag startup Red Sea Farms raises $16m from AppHarvest, Aramco | Red Sea Farms, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) startup devleoping saltwater-fed farming facilities, has closed its Series A round at $16 million.
The Saudi Arabia-based company just secured a $6 million second tranche of Series A... |
| 11.08.2021 | AppHarvest : Announces Q2 2021 Results, Plans for New Holding Company Structure to Capitalize on Growing Global Need for Controlled Environment Agriculture, Announces Non-Binding LOI for JV with Mastr... | Company delivered net sales of $3.1 million on 8.6 million pounds of tomatoes sold,
concluding the abbreviated 2020 planting season
Secured $91 million in new, non-dilutive financing from leading sustainability investor Equilibrium Capital ... |
| 11.08.2021 | APPHARVEST : MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS | This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q ("Quarterly Report") contains statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securiti... |
| 11.08.2021 | AppHarvest : Press Release, dated August 11, 2021 (Form 8-K) | Media Contact: Travis Parman, Travis.Parman@appharvest.com
Investor Contact: Kaveh Bakhtiari, appharvestIR@appharvest.com
Image/Video Gallery: Available here
AppHarvest Announces Q2 2021 Results, Plans for New Holding Company Structure
to C... |
| 05.08.2021 | AppHarvest : Names Julie Nelson EVP, Operations to Build Industry-Leading Manufacturing and Supply Chain Capabilities and Drive Performance Across Network of Farms | MOREHEAD, Ky., Aug. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AgTech leader AppHarvest (NASDAQ: APPH, APPHW), a public benefit company and certified B Corporation focused on farming more sustainably using up to 90% less water than open-field agriculture... |
| 04.08.2021 | Farm tech investing is accelerating faster than ever – new report | Editor’s note: A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.
We’ve been watching the surge of investor interest in upstream, close-to-the-farm technologies since the Covid-19 pandemic started. We now have numbers that show just h... |
| 29.07.2021 | Brief: AppHarvest targets 12 indoor farms by 2025 following $91m Equilibrium Capital injection | AppHarvest has signed a financing agreement worth $91 million with sustainability-focused fund manager Equilibrium Capital.
The deal comprises a construction loan intended to help AppHarvest complete a tech-enabled indoor tomato farm in Ric... |
| 29.07.2021 | Farm Tech Investing Is Accelerating Faster Than Food Tech And General VC - New Report | As devastating as the pandemic has been, some good has emerged from the global health and economic crisis: investment to shore up global food systems has soared. Back in February we confirmed the extent of the boost investors gave entrepren... |
| 27.07.2021 | AppHarvest secures $91m financing to fuel 2025 indoor farming ambitions | AppHarvest's current 2.76 million-square-foot facility in Morehead, Kentucky, has been up and running growing and supply tomatoes to top US grocers and restaurants in the central Appalachia region.
Earlier this year, the company raised $475... |
| 20.07.2021 | These organizations are using AI to reshape operations in surprising ways | IMAGE: iStock/MaksimTkachenko
From smart infrastructure grids to bot-authored news reports, algorithms and artificial intelligence capabilities are routinely working behind the scenes in various aspects of our day-to-day lives. COVID-19 onl... |
| 17.07.2021 | Farming is finally ready for robots | All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
As an investor in the ag-tech space for the last decade, I would argue that 2020 was a tipping point. The pandemic accelerated a shift that was already underway to... |
| 17.07.2021 | Farming is finally ready for robots | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
As an investor in the ag-tech space for the last ... |
| 08.07.2021 | European pension managers go big for indoor ag as Equilibrium closes $1.1bn CEA fund | Equilibrium Capital, a US-based private sustainable finance and ESG funds manager, has closed its second indoor ag fund on just over $1 billion – well beyond its $500 million target.
Controlled Environment Foods Fund II (CEFF II) raised $1.... |
| 30.06.2021 | Indoor farm Shenandoah Growers picks former Starbucks marketing chief as new CEO | Shenandoah Growers, an indoor farming company based in Virginia, US, has hired Matthew Ryan, the former chief marketing officer of Starbucks, as its new CEO.
Prior to his departure from Starbucks in November last year, Ryan racked up decade... |
| 21.06.2021 | APPHARVEST, INC.
AppHarvest : Announces Ground-Breaking for Fourth and Fifth High-Tech Indoor Farms | MOREHEAD, Ky., June 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AppHarvest, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPH, APPHW), a leading AgTech company, public benefit corporation and Certified B Corp focused on farming more sustainably using up to 90% less water than open-fiel... |
| 07.06.2021 | APPHARVEST, INC.
AppHarvest : Announces Conference Participation for June 2021 | MOREHEAD, Ky., June 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AppHarvest, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPH, APPHW), a leading AgTech company, public benefit corporation and Certified B Corp focused on farming more sustainably using up to 90% less water than open-fiel... |
| 27.05.2021 | Future Food 🎙️: How Bowery reached $2.3bn and is building its biggest farm yet | Earlier this week, New York-based Bowery announced it had raised $300 million in the biggest-ever private funding round for a vertical farming company, giving it a valuation of $2.3 billion, according to the company.
The sizeable Series C r... |
| 12.05.2021 | Ginkgo Bioworks to go public at $15bn valuation as agrifood SPAC frenzy continues | US synthetic biology startup Ginkgo Bioworks has announced its plan to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal that values it at $15 billion.
The Boston-based biotech is set to combine with Nasdaq-li... |
| 12.05.2021 | Ginkgo Bioworks to go public at $15bn valuation as ag SPAC frenzy continues | US synthetic biology startup Ginkgo Bioworks has announced its plan to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal that values it at $15 billion.
The Boston-based biotech is set to combine with Nasdaq-li... |
| 10.05.2021 | CEA Food Safety Coalition launches certification standard for indoor-grown leafy greens | Following 2019’s lettuce-linked E. coli outbreaks, which struck down hundreds of people with illness and led to several deaths, the US leafy greens industry has had a tough time.
Many consumers have turned away from the category, and the co... |
| 10.05.2021 | Brief: Benson Hill to go public in $2bn SPAC merger | US crop genetics startup Benson Hill will become a publicly traded company via a merger with Star Peak Corp II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) operated by Illinois’ Star Peak.
The parties expect the deal to raise around $625 m... |
| 04.05.2021 | Winners Announced for the 2021 CEA Awards | NEW YORK (PRWEB) May 04, 2021
Artemis today announced the winners of the 2021 CEA Awards. The awards were established to recognize distinguished individuals and organizations in the Controlled Environment Agriculture industry across North A... |
| 08.04.2021 | AppHarvest acquires Root AI to add AI-powered harvesting robots to its workforce | High-tech greenhouse startup AppHarvest has acquired Root AI, which uses AI to power robots that can help manage high-tech indoor farming operations.
AppHarvest is acquiring Root AI for $60 million, consisting of $10 million in cash and the... |
| 08.04.2021 | Robo-harvester and indoor agtech company join forces with a focus on food security | Image: AppHarvest
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted vulnerabilities in the interconnected global supply chains. At times, pandemic-related disruptions in the food supply have forced US producers to bury crops and plow edible produce ... |
| 01.04.2021 | APPHARVEST, INC.
AppHarvest : Announces First Harvest of Tomatoes on the Vine from High-Tech Morehead Farm Shipping to Grocery Stores | MOREHEAD, Ky., April 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AgTech leader AppHarvest, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPH, APPHW), today announced that its first harvest of Tomatoes on the Vine from its flagship high-tech indoor farm is shipping to Kroger grocery sto... |
| 26.03.2021 | Brief: US vertical farming group AeroFarms joins unicorn club, strikes SPAC deal to go public | US vertical farming startup AeroFarms has agreed a merger with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The deal will see AeroFarms go public on New York’s NASDAQ exchange under the symbol ‘ARFM’.
The tr... |
| 26.03.2021 | Brief: US vertical farming group AeroFarms joins unicorn club, strikes SPAC deal to go public | US vertical farming startup AeroFarms has agreed a merger with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The deal will see AeroFarms go public on New York’s NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol ‘ARFM’.... |
| 17.03.2021 | Indoor agtech: An evolving landscape of 1,300+ startups | Editor’s note: Chris Taylor is a senior consultant on The Mixing Bowl team and has spent more than 20 years on global IT strategy and development innovation in manufacturing, design, and healthcare, focussing most recently on indoor agtech.... |
| 12.03.2021 | Brief: Alexandria REIT to form $250m agrifoodtech SPAC | Alexandria Agtech/Climate Innovation Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formed by US real estate investment trust Alexandria Real Estate Equities, has filed with the US Securities & Exchange Commission to raise up... |
| 12.03.2021 | Brief: Alexandria REIT to form $313m agrifoodtech SPAC | Alexandria Agtech/Climate Innovation Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formed by US real estate investment trust Alexandria Real Estate Equities, has filed with the US Securities & Exchange Commission to raise up... |
| 03.03.2021 | Brief: Farmers Edge completes $99m Toronto IPO, shares jump 18% | Canadian digital ag company Farmers Edge has completed its IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and is now trading under the ticker symbol FDGE.
It raised just over C$125 million ($98.7 million), with underwriters getting a greenshoe option t... |
| 03.03.2021 | Brief: Farmers Edge completes $99m Toronto IPO, shares jump 18% | Canadian digital ag company Farmers Edge has completed its IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and is now trading under the ticker symbol FDGE.
It raised just over C$125 million ($98.7 million) in gross proceeds, with underwriters getting a ... |
| 15.02.2021 | BRIEF: Indian e-grocer Grofers said to seek SPAC deal after stalled acquisition talks | Grofers is considering a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that would allow it to ‘indirectly’ list on one of the US public markets, Bloomberg reports.
The Indian online grocer has appointed an adviser to assist with ... |
| 02.02.2021 | BRIEF: AppHarvest completes SPAC merger to go public at $1bn+ valuation | Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) startup AppHarvest has gone public after completing a reverse merger with Novus Capital, a NASDAQ-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
The Kentucky-based indoor farming firm’s shares be... |
| 01.02.2021 | Ex-Impossible Foods VP Dana Worth on his new role at Plenty & the future of indoor farming | Dana Worth. Image credit: Plenty
As Impossible Foods‘ former vice president of sales, Dana Worth is no stranger to the agrifoodtech space. He recently announced his departure from the plant-based patty maker to take up a new role as senior ... |
| 12.01.2021 | Impossible Foods CFO David Lee Takes On Indoor Farming In New AppHarvest Role | 1 1
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David Lee, former chief financial officer at plant-based giant Impossible Foods, has left his position to take on his new role at agri-tech startup AppHarvest. Joining AppHarvest as president, Lee will lead strategy... |
| 11.01.2021 | Behind the greens: Why greenhouse lettuce is not competitive yet | Editor’s note: Peter Tasgal is a strategic consultant to the food and agriculture industries and co-founder of the Farmbook Project, based in Boston, US. The views expressed in this guest article do not necessarily represent those of AFN.
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| 15.12.2020 | iUNU raises $7m as S2G Ventures gets bullish on greenhouse tech | Greenhouse computer vision startup iUNU (pronounced “you-knew”) has raised $7 million in a Series A round co-led by S2G Ventures and Ceres Partners. This follows a $7.5 million round in February 2019.
S2G Ventures is keen on the greenhouse ... |
| 09.12.2020 | Gotham Greens raises $87m Series D funding to decentralize food production | The indoor ag space is on fire this year and Gotham Greens is stoking the coals. The New York-based startup just raised an $87 million quity and debt round led by Colorado VC Manna Tree with participation from Florida real estate and privat... |
| 04.11.2020 | The three-legged stool: A feasibility analysis for starting a CEA farm | Editor’s note: Peter Tasgal is a strategic consultant to the food and agriculture industries and co-founder of the Farmbook Project, based in Boston, US. The views expressed in this guest article do not necessarily represent those of AFN.
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| 02.11.2020 | What 2020 has taught the agrifood sector: resilience | If there is anything the world has learned from the pandemic about the future of food it’s that food chains need to be more resilient. Ireland is a case study in how to achieve it.
The small European island country was reeling after the glo... |
| 21.10.2020 | TOP 10 AgTech Startups in the USA | AgTech or Agricultural Technology means using technology in agriculture, horticulture and aquaculture with the goal of improving yield, productivity, profit and beneficialness. |
| 15.10.2020 | Plenty scoops up $140m in Series D round led by Driscoll’s and SoftBank | Vertical farming startup Plenty has closed a $140 million Series D round led by existing backer SoftBank and new investor Driscoll’s. This round brings the startup’s total funding to $500 million.
“We looked at other vertical farms, and Ple... |
| 07.10.2020 | With $68m in fresh funding, Revol Greens plans to build the world’s largest indoor farm | The controlled environment agriculture (CEA) space appears to be in a race, with startups jostling to see which can build the biggest facility or supply the most produce. Owatonna, Minnesota-based Revol Greens is throwing its hat in the rin... |
| 01.10.2020 | CEA startup AppHarvest to go public, expects $475m funding at $1bn valuation | US controlled environment agriculture (CEA) startup AppHarvest has announced a merger with NASDAQ-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Novus Capital, enabling it to go public.
The deal is slated to bring in $475 million in gros... |
| 07.08.2020 | AppHarvest raises $28m as Martha Stewart & Impossible Foods’ CFO join board | High-tech greenhouse startup AppHarvest has closed a $28 million Series C funding, added some big names to its board, and created a new chief people officer position.
Narya, the new venture capital firm co-founded by author of best-selling ... |
| 07.08.2020 | AppHarvest raises $28m as Martha Stewart & Impossible Foods’ CFO join board | High-tech greenhouse startup AppHarvest has closed a $28 million Series C funding round, added some big names to its board, and created a new chief people officer position.
Narya, the new venture capital firm co-founded by author of best-se... |
| 01.05.2020 | Top 20 Novel Farming System Deals of 2019 | Novel Farming Systems, which includes indoor farms, aquaculture, insect, and algae production, saw a renewed bout of interest in 2018 as maturing startups iron out some of the kinks in growing food differently. One of the most notable shift... |
| 03.02.2020 | AppHarvest Raises $11M in Funding | AppHarvest, a Morehead, Kentucky-based agtech company, closed an $11m corporate funding round.
Investors included ValueAct Capital, Equilibrium, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Blake Griffin Enterprises.
Led by Founder and CEO J... |
| 22.05.2019 | AppHarvest Receives $82M Investment From Equilibrium Capital | AppHarvest, a Morehead, Kentucky-based controlled-environment agriculture facility developer, closed an $82m investment.
Equilibrium Capital provided the funding. The investment is part of a Series A round of undisclosed amount led by Value... |
| - | Inside Indoor AgTech | Chris Taylor and Michael Rose provide a deep-dive analysis of Indoor Agriculture, tracking more than 1,000 companies to capture the technology ecosystem of controlled-environment agriculture: vertical farms, greenhouses, urban farms, plant ... |
