AgriTech
Indonesia’s Elevarm partners Amartha, Rabo Foundation & Scala in global collaborations to grow pro-farmer financing product
Indonesia-based integrated farming productivity platform Elevarm has secured $1 million investment from Dutch financial services firm Rabo Foundation and Japanese information technology firm Scala and Indonesian fintech firm Amartha.
Novo invests in Indian agritech firm AgNext Technologies
Denmark-based investor Novo Holdings announced Tuesday that it has led an investment in AgNext Technologies Private Limited, an India-based agricultural and food technology company enhancing trust along the food chains by innovating artificial intelligence-based food quality assessment technologies.
From science fiction to reality: How a Vietnamese AI platform powered by human ingenuity could save millions of lives
Farm2Vet, a science-informed #AI-powered platform co-created with Vietnamese communities, has won a £1 million global prize for its innovative approach to combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a silent pandemic threatening millions of lives. Proposed by researchers at VinUniversity, the University of Illinois, the Vietnam National University of…
Agritech platform Rize raises $14M in Series A funding co-led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, GenZero, Temasek, Wavemaker Impact
Rize, an agritech startup formed through a joint venture between Temasek, Wavemaker Impact, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, GenZero to decarbonize rice cultivation in Asia, has announced the closing of its $14 million Series A funding round.
Indonesia’s Elevarm secures $2.6M in seed funding to empower horticulture farmers
Funding round led by Singapore’s Insignia Ventures Partners, with participation from 500 Global and Gibran Huzaifah, CEO and Founder of eFishery.
Indian AgTech firm Superplum completes $15M Series A financing
Superplum, an Indian AgTech company, has announced the completion of its $15 million Series A financing. The round was led by the company’s incoming Chairman, Erik Ragatz, former Partner and current Senior Advisor of the global private equity firm Hellman & Friedman.
Report : India agrifoodtech funding dips to pre-pandemic levels in 2023
The investment in Indian agrifood startups dips to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, plunging 60 percent from 2022 levels to reach just below $1 billion in 2023, a report said Tuesday.
Singapore-based agritech firm DayaTani secures $2.3M seed round financing
In a significant move towards transforming agriculturaltechnology in Indonesia, DayaTani, a farming focused agritech startup based in Singapore, has announced its successful acquisition of $2.3 million in seed round financing. The round sees participation by prominent venture capitalists namely KBI Investment and MDI Ventures backed Ascent Venture Group who…
Indonesian AgriTech Semaai raises $4.7M in Pre-Series A funding led by CyberAgent Capital
Semaai, an Indonesian agritech startup, has raised $4.7 million in a mix of equity and debt financing. CyberAgent Capital led this investment round with participation from new investors, namely Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia, Ruvento, MyAsiaVC and Heracles Ventures.
Indonesian quick commerce startup Dropezy expands into poultry downstream industry, rebrands to Sekilo
Indonesian quick commerce startup Dropezy has expanded into the poultry downstream industry and rebranded to Sekilo. The firm said that motivated by a commitment to address evolving market demands and capitalize on emerging opportunities, Sekilo stands poised to revolutionize the meat processing and distribution space through innovative solutions.
