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Ag Tech

No dirt, no tractor, no problem: Canopii aims to tuck robotic farms into tennis court-sized urban spaces

Oregon startup Canopii is tackling the food supply system by launching automated, tennis court-sized greenhouse franchises that use robots to grow 40,000 pounds of greens a year. Read More

The guardian angel of groceries: Katherine Sizov’s tech-led quest to modernize our food system

Meet Katherine Sizov, a former budding neuroscientist who ditched the lab, cornered a grocery employee about peaches, and built a $22 million startup called Strella that’s revolutionizing how food gets from farm to shelf. Read More

Engineers in the field: Washington state bets on AI to help save the future of farming

A new initiative called Growing with AI will bring together the state’s tech giants and diverse farming community to tackle pressing challenges in the agriculture industry. Read More

B.C. company with mushroom-picking robots lands $29M

A British Columbia ag tech company offering robots that harvest and package mushrooms has raised $29 million from investors. 4AG… Read More

Irrigation tech startup Verdi raises $4.7M to help farmers monitor and control water flow

Agriculture tech startup Verdi raised a $4.7 million seed round to expand its technology for smarter irrigation of crops including… Read More

Qualterra raises $4.5M to turn organic waste into carbon-trapping, crop-boosting biochar

There’s a pleasing circularity to Qualterra’s ag-tech operations. The Eastern Washington company takes crop and forestry wastes, applies a patented… Read More

Pollen Systems raises $2.4M and expands global reach of its crop analysis platform

New funding, new hires: Pollen Systems, a Seattle-area ag-tech startup, has raised $2.4 million in new capital and hired nine… Read More

This ag-tech startup kept digging, and found an electrifying idea to zap weeds and soil pests

Initially the goal was to keep the wriggling worms alive, to use a jolt of electricity to stimulate their nerve… Read More

How a former Microsoft researcher used AI to grow award-winning lettuce from 5,000 miles away

It’s pretty impressive to grow award-winning lettuce in a greenhouse competition against 42 teams from nearly two dozens countries. It’s… Read More

Babbling bananas: This Google Ventures-backed startup uses IoT to ‘listen’ to fruit as it ripens

Katherine Sizov is eavesdropping on kiwis, pears, apples and bananas as they talk to each other, and through their conversations… Read More

Ag-tech’s heavy lifting: Rock-picking startup among those seeing demand for automation on the farm

PITTSBURGH — The rocks are as dumb as ever, but the people behind TerraClear are getting smarter every day as the… Read More

Tech vets land $4M to develop solar-powered robots that zap weeds and regenerate soil

New funding: Aigen, a startup developing solar-powered robots for weed control and soil regeneration, has raised $4 million in venture… Read More

Sibling founding team fuses tech and farm roots to land $2.2M for agriculture IoT startup

New funding: CODA Farm Technologies, an internet of things (IoT) agriculture startup with literal roots in Western Washington’s Skagit Valley,… Read More

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.… Read More

Why these successful software founders are planting seeds for ag tech ventures

Farmers typically consult the calendar and the weather forecast to figure out when to plant their crops, but figuring out… Read More

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