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
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Tech Moves: David Shim to lead Foursquare-Factual merged company; former Gates Foundation CEO joins Pfizer board; and more — Location data companies Foursquare and Factual are merging. The combined company will be led by Placed founder David Shim… Read More
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GeekWire Elevator Pitch winner Syndio rides high with a software solution to address pay bias Twelve entrepreneurs rode to the top of Seattle’s Smith Tower for Season 2 of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch. One of them… Read More
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GeekWire Elevator Pitch returns! An insect farmer, detergent maker and wine grape analyzer vie for startup glory (inside an actual elevator) Welcome to Smith Tower! With those words we kick off season two of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch, a fun startup competition… Read More
This startup just raised cash for its robots that help farmers monitor vineyards and crops For farmers managing thousands of acres, tracking the health of all those plants can be a huge undertaking. Enter Pollen… Read More
Former startup pals reunite as Pollen Systems taps Phil Van Etten to lead vineyard monitoring company Keith McCall and Phil Van Etten are teaming up again in a familiar way. McCall, founder of Seattle-area startup Pollen… Read More
TLDR: Using drones to analyze vineyards, tech giants team up to tackle Seattle issues, Amazon leases Expedia HQ tower Today’s featured stories Can drones make better wine? Pollen Systems launches service to analyze vineyards from the air Amazon, Zillow,… Read More
Can drones make better wine? Pollen Systems launches service to analyze vineyards from the air While many wine makers would explain that growing grapes is as much an art as a science — a harmonizing of… Read More
