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AgTech Investment is Booming
SAN DIEGO, April 17, 2017 — If it seems to you advanced ag technology is invading farm fields across America, you should see Silicon Valley. Investors have poured more than $10 billion into agtech inventions since 2014, according to AgFunder,
Full Harvest raises $2 million to stop farmers from tossing ‘ugly’ fruit and veggies
SAN DIEGO, April 12, 2017 — Full Harvest, a San Francisco-based startup, has raised $2 million in seed funding to reduce food waste at the farm level. Founded by Christine Moseley, formerly the head of business development for cold-pressed juice
Radicle Growth Adds More Seasoned Venture Partners
SAN DIEGO, March 28, 2017 — Radicle Growth, an acceleration fund dedicated to growing early stage agricultural and food technology startups into proven industry leaders, today announced the appointment of Kieran Furlong, Salim Rayes and Michael Totora to its venture
Why are there no unicorns in AgTech?
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 25, 2017 — Major changes are coming to the ag and food sector. The market demands it. 7.5 billion people need to eat, after all. We are seeing two core areas of innovation in the ag sector: