AgTech Nexus

The #BlueRevolutionFund (BRF), a collaboration between Ireland-based VC firm Hatch Blue and non-profit #TheNatureConservancy (TNC), has attracted €93 million (US$100.2 million) in commitments to back sustainable #AquacultureTech.   hubs.ly/Q02VP_Mw0

Seattle, Washington-based #CarbonRobotics has attracted a whopping $70 million in a #SeriesD investment round.  Led by new investor BOND, the round also included a lineup of returning backers, not least NVentures, #AI darling NVIDIA’s venture capital arm. hubs.li/Q02VPV_p0

#ShinKubo, who is at the helm of Investment Excellence Japan, is scheduled to speak at the #GAIAsia event on Friday, Oct. 18 in a session titled, the “Value-Add of Timberland Investment and Unique Ecosystem of Japanese Pension Markets.” hubs.li/Q02VFt210 #PensionInvesting

#SyngentaCropProtection has partnered with #Taranis, a vertical AI-powered crop-intelligence platform, to usher in advanced AI-powered advice and conservation-related services to farmers. hubs.li/Q02VFyT60 #AI

Ghent, Belgium-based #Biotalys has secured subscription commitments totaling €15 million (US$16.3 million) via a #PrivatePlacement of new equity shares involving both new and returning investors. hubs.li/Q02VDLWT0 #GhentBiotechCluster

Middlefield, Ohio-based Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA), which helps growers to make data-based decisions, has reached a #global #partnership with #Turkish precision-ag tech company #Topraq to expand access to regenerative solutions. hubs.li/Q02Vt4Wk0

#FarmWise, a U.S.-based smart-farming company behind an AI-driven weeding solution, has partnered with RDO Equipment, a dealer of intelligently connected ag equipment from brands like John Deere. hubs.li/Q02TdjlP0 #AIweedingsolution #TjarkoLeifer #JohnDeere

AcreShield, a Des Moines, Iowa-based company behind the YieldOptimizer technology, has raised over $2.5 million in a Series A fundraising round. hubs.li/Q02Tdfgx0 #AcreShield #IowaFarming #AIagriculture

Vision Greens, a Welland, Ontario-based tech-advanced indoor-farming company, has attracted C$18 million (US$13.11 million) in debt and equity to its coffers. hubs.li/Q02TdfTR0 #Vision Greens #Canadian indoor farming #Farm Credit Canada

#xFarmTechnologies, a Manno, Switzerland-based technology company focused on #digitizingtheagribusiness sector, has raised an impressive €36 million (US$39.4 million) in a Series C funding round. hubs.li/Q02Tdg3N0 #VC #PartechImpactGrowthFund

As Hurricane Helene unleashed its wrath throughout the #Southeastern U.S., America's #farming #community was caught right in the middle of the devastation. Here’s a mini roundup of the damage throughout America’s #farmland. hubs.li/Q02SbmVh0

Total Acre has integrated an application programming interface (API) to improve data delivery for farmers through a partnership with agtech innovator Precision Planting. hubs.li/Q02SbqPq0 #TotalAcre #PrecisionPlanting #agAPI

North Carolina-based #Micropep Technologies has clinched a $40 million Series B round, propped up by its latest pair of backers. hubs.li/Q02SbcbZ0 #MicropepTech #micropeptides #SeriesB #cropprotection

#FarmWise, a U.S.-based #smartfarming company behind an AI-driven weeding solution, has partnered with RDO Equipment, a dealer of intelligently connected ag equipment from brands like John Deere. hubs.li/Q02Sbjs10 #RDOEquipment #AIsolution

As the summer gives way to fall, it can only mean one thing: the Global AgInvesting Asia event is drawing near. hubs.li/Q02RffGh0 #GAIAsia #TokyoAmericanClub #regenerative #ag #AsiaConference

Representing its maiden downstream investment in the #agrifood tech sector, Mandalay Venture Partners is backing @Restoke_ai, an AI-powered management platform whose software solution helps restaurants reduce #food #waste. hubs.li/Q02Rff_Q0

#As #ClimateWeek unfolds in New York, carbon credits are swirling. #MetaPlatforms is betting big on BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group for the delivery of 1.3 million nature-based #carbon removal #credits over the next decade-plus. hubs.li/Q02Rf9n_0

SVG Ventures has partnered with Tokyo-based #Kagome, a global fruit and vegetable company specializing in all things #tomatoes, to launch the $50 million Sunrise Agrifood Tech Fund. hubs.li/Q02Rf5Nx0 #SVG #Ventures #Japan #ag #agrifood #fund #tech

#Farmland #LP has announced an investment by software giant #Microsoft’s #Climate #Innovation #Fund into Vital Farmland III, Farmland LP’s massive $250 million real asset-based fund that supports #regenerative agriculture. hubs.li/Q02QLWSq0

UK-based ag-biotech startup #SolastaBio has secured $14M in an oversubscribed Series A fundraising round. Proceeds from the round will be directed toward accelerating the development of Solasta’s innovative peptide-based, nature-inspired #bioinsecticides hubs.li/Q02QL-510