Builders VC and others back SweetAg’s bid to modernize the agricultural lending process
Agriculture is a uniquely challenging industry when it comes to lending, thanks to the wide variety of information neede…
China unveils ‘Jingfan Chip 1.0’ to cut tomato breeding’s dependence on imported gene chips
China has unveiled its first high-precision solid-phase gene chip developed specifically for tomato breeding with fully …
Orbit Ventures on innovation theater, AI to turbocharge emerging markets, and the risks of Blitzscaling
Accelerator programs can generate plenty of noise—demo days, pilots, and press releases—but not necessarily much busines…
Milkgroound Food partners with DKSH to take Chinese cheese into global markets
Shanghai Milkgroound Food Tech Co., Ltd. is turning to an international distribution partner to take its cheese business…
🎥 Orchard Robotics CEO: Growers ‘shouldn’t have to be data analysts’
“A million numbers in a spreadsheet is not a product,” observed Orchard Robotics founder and CEO Charlie Wu on stage at …
🎥 TRIC Robotics scales to 1,500 strawberry acres with 15-robot fleet
Ag robotics startup TRIC Robotics has moved from half-acre trials in 2021 to treating more than 1,500 acres of commercia…
🎥 From 2D images to 3D worlds: Bonsai bets on AI-powered farm robotics
Ag robotics companies have historically faced a frustrating trade-off: build a machine optimized for one task or crop, o…
🎥 Carbon Robotics: $100m+ revenue, new machine and a path to IPO
Seattle-based Carbon Robotics is aiming to become a publicly traded company as it continues to scale its laser weeding a…
Why Africa’s Food Processing Sector Needs More Innovation
17 It’s an unfortunate reality in Africa’s food systems when harvest comes in and yet, the food doesn’…
🎥 ‘The whole system is now more investable’: Reservoir makes the case for ag robotics
When growers are testing new ag robots, they will usually tell you one of two things, observed Ben Palone at Western Gro…