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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.  

https://t.co/py5ffev7R1

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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.
https://t.co/SnOk8Hpx8y

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#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.”
https://t.co/i4DsSQEAe0

#PensionInvesting

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#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.

https://t.co/QDT9EcmGPY

#AI

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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.

https://t.co/H6GLxGT92W

#GhentBiotechCluster

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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.

https://t.co/IerGqo4uuw

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#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.

https://t.co/f44yV4WiGW

#AIweedingsolution #TjarkoLeifer #JohnDeere

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AcreShield, a Des Moines, Iowa-based company behind the YieldOptimizer technology, has raised over $2.5 million in a Series A fundraising round.

https://t.co/ackZC64o5r

#AcreShield #IowaFarming #AIagriculture

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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.

https://t.co/Td66gZPxvh

#Vision Greens #Canadian indoor farming #Farm Credit Canada

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#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.

https://t.co/IoyZBebg1E

#VC #PartechImpactGrowthFund

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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.

https://t.co/IudUDrdZR6

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Total Acre has integrated an application programming interface (API) to improve data delivery for farmers through a partnership with agtech innovator Precision Planting.

https://t.co/pVjd09bpQs

#TotalAcre #PrecisionPlanting #agAPI

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North Carolina-based #Micropep Technologies has clinched a $40 million Series B round, propped up by its latest pair of backers.

https://t.co/39cG6OHQzj

#MicropepTech #micropeptides #SeriesB #cropprotection

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#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.

https://t.co/XJvqZlD3Ki

#RDOEquipment #AIsolution

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As the summer gives way to fall, it can only mean one thing: the Global AgInvesting Asia event is drawing near.

https://t.co/FSOiOuy1wv

#GAIAsia #TokyoAmericanClub #regenerative #ag #AsiaConference

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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.

https://t.co/6jwOmyLDqJ

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#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.

https://t.co/11yUZoEK8g

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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.

https://t.co/Wlsqavs6xa

#SVG #Ventures #Japan #ag #agrifood #fund #tech

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#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.

https://t.co/l4Wci0wBhJ

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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
https://t.co/9Q5pkj2aMz