Tag: agtech
RHA Ventures targets $30 million for second AgTech fund
The firm plans to invest up to $1 million into seed-stage startups. London, Ont.-based RHA Ventures has launched 519 Growth Fund II, its second…
InBC invests $29 million into 4AG Robotics, Clarius Mobile Health, Pender, Amplitude Ventures
InBC Investment Corp. (InBC) has announced $29 million CAD worth of investments into two tech startups and two venture capital (VC) funds with a…
TechBrew rebrands to 4AG Robotics, closes $17.5-million Series A to build mushroom-picking robots
Backed by BDC, InBC, and Emmertech, 4AG is gearing up to get its tech to farms. Salmon Arm, BC-based mushroom-picking technology startup TechBrew Robotics…
Cultivator’s AgTech accelerator startups surpass $80 million in funding since January 2022
Applications are open for its third cohort set to begin in March. Conexus Credit Union’s AgTech accelerator has revealed in a new report that…
Conexus, Emmertech alum Sean O’Connor joins TechBrew Robotics as CEO
TechBrew is an Emmertech portfolio firm that builds mushroom-pickling robots. Sean O’Connor, former managing director of Conexus Venture Capital and Emmertech, has joined Salmon…
GrowerIQ secures $1 million from Government of Canada to enhance its cannabis-tracking system and support international expansion
Toronto-based GrowerIQ, which sells enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to cannabis producers, has been awarded over $1 million CAD by the Government of Canada,…
Sean O’Connor steps down as managing director of Conexus Venture Capital, Emmertech
Under O’Connor’s leadership, Conexus has helped fuel the growth of tech in Saskatchewan and across the Prairies. Sean O’Connor is stepping down as managing…
CAAIN appoints Darrell Petras to lead agTech innovation agency
The new CEO previously co-founded a livestock-management software startup. The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN), a non-profit backed by the federal government,…
CAINN appoints Darrell Petras to lead agTech innovation agency
The new CEO previously co-founded a livestock-management software startup. The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN), a non-profit backed by the federal government,…
Protein Industries Canada offers $10 million to help grow AI use in food sector
AI is being applied to the plant-based food industry’s efforts to satisfy ever-changing consumer demands. If it seems like artificial intelligence (AI) is in…