Tag: agtech
Canadian startups Oncoustics, OneCup AI join Google cloud accelerator
Google piloted the cloud accelerator in Canada, then extended it to US startups this year. Google has unveiled the cohort of 12 startups participating…
Water sampling, agtech startups among Ontario Genomics’ first cohort for BioCreate program
Each company will receive $150,000 from Ontario Genomics. Ontario Genomics, a research organization funded by the provincial and federal governments, has unveiled the…
Vive Crop Protection adds $11.2 million CAD extension to Series C to improve efficiency of agricultural chemicals
Vive recently made its fungicide available in Canada to help combat potato crop diseases. Vive Crop Protection has raised $11.2 million CAD ($8.4 million…
Picketa raises $1.4 million CAD to help farmers analyze plant tissue in real time
Picketa “releaves” farmers of long turn-around times for agricultural testing. Fredericton agtech startup Picketa Systems, which develops technology for plant tissue analysis, has raised…
List highlights 10 fast-growing, impactful SDTC-backed Canadian cleantech firms
Mara Renewables, MineSense, Ecopia AI crack the list alongside returnees Saltworks, Hifi, among others. Earlier this month, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) unveiled its…
ChrysaLabs raises $15 million to help farmers unearth soil data using AI
ChrysaLabs’ soil-testing tech has been used on over two million acres of farmland. Montréal-based agtech startup ChrysaLabs, which provides soil-testing technologies, has raised…
The51 closes $30 million of targeted $50-million Food and AgTech Fund
LPs include Farm Credit Canada, Alberta Enterprise Corporation, and National Bank of Canada. The51’s Food and AgTech Fund has closed $30 million of a…
Vivid Machines raises $5.8 million CAD to help growers virtually monitor fruit trees
Toronto startup uses imaging and AI to monitor crop production. Toronto-based agtech startup Vivid Machines, which provides monitoring technologies for the fruit supply chain,…
Government of Canada to launch $250 million initiative to train workers for roles in sectors like digital technology, AgTech, cleantech
In record-tight labour market, feds aim to upskill workers for high-growth industries. The federal government is launching a new program focused on upskilling workers…
Croptimistic acquires CropPro Consulting, secures $9.1 million from Forage Capital
Cory and Shannon Willness first built CropPro in 2003, then Croptimistic in 2018. As more industries are accelerating their adoption of digitization and automation…