Tag: agtech
After selling startup to Instacart, New School Foods founder raises $15.9 million CAD to create plant-based meat
Toronto startup’s tech can produce plant-based salmon fillets. Toronto-based New School Foods has closed $15.9 million CAD ($12 million USD) in seed funding to…
SVG Ventures Thrive aims to raise $75 million CAD for third agrifood fund
The fund will make initial investments in seed to Series A agrifood startups. SVG Ventures Thrive is aiming to raise $75 million CAD…
Smart horticultural lighting provider Sollum closes $30 million CAD to expand library of ‘light recipes’
Sollum previously received federal, provincial grants to support the production of greenhouse tomatoes, strawberries. Montréal-based Sollum Technologies, which provides smart lighting solutions to greenhouse…
Two Canadian companies chosen for John Deere’s 2023 Startup Collaborator program
John Deere has announced eight startups have been selected to participate in its 2023 AgTech Startup Collaborator program, two of which are Canadian. The…
ReelData raises $10.6 million CAD using AI to monitor fish populations
Halifax startup reels in cash to help farmers monitor fish populations with accuracy. Halifax-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup ReelData, which develops software for monitoring…
Terramera forms new subsidiary to address more problems facing farmers
Vancouver-based AgTech firm Terramera has created a new business that will focus specifically on soil composition analysis. According to Terramera, EnrichAg will provide cheaper,…
Founding CEO of agtech unicorn Semios stepping down
“We transformed a theory I had … into one of the world’s largest agtech companies.” Michael Gilbert, founding CEO of Canadian agtech unicorn Semios,…
Ferme d’Hiver raises $46 million CAD to replace 10 percent of Canada’s strawberry imports
Ferme d’Hiver aims to juice Canada’s domestic strawberry supply. Québec-based agtech company Ferme d’Hiver (Winter Farm) has raised $46 million CAD to take a…
Foresight 50 list names Canada’s “most investable” cleantech firms
Second annual list identifies firms like Terramera, Ekona Power, Summit Nanotech. Vancouver-based cleantech accelerator Foresight Canada has identified what it deems Canada’s 50 “most…
AgTech startup Ground Truth secures $4 million to improve grain analysis for farmers BetaKit
Seed round: startup’s technology will allow farmers to make sound investment decisions. It just might be the most appropriate label ever: Ground Truth Agriculture…