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Indonesian Farming Startup Beleaf Raises $2 Million Seed Funding Led by Alpha JWC Ventures
Beleaf is a smart farming company that aims to use its agricultural expertise and technology to improve the yields and productivity of local farmers and ultimately, improve the livelihoods of farmers across Indonesia.
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- Agriculture, Investing, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Agritech Startup Loopworm Raises $3.4 Million in Seed Funding Led by Omnivore, Waterbridge
Loopworm plans to use the seed funding for talent acquisition, research and development (R&D) including building laboratories, and to launch its first factory in North Bengaluru for scaling up production.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Asia Pacific
- Tags
- agribusiness, agriculture, agritech, funding, investors, scale, startups
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IProcure: Kenyan Agritech Startup Secures $10.2 Million Series B Funding
IProcure is enabling the lowering of food costs and lessening the climate impact of agriculture by ensuring smallholder farmers can plant their crops on time and achieve higher crop yields while using less land.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Pan-African CAIF Fund Closes at $112.8 Million
Tunisia-based multi-asset investment platform AfricInvest and US-based VC firm Cathay Innovation, have completed the final close of their joint Pan-African venture fund.
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- Education, Finance, Health Care, Investing, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Venture Capital Investment in Agritech Sector Set to Drop After Boom in 2021
As food supply chains came under strain during the Covid-19 pandemic, venture capital investment in agritech reached an all-time high.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Global
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Agri-Tech Startup Bags $5 Million Funding in India
Nutrifresh has attracted $5 million as pre-series seed funding in India.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
- Tags
- agriculture, agritech, funding, investment, startups
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Aavishkaar Raises $130 Million for First Close of Latest Fund
Aavishkaar Capital has raised more than ₹1,000 crore ($130 million) for the first close of its latest impact investment fund.
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- Global
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Indonesia-Based Agritech Startup Semaai Raises $1.25 Million in Pre-Seed Round Led by Sequoia Surge, Beenext
While Semaai primarily operates in Central Java, Indonesia, a large part of the funding will be channelled into expanding the startup’s engineering and product teams in India.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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