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AgFunder
Time Mag Top 100 VC firm. $300m AUM. Covering deeptech, food & agriculture systems for human & planetary health.
About AgFunder
AgFunder is a global venture capital firm investing in deeptech platforms to unlock critical bottlenecks in food, agriculture, human and planetary health. Our news arm, AgFunderNews reports on the evolution of the world’s food and agriculture systems for human and planetary health. With a readership of millions globally and a knowledge base of over 50 million startups, AgFunder, and our specialist team of journalists, offer unparalleled insights and industry access.
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Products & Services
AgFunder announced that SweetAg, a $7.4M-backed agrifintech platform, is building core banking infrastructure specifically for farm lending using AI to handle tedious work while keeping humans in charge of judgment calls.
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Capital & Finance
AgFunder reported that founder and CEO Paul Mikesell of Carbon Robotics says the company may raise additional capital to grow its tractor autonomy platform.
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Capital & Finance
AgFunder reported that TRIC Robotics scaled UV-C technology to 1,500 acres and caught up with founder Adam Stager at the inaugural Ruggedize ag robotics conference at Reservoir Farms in Salinas.
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Capital & Finance
AgFunder reported that MOA foodtech netted new funds to help turn agriwaste side streams into high value food ingredients and caught up with founder and CEO @Bosca Emparanza Garcia.
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Capital & Finance
AgFunder reported that David Protein, founder of Medici Brands, netted $250m Series B on a $2.25bn valuation.
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Partnerships
AgFunder News caught up with William Bao Bean, managing general partner of Orbit Ventures, to discuss the risks of the Silicon Valley playbook in emerging markets, AI impact, and what founders look for beyond advice and data-driven approaches.
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Presence & Recognition
AgFunder participated in the Summit 2026 conference with partner Michael Dean and investment associate Lara Erman.
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Capital & Finance
AgFunder reported that MOA Foodtech closed a €3.3m ($3.8m) funding round backed by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, Swanlaab Innvierte Agri Food Tech, and CDTI-Innvierte to scale its AI-powered biomass fermentation platform.
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Presence & Recognition
AgFunder Partner Manuel E. Gonzalez will be attending the eighth edition of the Food Changemakers Summit at KM ZERO Food Innovation Hub in Valencia, Spain on 16 September 2026.
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Presence & Recognition
AgFunder News caught up with Orchard Robotics founder and CEO Charlie Wu to discuss the pitch and ROI for the FruitScope platform.
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Presence & Recognition
AgFunder reported that founder Adam Stager sat down with AgFunderNews' Elaine Watson at the Ruggedize ag robotics conference in Salinas to explain TRIC Robotics' robots-as-a-service model.
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Presence & Recognition
AgFunder reported that TRIC Robotics treated over 1,500 acres of commercial strawberries in California using a fleet of 15 autonomous robots starting in 2021.
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Presence & Recognition
AgFunder participated in the Reservoir Farms 2026 Ruggedize ag robotics event in Salinas with Colin Hurd, CEO at Mach.
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Presence & Recognition
AgFunder News caught up with Tyler Niday at the inaugural Ruggedize ag robotics conference at Reservoir Farms in Salinas to discuss AI in ag robotics, Bonsai Robotics, and farm operations.
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Presence & Recognition
AgFunder News caught up with founder and CEO Paul Mikesell at the inaugural Ruggedize ag robotics conference at Reservoir Farms in Salinas to discuss Carbon Robotics's path toward an IPO, the economics of laser weeding, and its autonomy program.
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Presence & Recognition
AgFunder News caught up with Adam Stager and Vishnu Somasundaram at the inaugural Ruggedize ag robotics conference at Reservoir Farms in Salinas to discuss TRIC Robotics's progress on using light to tackle fungal pathogens and its business model.
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