

Foraging for Opportunities in the Food Production Sector
From farm to fork, private equity players are increasingly aiming to make their mark on a food production and agriculture sector under...

Robotic Pigweed Killer Nears Farmland
What if an army of herbicide snipers in a sprayer shot weeds, but never hit crops? The technology concept enabling facial recognition on...


Pontifax AgTech Featured Speaker at Agri-Tech
The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit took place in San Francisco this past March. Managing Partner Phil Erlanger spoke at the session...


The Robot That Plundered Pigweed - Blue River Technology
At the PrecisionAg® Vision Conference last October, Bill Schmarzo, renowned expert in data strategies for business and developer of the...


AgBiome Granted Award to Discover Biological Solutions to Diseases Affecting African Crops
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (December 6, 2016) – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded AgBiome a new multi-year grant,...

Pontifax Agtech Featured in Eaton Partners Private Markets Monitor
IS NOW THE TIME TO INVEST IN AGTECH? THIS NICHE SECTOR OF AGRICULTURE INVESTING IS A MARKET THAT SOME GPS CLAIM IS OVERLOOKED BY PRIVATE...

Is Now the Time to Invest in AgTech
Despite the growing global population and demand for food, agriculture is still an under-represented sector in private equity, but...


AgBiome, One-Year On From Series B, Nears First Product Launch
‘Microbiome’ has been a hot topic in the life sciences sector for several years now as scientists continue to research the interaction...


Gene Editing for Agtech picks up pace
Caribou Biosciences, a startup founded by Jennifer Doudna, the scientist largely attributed with the discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene...


Is Now the Time to Invest in Ag Tech?
A look at a market that some GPs claim is overlooked by private equity, which means greater opportunity for those already investing....