Agricultural technology

Taranis Raises $40 Million Series D to Advance Crop Intelligence and Unlock Growth Opportunities for Agribusinesses

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

WESTFIELD, Ind. and TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taranis, the leading AI-powered crop intelligence provider, announced today that it has raised $40 million in Series D funding. The round was led by Inven Capital, a European climate tech fund, with participation from new investors Seraphim Space Investment Trust ('SSIT') and Farglory Group, and strong backing from existing investors: Vertex Growth, Viola Ventures, Vertex Ventures Israel, La Maison Partners, Hitachi Ventures, K3 Ventures, UMC Capital, OurCrowd, Micron Ventures, iAngels Ventures, Presidio Ventures (Sumitomo), Cavallo Ventures (Wilbur Ellis), Finistere Ventures, and Eyal Gura. This latest round brings Taranis' total funding to $100 million.

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  • and TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Taranis, the leading AI-powered crop intelligence provider, announced today that it has raised $40 million in Series D funding.
  • Taranis' crop intelligence platform uniquely leverages leaf-level imagery and is powered by cutting-edge machine learning, trained by the industry's largest crop dataset containing over 200 million AI-data points.
  • Technologies that facilitate crop intelligence and agricultural carbon credits such as Taranis' solutions have large-scale potential to improve sustainability and enduring prosperity.
  • It primarily focuses on later-stage growth investment opportunities with a sound business model proven by realized revenues and long-term growth potential.

Veea Joins CableLabs as a Vendor Member

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Veea is honored to bring valuable new services and revenue streams to the hundreds of operators CableLabs serves.

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  • Veea is honored to bring valuable new services and revenue streams to the hundreds of operators CableLabs serves.
  • "The CableLabs community has long been instrumental in moving the Cable MSO industry forward, and Veea is honored to support their efforts and their members," said William Hurley, Chief Revenue Officer.
  • As the leading innovation and R&D lab for the cable industry, CableLabs creates global impact through its member companies around the world.
  • Veea was named by Gartner as a 2021 Cool Vendor in Edge Computing.

MCFIVA Announces SEAT Conference 2022, Bringing World-Class Experts to showcase Technological Trends Under the Theme "Future of Everything", Readying You to Charge into the Future

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Friday, September 2, 2022

I would like to suggest 6 technological trends that are worth watching closely, as follow:

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  • I would like to suggest 6 technological trends that are worth watching closely, as follow:
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  • Sustainability: Since consumers have started to support brands that place importance on sustainability, they have also started to replace existing products with alternative products that emphasize sustainability.
  • They are happy to pay more for products that are manufactured on the basis on sustainability.
  • The content will be about future trends regarding Metaverse, FinTech, HealthTech, AgriTech, Venture Capital, FoodTech, IoT&Hardware, Web3.0, and much more.

The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation Integrates a Robotics AI LAB for Entrepreneurs

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation ("Levan Center"), in partnership with RobotLAB, the leading educational robotics company, partnered to build an artificial intelligence and robotics lab. 

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation ("Levan Center"), in partnership with RobotLAB , the leading educational robotics company, partnered to build an artificial intelligence and robotics lab.
  • The Robotics & AI Lab by RobotLAB is a turnkey, state-of-the-art modular learning space designed to enable users' rotation between AI stations.
  • The Alan B.Levan| NSU BrowardCenterof Innovation (LevanCenter) is a public-private partnership between Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and Broward County.
  • The Levan Center is the world's first "theme park" for entrepreneurs and supporting stakeholders located in a 54,000 sq.

Sativus Tech Corp Announces Crowd Funding Initiative for Its Subsidiary, Saffron Tech Ltd, at a Nis 32.5 Million Valuation (us$ 10 Million)

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

TEL AVIV, Aug. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sativus Tech Corp. (OTC: SATT) (“Sativus” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide the following business announced today Saffron Tech Ltd (“Saffron Tech”), the Company’s subsidiary, has announced its intention to raise up to 5 million New Israeli Shekels (“NIS”) (approximately $1.5 million) at a pre-money valuation of NIS 32.5 million (approximately $10 million) through the Israeli crowd funding platform – Pipelbiz. Assuming the maximum amount is raised, the Company will own approximately 61% of the Saffron Tech.  This crowd funding financing follows on a similar financing completed by Saffron Tech in early 2021. In the past two months, Saffron Tech also raised NIS 800 thousand (approximately $242 thousand) through the issuance of SAFE’s. The SAFE’s are convertible at a 20% discount to the current crowd funding round.

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  • Assuming the maximum amount is raised, the Company will own approximately 61% of the Saffron Tech.
  • This crowd funding financing follows on a similar financing completed by Saffron Tech in early 2021.
  • In the past two months, Saffron Tech also raised NIS 800 thousand (approximately $242 thousand) through the issuance of SAFEs.
  • Sativus Tech Corps subsidiary, Saffron Tech, is revolutionizing the AgriTech world by creating the protocols to grow saffron in indoor vertical farms.

Pinduoduo Initiated the "Tech for Agri" Campaign Using Technology to Drive Agricultural Modernization

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Sunday, August 28, 2022

Pinduoduo is an online platform that connects millions of farmers and consumers directly through its interactive e-commerce platform. Recently, the platform has initiated a "Tech for Agri" campaign using technology to drive agricultural modernization.

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  • Pinduoduo has identified technology as the key to driving efficiency gains and boosting farmer incomes as an online fresh produce retailer.
  • "Technology will unlock the full potential of agriculture and allow the sector to reap the benefits of the digital economy," said Chen Lei, Chairman and CEO of Pinduoduo.
  • Moreover, Pinduoduo has developed a comprehensive suite of online courses to teach farmers how to start and grow their online businesses.
  • Pinduoduo explores how to fundamentally drive the productivity of agriculture while reducing its impact on the environment through researches.

Middle East & Africa Commercial Greenhouse Market Outlook 2022 - 2027: Advent of Rooftop Farming Coupled With the Rising Population & the Adoption of Technological Solutions Allowing Sector to Expand - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

The "Middle East & Africa Commercial Greenhouse Market Outlook, 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Middle East & Africa Commercial Greenhouse Market Outlook, 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Also, this sector is constantly aiming to reduce the area's dependence on imported food and sustainably grown fruits and vegetables.
  • The growing demand for fresh food in the Middle East region has helped create a scope for urban farming in this region.
  • Such initiatives are expected to fuel increased market growth in the Middle East and Africa commercial greenhouse market.

Origin Agritech Interviewed by The Wall Street Resource

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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"), an agriculture technology company, announced today that its Director of Investor Relations, Joe Ramelli, was interviewed by The Wall Street Resource Podcast hosted byJeff Kone.

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  • BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"), an agriculture technology company, announced today that its Director of Investor Relations, Joe Ramelli, was interviewed by The Wall Street Resource Podcast hosted byJeff Kone.
  • Origin Agritech Limited, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Zhong-Guan-Cun (ZGC) Life Science Park in Beijing, is a leading Chinese agricultural technology company.
  • In crop seed biotechnologies, Origin Agritech's phytase corn was the first transgenic corn to receive the Bio-Safety Certificate from China's Ministry of Agriculture.
  • Over the years, Origin has established a robust biotechnology seed pipeline including products with glyphosate tolerance and pest resistance (Bt) traits.

Origin Agritech Receives Approval for Six New Corn Varieties

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Thursday, August 4, 2022

BEIJING, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"), an agriculture technology company, announced today that the company has received approval for six new corn varieties from China's National Crop Variety Approval Committee.

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  • BEIJING, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"), an agriculture technology company, announced today that the company has received approval for six new corn varieties from China's National Crop Variety Approval Committee.
  • "We continue to accelerate the pace and efficiency with which we are creating revolutionary new corn varieties and getting them to market," said Dr. Gengchen Han, Origin Agritech's Chairman.
  • Origin Agritech Limited, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Zhong-Guan-Cun (ZGC) Life Science Park in Beijing, is a leading Chinese agricultural technology company.
  • In crop seed biotechnologies, Origin Agritech's phytase corn was the first transgenic corn to receive the Bio-Safety Certificate from China's Ministry of Agriculture.

Sativus Tech Successfully Produces Premium Saffron Grown in Fully Controlled Vertical Farms

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Thursday, July 28, 2022

Preliminary results of Sativus Techs recent research findings show that it has successfully produced high-quality saffron in its indoor vertical farms.

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  • Preliminary results of Sativus Techs recent research findings show that it has successfully produced high-quality saffron in its indoor vertical farms.
  • The preliminary results prove Sativus Tech protocol allows 4 cycles of saffron harvests a year.
  • This is an exciting milestone that shows that Sativus Tech is progressing as planned on all fronts, says Tal Wilk Glazer, CEO of Sativus Tech.
  • Sativus Tech Corps subsidiary, Saffron Tech, is revolutionizing the AgriTech world by creating the protocols to grow saffron in indoor vertical farms.