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JD Vance is a man of many careers: attorney, author, senator, vice president-elect, and, perhaps less well-known, venture capitalist. For about six years between graduating from law school and becoming a United States senator from Ohio, Vance held various positions in the space before eventually starting his own fund, Narya Capital. Vance co-founded Narya Capital in 2019After two years, Vance broke out on his own, cofounding Narya Capital in 2019 with investments from Thiel, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and VC veteran Marc Andreessen. According to his vice president and senate disclosure forms, he has a stake in Narya Capital Fund I, Narya Capital Fund II, and Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. AdvertisementHis stake in Narya Capital Fund I is worth between $500,001 and $1 million.
Persons: JD Vance, Vance, doesn't, Peter Thiel's, Steve Case's, Boston —, Thiel, Eric Schmidt, Marc Andreessen, Narya, Vivek Ramaswamy's, Nayra, Luke Schroeder Organizations: United, Narya, Mithril, Narya Capital, cofounding, II, Narya's Capital, US Space Force Locations: United States, Ohio, New York, Silicon Valley, Boston, Narya, ValueBase, PitchBook
Beewise: 2024 CNBC Disruptor 50
  + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Israeli agtech startup Beewise Technologies is using AI, sensor, robots and computer vision to save more honeybees as climate change has threatened their survival, leading to more than one-third of bee colonies disappearing each year and threatening food supplies. This social impact business has designed and built high-tech hives that help the bee's chances of survival, and keep it harvesting honey and pollinating crops. Honeybees pollinate $15 billion worth of crops in the U.S. each year, such as vegetables, fruits and nuts, not to mention produce honey. Beewise is not the only startup going after the growing market for commercial beekeeping pollination services, estimated by the USDA at $320 million annually. Former Disruptor BeeHero, also from Israel, is a close competitor.
Persons: Saar, Elijah Radzyner, Disruptor BeeHero, Beewise Organizations: Saar Safra, UN, USDA, Partners Locations: U.S, Israel, New York
24. Carbon Robotics
  + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
In a sign of how the ties between the deepest players in the field of artificial intelligence and other sectors of the economy are growing, Nvidia just announced a venture investment in Carbon Robotics in May. Carbon Robotics is a pioneer in AI-powered agricultural robotics designed to help farmers cut costs, boost production and improve crop yield. In 2023, Carbon Robotics opened two new facilities: Carbon Robotics North and its Richland, Washington-based laser refurbishing and manufacturing facility, allowing the company to increase production rates — it says demand tripled year over year in 2023. Carbon Robotics has also added seven European languages to the LaserWeeder's iPad operator app. To continue its growth, Carbon Robotics raised $43 million in new capital in 2023, just over half of the $80 million it has raised since its founding.
Persons: it's, Paul Mikesell Organizations: Monsanto, Syngenta, BASF, Nvidia, Carbon Robotics, NBC, Deere, Robotics, AndNowUKnow, Stout Industrial Technology, Bear Flag Robotics, Technology Locations: Richland , Washington, Europe, Australia
Agtech startup Rize aims to lower rice farming's methane emissions in southeast Asia. The Singapore-based startup recently raised $14 million in Series A funding from investors. A 10th of the world's methane emissions comes from rice farming, as bacteria break down in wet rice paddies and release the gas. To reduce rice's methane footprint, agtech startup Rize is working with small rice farmers in Vietnam and Indonesia — locals who manage a farm about the size of one and a half soccer fields. Rize's on-the-ground scientists use the startup's tech platform and green growing techniques to help these farmers grow rice more sustainably and increase their harvest.
Persons: Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Rize, Asia, The Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia
The Agtech Unicorn Index, which tracks venture-backed startups in the sector worth over $1 billion, recorded a 20% decline in 2023, according to the Morningstar Unicorn Market Monitor Q4 2023 update. Advertisement"There are more software companies that have sprouted over the past decade, but it traditionally requires fairly technical knowledge about plants and biology." London’s vertical farming unicorn InFarm also struggled and shuttered in Europe . Indeed, PitchBook’s Frederick anticipates agtech will outperform the broader VC ecosystem in the near term due to issues around food security, per PitchBook’s Agtech Q4 2023 report. More broadly, the number of companies hitting unicorn status was at its lowest level since 2017, with 81 new unicorns entering the Morningstar PitchBook Global Unicorn Index in 2023.
Persons: , Alex Frederick, Frederick, Po Bronson, Bronson, PitchBook’s Frederick, agtech, ” Frederick Organizations: Service, Business, Morningstar, US, Farmers Business Network Locations: cybersecurity, Europe, Ukraine, India, California, Spain
CIO JournalUptake of agtech tools has been tepid, and even many farmers who do use them struggle with the software and a flood of data from their farms.
Still, there are concerns about who owns the farm data and how it's being used. Chemeres said that he saw agriculture tech companies bombard farmers with innovations to mitigate this labor shortage. He believes the future of agriculture tech will be "almost surgical," he said, especially as AI comes into the field and becomes more sophisticated. These concerns came to a head in 2020, when Climate FieldView was accused of sharing farmers' data with Tillable, a platform that connects landowners with farmers. Not all tech companies do this.
Persons: Andy Lenkaitis, Lenkaitis Holsteins, Sarah Lenkaitis, Sarah, Lenkaitis, Bill Oemichen, Jeff Chemeres, Chemeres, Croptracker, Oemichen, that's, Bayer, FieldView, it's Organizations: Service, McKinsey, Credit Services, Data, Services, US Department of, The National Young Farmers Coalition, University of Wisconsin Survey Center, University of Saskatchewan, Bayer, US Locations: Wall, Silicon, Charles , Illinois, Minnesota, California, Washington, German
"The food industry is undergoing a major revolution," Telsey Advisory Group analyst Sarang Vora wrote in a June 26 note. The rise, fall and future of plant-based meat Plant-based meat has been around for decades. The firm is forecasting a $450 billion market opportunity for cultivated meat by 2040, perhaps reaching 20% of the global meat market. Investing in cultivated meat For investors interested in getting in on the cultivated meat "revolution," it is still early stages, said Telsey's Vora. Archer-Daniels-Midland also recently announced it is collaborating with Believer Meats on new ways to develop and commercialize cultivated meat products.
Persons: Sarang Vora, Tyson, that's, we've, Alec Lucas, Laine Clark, it's, Clark, We'll, Hiral Patel, Brazil —, Institute's Clark, We're, It's, Telsey's, Kellogg, Steve Cahillane, Steakholder, Ben Haynor, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Advisory, Department of Agriculture, Foods, McKinsey & Company, Tyson Foods, Kellogg, Global, Food Innovation, Whole Foods, Food Institute, CNET, Barclays, McKinsey, Daniels, Midland, Reuters, Steakholder, Global Partners Locations: Jordan, United States, U.S, Norway, China, India, Brazil
Aigen founders: Rich Wurden (CTO) and Kenny Lee (CEO) Courtesy: AigenThe Aigen Element looks like a drafting table on rugged tires. The company behind the robots, Aigen, was founded by Rich Wurden, an ex-Tesla engineer, along with former Proofpoint executive Kenny Lee in 2020. The Aigen Element uses computer vision to spot and eliminate weeds without pesticides. Typically, a fleet of the Element robots would pass over the field continuously, gathering data each time. Aigen's farm robots run on solar and wind power, with a lithium iron phosphate battery pack.
Persons: Rich Wurden, Kenny Lee, Glyphosate, Lee, Wurden, Hodgkins, he's Organizations: U.S . Environmental Protection Agency, Proofpoint, Farmers Locations: U.S, Minnesota, Seattle, cybersecurity
BeeHero: 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Enter agtech startup BeeHero with a solution. Last December, BeeHero snared $42 million in a Series B round led by impact growth fund Covent Capital in Amsterdam. But BeeHero is not the only startup providing honeybee pollution services, a market estimated by the USDA at $320 million annually. Last year, Limor Farchy, who previously worked at two acquired Israeli tech startups, was recruited as CFO. The agtech startup supplies several top almond growers in California and expects to expand to other crops that rely on pollination.
Tesla's market cap is roughly $500 billion, and that's after a roughly 50% haircut since it topped $1 trillion in 2021. Monarch Tractor, which recently debuted another key electric vehicle born in the state of California — a driver-optional, all-electric tractor — valued by investors in the private market at $271 million. Farmers are struggling with high labor costs and their diesel engine carbon footprint, while corporations are facing new sustainability costs. These are problems that Monarch Tractor can solve in combination. "It's more efficient on the labor side but decreases the emissions and can power all the other equipment on the farm," Penmetsa said.
Bowery: 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Founded in 2015 in New York City, Bowery is among several urban plant factories that are changing food supplies, and attracting substantial funding. The need to grow produce more efficiently, and closer to end markets, is represented in Bowery and the concept of vertical agriculture. Early last year, Bowery secured a $150 million credit investment from KKR & Co. Overall, Bowery increased its retail distribution 40% in 2022, with supermarket chains Albertsons, Giant Food, Walmart and Whole Foods on board. Almost a decade on from its founding, the idea behind Bowery remains novel, but skeptics say vertical farming remains closer to a DIY niche than a grown up, globally scalable agtech industry.
Meal delivery kits really took off with the pandemic, and they're still gaining in popularity. Two years ago, fresh food meal kits were a $7 billion industry, and they're projected to become a $10 billion industry by 2024. Some considerable portion of that money is wasted on packaging to keep food cold. TemperPack is working with grocers, meal kit companies, bio-tech and online pharmacies -- basically, any business that previously used a styrofoam cooler for packaging. That was a big draw for Martha Stewart-branded meal maker Marley Spoon.
Feb 10 (Reuters) - Canada's Aurora Cannabis Inc (ACB.TO) would be open to undertake more merger and acquisition deals in the future to expand its medical cannabis business, the company's chief executive said on Friday. The upbeat comments followed the cannabis producer's surprise second-quarter core profit, helped by cost saving measures it had been taking since early 2020. "The net cash position gives us the opportunity to do M&A," CEO Miguel Martin told Reuters in an interview. In its earnings release late on Thursday, Aurora said it has about C$310 million ($232 million) of cash, including C$65 million of restricted cash as of Feb. 8. "I think the type of M&A we would do would be consistent with what you saw with Bevo, predictable profitable… steady business," Martin said.
Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, the agriculture industry was dealing with a number of headwinds, from hurricanes and poor planning disrupting crop growth cycles to the impact of retaliatory tariffs slashing exports. These issues have highlighted an immense need for investment in agriculture and specifically technology to improve the efficiency of the industry. Last year, Deere also purchased Bear Flag Robotics, a Silicon Valley agriculture technology startup that develops autonomous farm equipment, for $250 million. AGCO , an agricultural machinery manufacturer, has also made several investments or acquisitions in the last few years in new technology in the space. The agriculture company in September bought Symborg, a Spanish microbiological technologies firm that makes biostimulants and biofertilizers for many kinds of crops and agriculture systems that boost results.
Top economist David Rosenberg breaks down key investment trends for the bear market and long-term. In a recent note, Rosenberg says these 12 ETFs have "long-term return prospects." But these conditions have brought valuations back to more reasonable levels and thereby improved long-term investors' return prospects, he added. Water scarcity and food insecurityFirst, there's water scarcity. Investors who want exposure to water companies could look to exchange-traded products like Invesco's Water Resources ETF and First Trust's Water ETF, he says.
RO: Apel de propuneri ”Oportunități de co-investiție pentru soluții AgTech”Proiectul Optim-Oportunități prin tehnologii și inovație în Moldova anunță apelul pentru prima rundă pentru „Oportunități de co-investiție pentru soluții AgTech” deschis întreprinderilor mici și mijlocii (IMM-uri) înregistrate pe teritoriul Republicii Moldova și invită companiile eligibile să depună Nota conceptuală pentru subiectul menționat mai sus. Pentru a aplica vă rugăm să completați formularul Notei Conceptuale AgTech în conformitate cu prevederile stipulate în Ghidul Aplicanților și să îl trimiteți la adresa de e-mail info@optimproject.mdTermenul limită pentru depunerea notei conceptuale: 8 decembrie 17:00 2020Dacă aveți nevoie de clarificări suplimentare, ne puteti contacta la adresa de email info@optimproject.mdRU:Запрос предложений »Возможности соинвестирования для решений AgTech»Проект Optim-Инновационные и технологические возможности в Молдове объявляет первый раунд конкурса »Возможности соинвестирования для решений AgTech», открытый для малых и средних предприятий (МСП), зарегистрированных на территории Республики Молдова, и приглашает соответствующие компании подать Концептуальная записка по указанной выше теме. Чтобы подать заявку, заполните форму концепции AgTech в соответствии с положениями, изложенными в pуководствe для Заявителей, и отправьте ее на адрес электронной почты info@optimproject.mdКрайний срок подачи Концепции: 8 декабря 17:00 2020Если вам нужна дополнительная информация, вы можете связаться с нами по адресу электронной почты info@optimproject.md
Locations: Moldova, Republicii Moldova, Молдова, Республика Молдова
Startup Moldova – platformă importantă pentru definirea și proiectarea ecosistemului antreprenorialÎncepând cu anul următor, noi inițiative de încurajare a antreprenoriatului vor fi dezvoltate ca parte a Programului Startup Moldova. Ana Chirița, directoarea proiectului TEKWILL: „În 2021, Startup Moldova va fi construit după modelul de succes al unor programe care au avut loc în alte țări. Startup Moldova va simula acest model pentru incubarea cu succes, accelerarea și creșterea semnificativă a numărului de startup-uri. Noua organizație va atrage resurse de finanțare și va contribui la consolidarea capacităților de atragere a investițiilor a startup-urilor locale. Pentru fiecare verticală va fi format un grup de mentori dedicat, iar anual va vor fi organizate conferințe în domeniu.
Persons: Scott Hocklander, USAID, Anna Lyberg, Ana Chirița, TEKWILL Organizations: CEE Locations: Moldova, Republica Moldova, Suediei, Moldovei, Suedia, Startup Moldova, Chile, StartupWeek, DemoDay, Club, TekwillTravelers, Comrat, Bălți, Cahul, TechCrunchDisrupt, WineTech, AgTech
Programul va fi centrat pe 3 direcții: dezvoltarea ecosistemului de startup-uri, susținerea inițiativelor comunitare, accelerarea de noi produse și startup-uri tech. Startup Moldova / Sursa:TekwillAna Chirița, directoarea proiectului TEKWILL: „În 2021, Startup Moldova va fi construit după modelul de succes al unor programe care au avut loc în alte țări. Startup Moldova va simula acest model pentru incubarea cu succes, accelerarea și creșterea semnificativă a numărului de startup-uri. Noua organizație va atrage resurse de finanțare și va contribui la consolidarea capacităților de atragere a investițiilor a startup-urilor locale. Pentru fiecare verticală va fi format un grup de mentori dedicat, iar anual va vor fi organizate conferințe în domeniu.
Persons: Scott Hocklander, USAID, Anna Lyberg, Ana Chirița, Lean, TEKWILL Organizations: CEE Locations: Moldovei, Suediei, Republica Moldova, Suedia, Moldova, Startup Moldova, Chile, Club, Comrat, Bălți, Cahul, WineTech, AgTech
Au mai rămas zile numărate până va fi dar startul celui mai important eveniment dedicat startup-urilor locale – Moldova Startup Week. Participanții vor avea posibilitatea să-și prezinte produsele potențialilor clienți, să colecteze feedback și sugestii, să stabilească conexiuni cu alți membri ai comunității autohtone de startup-uri. Cea de-a patra zi a Moldova Startup Week 2020 va cuprinde mai multe acțiuni dedicate inovațiilor din diverse ramuri. Moldova Startup Week este un eveniment marca Techstars, care are loc în peste 50 de țări din lume. „Techstars Startup Week” este organizat de Startup Moldova cu sprijinul Agenției Statelor Unite pentru Dezvoltare Internațională (USAID) și a Suediei în cadrul Proiectului Tekwill.
Organizations: Agenției, Agenției Statelor Unite, Android Locations: Moldova, Agenției Statelor, Suediei, AgTech, MedTech, EdTch, Week
„Criza a contribuit la orientarea întreprinderilor spre mediul online și soluții digitale. În cadrul MEI, am început a analiza care sunt factorii ce influențează negativ comerțul, pentru a stimula vânzările online. Fermele digitalizate au putut prelua informații din hărțile digitale și au trecut ușor peste aceste bariere. Cred că anul 2020 a fost unul de conștientizare a faptului că aceste servicii sunt necesare și accesibile. Nouă digitalizarea ne-a permis să economisim timpul, care este cel mai de preț, iar alte avantaje precum reducerea costurilor nici nu se discută”, explică Vitalie Burlacu.
Persons: Vitalie Tarlev, Vladimir Munteanu, Ghenadie Cioinac, , Burlacu, Vitalie Burlacu Organizations: Moldovei, Ministerului Economiei, SAS Locations: SAS Moldova, România
Votează cel mai activ ambasador al comunității și startup-ul local cu cel mai mare impactAu mai rămas zile numărate până va fi dar startul celui mai important eveniment dedicat startup-urilor locale – Moldova Startup Week. La eveniment, organizatorii vor să cunoască opinia publicului și să scoată în lumina reflectoarelor cel mai activ ambasador al comunității antreprenoriale locale, dar și startup-ul cu un impact considerabil în ecosistemul antreprenorial din țară. Iar pentru a vota în categoria „Startup-ul din Moldova cu cel mai mare impact” trebuie accesat linkul și vota în mod direct. Cea de-a patra zi a Moldova Startup Week 2020 va cuprinde mai multe acțiuni dedicate inovațiilor din diverse ramuri. „Tech stars Startup Week” este organizat de Startup Moldova cu sprijinul Agenției Statelor Unite pentru Dezvoltare Internațională (USAID) și a Suediei în cadrul Proiectului Tekwill.
Organizations: Agenției, Agenției Statelor Unite, Android Locations: Moldova, Agenției Statelor, Suediei, AgTech, MedTech, EdTch, Moldova StartupWeek
Înregistrează-te la Moldova Startup Week 2020 și află despre numeroasele oportunități de care poți beneficia pentru a-ți transforma ideea în afacere. Mai multe detalii pe Startupmoldova.digital/startup-week/Îți prezentăm cinci cele mai mari oportunități pe care le vei putea să explora la Moldova Startup Week 2020:1. Din acest an și „Startup Moldova” a devenit membru al organizației. Moldova Startup Week este un eveniment marca Techstars, care are loc în peste 50 de țări din lume. Printre ei se află și un antreprenor care a dezvoltat 3 „unicorni” – startup-uri cu o valoare de peste 1 miliard de dolari Moldova Startup Week 2020: startup-urile din Moldova vor fi incluse pe harta internațională Moldova Startup Week revine cu o nouă ediție.
Persons: Vei, Jakub Stracina, Stanislav Ivanov, Dan Sturza, . Organizations: Agenției, Agenției Statelor Unite, Evenimentul, Oracle, IBM, Amazon, Cisco, Orange, Simpals, Moldova, City Cahul Locations: Moldova, Agenției Statelor, Suediei, Academy, Dreamups, Chișinău, China, Rusia, Israel, Estonia, Ukraina, România, Week, AGORA
Tot mai multe afaceri au înțeles impactul rețelelor sociale și necesitatea comunicării apropiate cu clienții prin intermediul social media, iar în perioada pandemiei, agențiile din domeniu au avut mai multe solicitări. Într-o discuție LIVE cu Dumitru Talmazan, Fondatorul Talmazan School și ASAP - digital team, am discutat despre tendințe în Social Media Marketing și la ce să ne așteptăm în continuare de la rețelele sociale în raport cu afacerile noastre. Pentru că promovarea pe social media nu se rezumă la o postare pe facebook căreia i-am dat un boost-post. Tendințele în Social Media Marketing„Regula afacerilor este una: voi trebuie să fiți acolo unde sunt clienții voștri, nu contează ce spun eu sau alți experți. O afacere din Republica Moldova nu are atâția bani și oameni și timp ca să aloce pentru 3-4 rețele sociale.
Persons: Pandemia, Dumitru Talmazan, Dumitru, P, Alex Calancea Organizations: Media, Facebook, Social Media, Digital, Orange Moldova, Digital Park, Alex Calancea Band, City Cahul, Moldcell Locations: Republica Moldova, Sărata, Moldova, City, Moldcell, digitalizare
Republica Moldova este o țară agrară, iar economia este bazată pe agricultură, astfel pentru a se dezvolta orice țară are nevoie de o economie durabilă. La moment, ne confruntăm cu o lipsă de oameni cu studii, gata să se implice și să dezvolte acest sector. Un bun specialist este nu doar cel ce are cunoștințe teoretice, dar și o bază practică. „În anii de studenție am reușit să pun o bază foarte bună de cunoștințe pe care le aplic și acum. Dar am fost foarte mult ajutată și susținută de profesori, cu atât mai mult cu cât eram doar 2 fete în grupă și, respectiv, eram cumva favorizate.
Persons: Ion, Ne, Eugeniu Gudumac, , Petru Danilov, , Eudochia Goncear Organizations: Academiei Locations: Republica Moldova, Moldova
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