Tagged: agriculture

February 7, 2019 @ 10:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Element Farms synced with Wefunder in order to grow its agtech business.  At this writing, the startup has surpassed its minimum goal as has raised more than $196,993 of its $500,000 maximum target for a convertible note from 183+ investors in order to harvest a… Read More

January 17, 2018 @ 10:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Hectare Agritech, a UK-based online marketplace for the agriculture sector, has successfully secured £500,000 through its third investment round on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The company launched the campaign earlier this month and is now nearing £550,000 thanks to more than 320 investors.  As previously… Read More

January 11, 2018 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hectare Agritech, a UK-based online marketplace for the agriculture sector, launched its third investment round on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The company is currently seeking £500,000. The launch of the campaign comes just after Hectare released FarmPay, a dedicated payment platform. Founded in 2016, Hectare described… Read More

February 24, 2017 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FarmFundr, a crowdfunding investment opportunity for farmland, announced on Friday it has opened its first rounding of funding opportunities for accredited investors. The new funding portal stated its primary focus is to maximize an investor’s returns while lowering risk. It was revealed: “FarmFundr currently farms and… Read More

August 3, 2015 @ 9:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AgFunder, an investment platform for accredited investors investing in agriculture and agriculture technology, announced the release of its 2015 Midyear AgTech Investing Report, tracking a record $2.06B in AgTech investment for the first half of 2015. This figure is only $300M shy of the $2.36B… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Carana Agribusiness, a for-profit aquaculture and agriculture company in Guyana, is raising a $1.225 million equity financing round on AgFunder, an equity crowdfunding platform for agriculture and agriculture technology (“agtech”). Carana, which was initially created through funding from USAID and the UK Government, is seeking to… Read More

September 8, 2014 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

aWhere, a Denver-based data analytics company focused on the Agriculture industry, Elixir Capital, a private equity fund based in Silicon Valley and AgFunder, a New York and San Francisco-based investment crowdfunding platform, announced on Monday (September 8th) the successfully close of aWhere’s oversubscribed $7 million… Read More

July 23, 2014 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

FarmDrop launched their equity crowdfunding project just a few weeks back but the online farmers market has not had any problems finding investors.  Raising capital on Crowdcube, FarmDrop was hoping to raise £400,000 for 17% equity in the young company.  FarmDrop has quickly passed that… Read More

July 14, 2014 @ 7:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Whole Foods Market in Northern California & Reno now accept Credibles as a way to invest in and pay local food producers. Credibles is a crowdfunding platform that allows backers to support small, sustainable food related businesses.  Consumers may “prepay” to support the food business… Read More

July 13, 2014 @ 5:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

FarmDrop backed by ASOS and Street Car founders. FarmDrop, a new way to buy and sell local and seasonal food is raising capital on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.  The digital farmer’s market has launched a campaign to raise £400,000 representing 17% equity in the company…. Read More

May 8, 2014 @ 8:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Looking to raise equity, the owners of Home Town Farms have announced details about their crowdfunding campaign for $1.575 million on AgFunder. The company is leading the way in bringing retail farming to California. According to its campaign page, Home Town Farms is a vertically integrated food… Read More

April 10, 2014 @ 8:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

AgFunder, the first equity crowdfunding platform for ag startups, has closed their $800,000 round for OnFarm, an agtech big-data company. This raise not only provides capital for OnFarm’s growth as a farm data management system, but also establishes AgFunder as a disruptive capital provider in… Read More

April 8, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

London-based Zero Carbon Food (ZCF) has raised £424,530 on Crowdcube, swiftly surpassing its £300,000 crowdfunding goal for 21.23% equity offered.  The campaign is now open to overfunding. Co-founded by Richard Ballard and Steven Dring, and backed by celebrity chef Michel Roux Jr and Florette’s Managing… Read More

April 3, 2014 @ 5:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

AgFunder’s first live investment opportunity on their investment crowdfunding platform, OnFarm is on it’s way to success.   OnFarm has now reached $705,000 in investor commitments, exceeding their original target goal of $400,000 in just over 30 days. The round is capped at $800,000, and will… Read More

March 19, 2014 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Now in its sixth year, Global AgInvesting 2014 offers a comprehensive overview of agriculture investment opportunities, risks and return profiles across all major global production regions, as well as strategies for diversified ag portfolios including regional variation, private equity, and liquid investments. Concurrent track sessions… Read More

March 12, 2014 @ 4:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

AgFunder, an equity crowdfunding platform that targets the global agriculture industry, launched their first investment opportunity last month with big data company OnFarm.  In a recent update, AgFunder has shared that funding has now surpassed the halfway mark standing at 58% having raised $230,000 on… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

AgTech and agriculture industry crowdfunding platform  AgFunder has announced their first investment opportunity is now live on their investment crowdfunding site. Fresno, California based OnFarm is a Software as a Service (SaaS) big data company that aggregates multitudes of data—from water information to fertilizer inputs—to provide… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 2:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

CropMobster is on a mission to solve the enormous problem of food waste and hunger and they are tackling this challenge with an innovative crowdsourced approach.  Their community platform wants to provide a way to solve these huge problems.  The idea is based on the concept… Read More

November 22, 2013 @ 6:16 am By JD Alois  |  

AgFunder, an online crowdfunding platform for ag and ag tech opportunities and  TerViva, a company developing a new class of sustainable crops that can be grown on sub-prime agriculture land, will be hosting AgFunder’s first webinar focused on AgFunder’s Terviva Fund I.   This is an… Read More

October 6, 2013 @ 8:00 am By Dominique Litmaath River  |  

Earlier this year I had opportunity to speak with Rob Leclerc as he prepared to launch a new accredited investor crowdfunding platform ExplorationFunder.   The platform was set to tackle natural resource projects on a global basis.  ExplorationFunder was to be one of a portfolio… Read More