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Agtech Report Says Pace is Record-Setting

Agtech Report Says Pace is Record-Setting

A mid-year report by AgFunder says that agtech startups raised $2.06 billion in the first half of 2015. The report, powered in part by CrunchBase, highlighted the rising trend in agtech investing, with the comparable figure for all of 2014 at $2.36 billion.

First Pitch: Aerospace + Drones Flies High

First Pitch: Aerospace + Drones Flies High

First Pitch: Aerospace + Drones convened June 24th, 2015 at the Citrix Startup Accelerator. Startups ranging from agtech to wildfire monitoring to air freight to air traffic control presented, alongside investors and accelerators.

Yield, Resources and Land Use: The Future in Ag Improved by Drones

Yield, Resources and Land Use: The Future in Ag Improved by Drones

Unmanned aerial systems (UAS, or "drones" for some), are quickly finding applications in fields as diverse as entertainment, infrastructure and agriculture. Longitudinal data collection makes that image capture more valuable to agriculture and utilities over time. For agtech applications, the mashup of mapping to image collection holds tremendous promise.