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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

San Diego-based Radicle Growth, which focuses on incubating early stage agriculture and food technology, and agriculture giant UPL said today that the two are in a new partnership, which will invest $1.25M in two startups that can "positively impact and reduce the carbon footprint and improve soil health of the food value chain."

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MAY 27, 2010

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 -- Gold from Dirt: California Agriculture. What is the future for California's $36 billion agriculture industry, which generates a million jobs? Come hear a panel of experts at ACG 101 Corridor Chapter. See [link] (more).

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Santa Monica-based Sensei Ag , the Larry Ellison-backed startup focused on food supply and agricultural technology, has named a new advisory board. Wagner, who it says are executives in the agricultural, food, consumer, and scientific industries. The startup said its Advisory Board now includes Amy Povich Agus, Dr. Leslie H.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Newport Beach-based American Vanguard Corporation , a provider of specialty and agricultural products, announced this morning that it has acquired Agrinos , a technology product focused on biological crop inputs. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 28, 2020

The companies said those companies "could include new or experimental protein sources, or protein conversion technologies" and which specifically could solve challenges spanning planted-based agriculture to the regenerative agriculture. The investments would be $1M for the winner of their challenge, and $250K for the runner up.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

cancer therapeutics and diagnostics in Israel); ImYoo (single-cell transcriptomics company from Caltech); Solena Ag (agricultural biotech company from Mexico); and Yali Biosciences (synthetic biology for creating climate-smart, sustainable foods.). Companies which received funding were BIXBIO LIMITED (genomics in South Africa); EpiCombi.AI

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

According to Semtech, itk , a supplier of IoT smart agriculture applications, is using Semtech's LoRa devices as part of a new cattle health monitoring solution. Semtech said itk's FarmLife smart agriculture service are using LoRa sensors to detect cattle estrus, drive improved nutrition and predict the onset of disease.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The company says it invests in companies that improve human health and nutrition, as well as those companies that are combating climate change through sustainable agriculture technologies and practices. According to the company, it is on track to double its investment activity this year.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Santa Monica-based agricultural robotics startup Future Acres says it has signed a collaboration agreement with global plant variety breeder and genetics licensor Sun World International to further develop its proprietary technology, the company said this morning. Financial details of the collaboration were not announced.

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JUNE 29, 2018

GroGuru , a startup developing irrigation automation technology for the agriculture industry, has raise $250,000 in a seed funding from Western Growers and Radicle Growth. GroGuru is part of San Diego- and Irvine's EvoNexus startup incubator, and develops a precision soil and irrigation monitoring system. GroGuru is led by CEO Patrick Henry.

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MARCH 9, 2017

Local Roots said its farm is built inside a 40 foot shipping container, which is designed to grow leafy greens equal to five acres of land, with up to 99 percent less water than conventional agriculture, and without the use of pesticides and herbicides. The startup is led by founder and CEO Eric Ellestad.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Santa Ana-based Iteris , which develops data products for the transportation and agriculture markets, said this week that it has named Dennis W. Zank, the former Chief Operating Officer of Raymond James Financial to its board. Zank was COO of Raymond James Financial until September of 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Plantible says it has developed a verticall integrated agricultural platform to produce proteins from Lemna, to emulate the functional characteristics of widely used animal-based proteins and enables food companies to match the taste and texture of animal-based products with more sustainable plant-based ingredients.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Riverside-based FarmSense, a developer of "smart sensors" for the agriculture market, has raised $2.2M in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding. According to the company, the funding will go to ongoing biosecurity research, including the impact of Japanese Beetles and Gypsy Moths as invasive species.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Monrovia, California-based AeroVironment has launched its commercial drones into the agriculture market, said on Wednesday that it has launched the Quantex hybrid drone and related analytics software, specifically for the agriculture market.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

Larta Institute, an accelerator for small businesses in the health care, agriculture and energy sectors, announced this week that its Larta Inc. subsidiary had been granted an exclusive Department of Energy contract to aid small businesses across the country.

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JULY 16, 2021

According to the company, it has created a new product called the VGRID Bioserver, a portable, 100kW energy source which uses dead trees or agricultural waste to provide renewable electricity for Bitcoin mining. A new, Camarillo-based startup, VGRID Energy, says it has come up with a "green" way to mine for Bitcoin cryptocurrency.

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APRIL 30, 2021

According to the two, they will run multiple technology prize competitions in Africa in the areas of agriculture, energy, education, and health.

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MARCH 22, 2018

San Diego-based Pairwise Plants , which is applying gene editing to the agriculture industry, said this week that it raised $25M in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Deerfield Management and Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV). Dr. Tom Adams is CEO of Pairwise, which was founded by Drs. Feng Zhang, David Liu and J. Keith Joung.

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

San Diego-based Cellibre, which says it is developing ways to produce cannabinoids using pharmaceutical cell lines rather than traditional agriculture, has raised $11.5M in a Series A funding.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

San Diego-based biotech investor NRGene, which says it is using artificial intelligence for genomics in the agricultural and livestock industry, says it has completed an initial public offering (IPO) on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange, and raised approximately $30M. The company says it is now trading as NRGN on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

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MAY 16, 2018

Santa Ana-based Iteris , which develops technology for the transportation and agriculture industries, said on Wednesday that it has named Laura Siegal to its board of directors. Siegal is the Chief Financial Officer of Natel Engineering Company (dba NEO Technology Solutions). Siegal also has served at Kratos Defense & Security Solutions.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Santa Ana-based Iteris , which develops software used in transportation management, specifically for the agriculture market, said on Tuesday afternoon that it has named Scott Deeter to its board of directors. Deeter is the President and CEO of Ventria, a company commercializing recombinant proteins from plants. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

In the latest fund in an unprecedented boom in local investment funds, Los Angeles-based Pontifax AgTech Management announced this morning that it has closed on its first fund, a $105M fund calld the Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund.

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APRIL 16, 2021

According to the company, it is developing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) specifically for solving complex problems such as supply & demand forecasting, optimizing inbound and outbound logistics, or maximizing yield in controlled environment agriculture. Anthony Howcroft is CEO and founder of SWARM Engineering.

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JULY 24, 2019

Ouster’s strategy has been cast wider net for customers by selling its lidar sensors to other industries, including robotics, drones, mapping, defense, building security, mining and agriculture companies. Waymo will initially target robotics, security and agricultural technology.

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JULY 24, 2020

The new company was split off from Sensei Holdings, the combined leisure and agriculture company run by Ellison on the Hawaiian island of Lana'i. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, said on Thursday that it has launched to tackle food growing, indoor farming, and other agtech efforts.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Meshed provides a product which monitors population in a given space, anonymously collecting information on the number of smartphones in a given area, allowing city managers to monitor activity at hotspots such as shopping malls, parks and gardens, public facilities, and major events.

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JUNE 17, 2021

The company is developing satellites that have thermal infrared sensors, and will provide data for agricultural uses, as well as detecting wildfire, water stress, drought, and other info. The company's former CEO, Jakob vanZyl, was based in Los Angeles, but passed away last year.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

The startup--led by CEO JP McNeil--says it specifically uses its deposits to support investments in clean energy, sustainable infrastructure, and regenerative agriculture efforts. San Diego-based Ando, a new startup offering up mobile banking, says it has launched a free banking service which proactively combats climate change.

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APRIL 26, 2016

According to the two, Willow Hill Ventures will focus on providing growth capital to help early agricultural technology startups scale into viable farming businesses. San Diego-based Finistere Ventures , and farming giant International Farming Corporation (IFC) said today that they have launched a new venture fund, Willow Hill Ventures.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

million Series B round in Denver agricultural technology company Inocucor Corp., Santa Monica’s Pontifax AgTech led the second closing of a $9.5 the companies announced Jan.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Santa Ana-based transportation and agriculture information provider Iteris reported this week that it is in a deal with Valent U.S.A. , Valent provides products for agricultural crop protection and improviing crop yields, including herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and plant growth regulators. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Thousand Oaks-based agricultural biotechnologyd eveloper Ceres said today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has given it a favorable determination on a petition, which essentially says that its corn crops are not subject to genetically engineered crop regulation mandates.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

New Zealand has a high focus on sustainable agriculture. Biology and agriculture really plays a role in sustainability and climate change, and we need to communicate that to consumers, so they have the confidence that what we're developing has benefits and safety. But, innovation in agriculture is always going to be slow.

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JUNE 20, 2013

Thousand Oaks-based Ceres , which develops agricultural biotech for the energy crop market, announced today that it has named Daniel Glat to its board of directors. ceres biofuel seed executive board agriculture bitoech' Glat replaces Douglas Suttles, who the firm said is stepping down from the board. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Thousand Oaks-based agricultural biotech developer Ceres is being acquired by Minnesota-based agriculture firm Land O'Lakes , in a deal worth approximately $17.2M, the companies said on Friday. The two said that Land O'Lakes will pay $0.40 per share, in cash, for Ceres.

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