Funding rounds, orders and scaleup case studies across American agriculture and hard tech. Not investment advice.
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Heartland venture firms are bypassing coastal software plays and channeling roughly $860 million into computer-vision weeding implements and robotic harvesters, according to a regional deal tracker.
Elena Rostova • • 4 min read
ScaleupsA Colorado scaleup says its spray drones now apply biopesticides and beneficial microbes across roughly 300,000 organic acres, replacing much of the conventional ground and aerial spraying.
MarketsA fictional Iowa autonomy company says a large order from a group of farm cooperatives has it exploring a stock-market listing, though no filing has been made.
ScaleupsA fictional Indianapolis scaleup re-engineered its pack casings around regional structural steel and local injection molding, cutting freight lead times from months to days.
ScaleupsA fictional Montana grower captures waste heat from a neighboring data center and stores it in water thermal mass, and says winter heating costs fell sharply as a result.
