Cultivator’s AgTech accelerator startups surpass $80 million in funding since January 2022
Applications are open for its third cohort set to begin in March.
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Conexus, Emmertech alum Sean O’Connor joins TechBrew Robotics as CEO
TechBrew is an Emmertech portfolio firm that builds mushroom-picking robots.
GrowerIQ secures $1 million from Government of Canada to expand its cannabis-tracking system
FedDev Ontario funding follows GrowerIQ’s recent Barbados government contract.
Sean O’Connor steps down as managing director of Conexus Venture Capital, Emmertech
Under O’Connor’s leadership, Conexus has helped fuel the growth of tech in Saskatchewan and across the Prairies.
CAAIN appoints former Edmonton Unlimited VP Darrell Petras to lead AgTech innovation agency
The new CEO previously co-founded a livestock-management software startup.
Protein Industries Canada offers $10 million to help grow AI use in food sector
AI is being applied to the plant-based food industry’s efforts to satisfy ever-changing consumer demands.
Canadian startups Oncoustics, OneCup AI among Google’s first North America-wide cloud accelerator cohort
Google piloted the cloud accelerator in Canada, then extended it to US startups this year.
Water sampling, agtech startups among Ontario Genomics’ first cohort for BioCreate program
Each company will receive $150,000 from Ontario Genomics.
Vive Crop Protection adds $11.2 million CAD extension to Series C to improve efficiency of agricultural chemicals
Vive recently made its fungicide available in Canada to help combat potato crop diseases.
Picketa raises $1.4 million CAD to help farmers analyze plant tissue in real time
Picketa “releaves” farmers of long turn-around times for agricultural testing.
List highlights 10 fast-growing, impactful SDTC-backed Canadian cleantech firms
Mara Renewables, MineSense, Ecopia AI crack the list alongside returnees Saltworks, Hifi, among others.
ChrysaLabs raises $15 million to help farmers unearth soil data using AI
ChrysaLabs’ soil-testing tech has been used on over two million acres of farmland.
The51 closes $30 million of targeted $50-million Food and AgTech Fund
LPs include Farm Credit Canada, Alberta Enterprise Corporation, and National Bank of Canada.
Vivid Machines raises $5.8 million CAD to help growers virtually monitor fruit trees
Toronto startup uses imaging and AI to monitor crop production.
Government of Canada to launch $250 million initiative to train skilled workers
In record-tight labour market, feds aim to upskill workers for high-growth industries.