Key Takeaways
- NeoFarm raised €30M to expand robotic organic farms in Europe.
- Nutrien to sell its Profertil stake for $600M.
- Nitricity secured $50M to construct a low-emission fertilizer plant in California.
- GDM completed full acquisition of AgReliant Genetics.
- Grow-tec released performance data from its vertical farming facility, highlighting efficiency gains.
This week’s edition of AgTech Digest Week Of 14th September highlights funding rounds, acquisitions, and product launches shaping the global agtech sector, with updates spanning precision agriculture, plant science, controlled environment agriculture (CEA), and agribusiness strategy.
AgTech & Precision Agriculture Highlights
French startup NeoFarm raised €30 million in Series B funding, co-led by ADEME Investissement and Eurazeo Smart City, to expand robotic organic farms across Europe. Its 25-hectare site in Lisses, Essonne, is expected by late 2025, targeting 1,300 tons of annual organic vegetable production.
Good Agriculture secured $1.5 million in seed funding led by Nicely Road. Its AI-powered platform, including Digital Farm Hand and Farm Funding Match, supports efficiency and regenerative agriculture adoption.
QA Farmer launched a mobile app for row crop producers at the Big Iron Farm Show in North Dakota, consolidating weather, prices, bin inventory, and agronomy tools.
Hasfarm Holdings announced a planned A$270 million acquisition of Lynch Group Holdings, aiming to build a vertically integrated floriculture platform across Asia-Pacific. Meanwhile, Greener Pastures NZ launched a kiwifruit investment fund linked to New Zealand’s Active Investor Plus visa program.
Plant Science & Agribusiness Updates
Nutrien Ltd. will divest its 50% stake in Profertil S.A. for about US$600 million, selling to Adecoagro S.A. and Asociacion de Cooperativas Argentinas Coop Ltda. Proceeds will support growth investments and debt reduction.
MustGrow Biologics secured a $2 million credit line from CIBC to scale its biofertility product TerraSante™.
California-based Nitricity raised $50 million in Series B funding, co-led by World Fund and Khosla Ventures, to build a low-emission fertilizer plant in California, scheduled for 2026.
GDM acquired full ownership of AgReliant Genetics, expanding its North American seed portfolio.
CEA Updates
Israeli firm Grow-tec published results from its vertical farming facility, reporting yields up to four times higher than open-field farming and over 90% water savings. The system enables pesticide-free, year-round cultivation, with international expansion planned.
Read their entire case study.
Other Updates
- Cairnspring Mills raised $1 million via Wefunder to expand milling operations in Oregon.
- Meristem Crop Performance launched a 0% financing program with Farm Growth Financial, available through December 2026.
- The USDA signed a $221.2 million disaster recovery grant with North Carolina’s agriculture department after Hurricane Helene.
- La Caisse and CEFC committed AU$250 million to create Meldora, a sustainable farming platform.
- The Rainforest Alliance introduced a Regenerative Agriculture Standard, with certified products expected by 2026.
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