Agrosmart
Agrosmart, a digital platform that supports client decision-making for a more productive, sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture, has acquired BoosterAgro, an Argentinian startup that has the main agrometeorological app in Latin America. With the agreement, the companies together now serve more than 48 million hectares in nine countries and join forces to accelerate growth in the region and to develop products that add more value for the entire agribusiness chain. With the acquisition, the Brazilian company plans to expand its presence in Latin America in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. Founded in 2014, Agrosmart is a leading platform in digital agriculture for emerging countries, providing agronomic insights that support the entire agribusiness chain for a more sustainable production. “With the acquisition of BoosterAgro, Agrosmart expands its user base and the ability to impact more farmers across Latin America, with a simple and efficient solution. It will also strengthen its technological base in mobile and accelerate the development of new products,” said Agrosmart’s Raphael Pizzi. ApisProtect has joined the North America Pollinator Protection Campaign and is working with beekeepers across the United States to reduce honey bee losses. Their CEO, Dr. Fiona Edwards Murphy, was recently welcomed to the 30 Under 30 Europe Class of 2021. The team at ApisProtect is keen to work with beekeepers to help generate an additional $98 of value from each hive per year. There is a limited availability for 2021. Visit www.apisprotect. com to find out more. ChrysaLabs is launching its soil fertility assessment solution commercially this summer and is offering a trial season. It will now be possible to get soil nutrient insights in real-time. ChrysaLabs’ portable probe allows agronomists to extract valuable information such as: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, organic matter, pH, just to name a few. Agronomists can better understand field variability, improve scouting activities, reduce the over application of fertilizers and enhance soil health. The level of accuracy, robustness and reliability we provide with our probe is unmatched in the industry. Contact us to learn more about our trial program and start testing our probes in your field. Concentric Power Inc., an energy technology company deploying intelligent microgrids throughout California, has broken ground on a 5.0 MW microgrid for Tasteful Selections, a vertically integrated farmer-owned, farmer-driven bite-size potato growing, packing and shipping operation. The microgrid will incorporate energy generation, distribution and storage using Concentric Power’s intelligent microgrid control platform to manage all distributed energy assets. It will improve the sustainability of Tasteful Selections’ business while delivering resilience through “islanding” capability for continued operations during power outages within the broader utility grid. Tasteful Selections will own the microgrid, while Concentric Power will design, build, operate and maintain the system for the life of the equipment, which is approximately 25 years. “We’re excited to be working with Concentric Power because their core values align with ours and this microgrid optimizes our operation,” said Bob Bender, CEO and president at Tasteful Selections. “The resilience and sustainability that this project brings to the table shifts our focus from energy stability to our core business rather than the headaches of energy outages and price spikes.” iFoodDS recently closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by Insight Partners. iFoodDS will use the funding to accelerate product innovation and support its market and category expansions. The funding round follows a year marked by high demand for the company’s cloud-based platform. Developed specifically for the fresh food industry, the iFoodDS platform gives growers, packers, shippers, processors, foodservice companies, and retailers instantaneous visibility across the supply chain; delivers real-time food safety practice assessment and data capture; and provides solutions to improve the quality of produce deliveries.
ApisProtect
ChrysaLabs
Concentric Power Inc.
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