Israel’s CropX (see here previously) has acquired Dutch-based Dacom Farm Intelligence to add its crop protection capabilities to CropX’s active irrigation technology, hardware-based soil data and fertilizer management features. Dacom has 3,000 agricultural clients managing 20,000+ farms in 40 countries. … Continue reading →

Google CEO Eric Schmidt‘s Innovation Endeavors fund launched the Farm2050 collective in 2014, to accelerate the development and commercialization of agricultural technology. Farm2050’s first investment is in CropX – Israel’s adaptive irrigation company (March newsletter) http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2015/06/22/cropx-raises-9m-to-drive-agriculture-efficiency-through-technology/ http://www.cropx.com/press-releases/cropx-closes-9-million-series-a/

Agriculture giant Syngenta has an Israeli seeds R&D center (see here). Syngenta is deploying sensors from Israel’s CropX (see here previously) to improve its irrigated corn fields across Mid-West USA. In multi-vendor trials last season, Syngenta ranked CropX as the … Continue reading →

Very clever new marketing video from Israel’s CropX (see here previously). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JZtaANYVOk

Israeli private equity fund Fortissimo is to acquire Israel’s Cellcom for some NIS 925 million; Israeli cybersecurity Unicorn Wiz has acquired Israeli IT startup Raftt. Israeli global payments startup Nayax has taken over US-based point of sale software developer Retail … Continue reading →

Israel’s CropX (see here previously) has partnered with Germany’s AgTech giant Helm AG. CropX has integrated data from its farm management system soil sensors into Helm’s SKYFLD app, used by farmers around the world. https://cropx.com/es/2023/07/05/helm-ag-and-cropx-advance-precision-farming-in-skyfld-app/

Zephyrus Wing Energies raised $40 million (IPO); CropX raised $30 million; Quantum Source raised $27 million; Volumez raised $20 million; Capitola raised $15.6 million; Safeguard (construction) raised $8 million; Floodlight raised $6.4 million;

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recommends farmers use Israel’s CropX (see here previously) to supply food to the world’s population. CropX systems use AWS Cloud computing. Meanwhile, CropX has acquired US-based precision irrigation startup Tule, its 4th acquisition. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/how-cropx-uses-aws-cloud-computing-for-farming https://agfundernews.com/cropx-makes-its-fourth-acquisition-with-precision-irrigation-startup-tule