CLIENT BUZZ
2018 Client Buzz
The Atlantic
The Internet of Growing Things
Wall Street Journal Venture Capital Pro
Full Harvest Grabs $8.5 Million to Connect Farmers With Food Companies
TechCrunch
Fighting Food Waste, Full Harvest Raises $8.5m to Bring Excess Produce to Commercial Buyers
Forbes
Investors See the Beauty in 20B Pounds of Ugly Produce
CNBC
China Could Bring More Pain to US Soybean Farmers if Trump Escalates the Trade War
USA Today
New Tariffs Threaten Wisconsin’s Trek Bicycle, Soybean Farmers as Trade War With China Heats up
Mashable
GM and Honda Team up to Builde Cruise’s Ultimate Self-Driving Car
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Real Pain From Trump’s Tariffs Trickles Down to Consumers
CTech
Things to Consider When ‘Growing’ an Israeli Startup in the US
Bloomberg
‘Trade, Not Aid’: U.S. Farmers Give Trump Plan a Cool Reception
VentureBeat
Berlin’s Caroobi Raises $20M in Round Led by NGP Capital to Expand Its Car Repair Platform
Modern Healthcare
How Third Parties Harvest Health Data From Providers, Payers and Pharmacies
Bloomberg
Soy Source Gives True Flavor of China Trade Talks
BusinessInsider
From Apple-Picking Robots to Machine Learning — The Ag-Tech Sector Could Soon Have Its First ‘Unicorns’
Reuters
Scooter Companies Ride High on Hope and Hype
TechCrunch
Technology Innovation on the Second Half of the Chessboard
VC Journal
Finistere Ventures’ Kukutai Makes Case: Agtech Is Underinvested
Forbes
The 25 Most Innovative AgTech Startups in 2018
2017 Client Buzz
AgFunder
Q&A: Finistere’s Ireland Agtech Fund Sets Up Shop in Dublin
Wall Street Journal
Nokia’s Venture Arm Values Autonomy From Parent
Haaretz
US AgTech Fund Finistere Names Two Partners for New Israel Office
Farm Futures
Crop Pro Insurance Brings in $8 Million to Fund Ag Tech Adoption
Pensions & Investments
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Pledges €40 Million to Agricultural Technology Funds
Forbes
A Cloud-Based Irrigation System
Economy
Finistere Plants Investment Seed in Ireland With $24M Agtech Fund
VentureBeat
Elsewhere Partners Launches to Invest in Software Startups Outside the Coastal Hubs
TechCrunch
Tackling Diagnostic Medicine with AI, Viz Launches a Tool to Identify Strokes
Forbes
The 25 Most Innovative Ag-Tech Startups
TechCrunch
Full Harvest Raises $2 Million to Stop Farmers from Tossing ‘Ugly’ Fruit and Veggies
Forbes
Three Questions For An AgTech Investor
Ars Technica
Intel Set to Buy Mobileye in $15.3 Billion Deal
CIO
What’s Keeping Enterprises from Using G Suite
CNBC
Israeli Agriculture Know-How Often First Lands in the West, not in India
TechCrunch
OwnBackup Grabs $7.5M Series B Investment for SaaS Data Backup Service
TechCrunch
Six Truths for Successful Startups Tackling the Older Adult Care Opportunity
2016 Client Buzz
Reuters
Bayer, Dupont Join Ag-Tech Investment Boom to Ease Grain Pain
Xconomy
Radicle Accelerator Fund Launches to Nurture AgTech Innovation
GlobalAg Investing
VC Firms, Advisors and Ag Leaders Launch New Accelerator Fund
Agri Investor
Bayer, DuPont and Finistere Launch AgTech Accelerator
BenefitsPro
The Connect Between Financial Health and Physical Well-Being
San Diego Business Journal
Finistere Ventures, International Farming Corp. Launch Willow Hill Ventures
The Hub
The Hub Podcast: Back to Basics with the Data
Wall Street Journal
The Daily Startup: Increased Spending in Cybersecurity Drives Funding Surge
IHC Radio
Seth Ravine, Acclaris, Discusses his 5 Industry Predictions for a Successful 2016
iMedia
Marketing Trends You need to Watch in 2016
Employee Benefit Adviser
Understanding the retiree benefit of HSAs
Marketing Dive
10 digital marketing trends to watch in 2016 and beyond