Fundación Chile GM Marcos Kulka announced plans to launch an agtech-focused VC fund in 2H2019.  (Diario Financiero) Marcos Kulka de Fundación Chile: “Chile debe enfocar la investigación donde tiene escala.…

Global venture builder Techtools Ventures invested R$3m in Eirene Solutions, a Brazilian agtech machinery startup. (ti inside) Após passar pelo processo de aceleração da techtools ventures, a Eirene Solutions está…

Valid announced the acquisition of 51.8% of Agrotopus, a startup focused on corporate solutions for agribusiness. Agrotopus’ customer base is coffee cooperatives that account for 12% of the Brazilian market. The acquisition value is R$ 6.5m. 

DILA Capital made an undisclosed investment in Sistema.bio, a Mexican biodigester company.

Chilean Fondo CLIN invested US$300k in Instacrops, a crop monitoring platform, and US$300k in SimpleRoute, a logistics platform. Fondo CLIN is administered by Fundación Chile, with funding from Corfo, family office Zoma Capital, Entel and Engie Factory.

Cargill has entered into a minority investment agreement with Agriness, a technology company focused on pork production. Agriness, which has a cloud-based digital platform for agricultural production management, has a share of more than 90 percent in the Brazilian pork market. 

SP Ventures and Abseed made a R$5m investment in Aegro, a software platform for grain cultivation with a team from UFRGS and IRGA. SP Ventures also invested in 2017.

KaszeK Ventures and SOS Ventures made a US$3m investment in NotCo, a Chilean foodtech startup accelerated at IndieBio. NotCo uses plant-based proteins to replicate mayonnaise, milk and other animal-based products without any animal-derived ingredients. 

Brazil’s BNDES selected DOMO Invest to manage its angel co-investment fund, which will invest up to R$100m over the next ten years across sectors, with initial tickets up to R$500k.

SP Ventures made a R$4.5m investment in SpecLab, a soil fertility analysis solution that spun out of Brazilian agriculture lab IBRA (Instituto Brasileiro de Análises).