In its annual contest, AgFunder received 5,000 votes for its Innovation Awards. The winners were announced today at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, CA.
Last year, the awards recognized 23 startups across five categories, which then those winners raised more than $650 million Notably, a 2017 winner Farmer Business Network (also recognized this year) had one of the year’s largest rounds, a $110 million Series D. In 2017 Blue River Technology won the Most Innovative US Startups at Series A and Beyond category, and then in September is was acquired by John Deere.
The winners in each category are:
Farm Tech
Most Innovative US Startup Pre-Series A: Trace Genomics
Most Innovative US Startup Series A and Beyond: Farmers Business Network
Most Innovative International Startup Pre-Series A: Smart Shepherd
Supply Chain
Most Innovative International Startup Series A and Beyond: The Yield
Most Innovative US Startup Pre-Series A: Ripe.io
Most Innovative US Startup Series A and Beyond: Apeel Sciences
Most Innovative International Startup Pre-Series A: Phenospex
Most Innovative International Startup Series A and Beyond: AgriDigital
Most Innovative US Startup Pre-Series A: New Wave Foods
Retail & Consumer
Most Innovative US Startup Series A and Beyond: Impossible Foods
Most Innovative International Startup Pre-Series A: Wasteless
Most Innovative International Startup Series A and Beyond: Winnow
Resource
Most Valuable AgriFood Tech Accelerator Program: The Yield Lab
