Vancouver-based agtech leader Terramera has announced that it is leading a significant project for the Canadian Digital Technology Supercluster (Supercluster). The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced the Supercluster’s investment and commitment to the initiative at an event hosted at Terramera’s company headquarters last week. The Terramera-led Precision Agriculture to Improve […]
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Digital Technology Supercluster Announces $25 Million for 14 New Projects
Digital Technology Supercluster CEO Sue Paish kicked off a media event this morning at Terramera’s office in Vancouver with tech champion the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. Minister Bains announced 14 new projects with a total investment of $25 million; eight focused on talent development for the digital economy, six in […]
10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2020
2019 is in the books and it was a great one for Vancouver tech community and the province as a whole. Burnaby’s Clio announced a funding round that makes them Canada’s newest Unicorn, seven Vancouver companies were among Canada’s best workplaces in technology, and to top it off, we found out that our software developers now […]
Global Experts Join Terramera to Drive Change in How Food is Grown
Vancouver’s Terramera has announced that four world-renowned experts have joined the company as advisors. Terramera is focused on fusing science, nature and artificial intelligence to create revolutionary technologies that transform how we grow food and solve global challenges through tech and farming. Dr. Markita Landry and Tom Chi have joined Terramera’s Science & Technology Advisory […]
Terramera Selected From Over 1,000 Startups for Mentorship Opportunity
Vancouver’s Terramera has been selected from over 1,000 Canadian startups as one of the 3 winners of the Community of Leaders Innovating for Corporations (C.L.I.C.) Challenge. C.L.I.C is made up of CEOs of large corporations based in Canada who are willing to tangibly support the Canadian innovation ecosystem. Members include Loblaw, Nutrien, General Electric, Total, […]
Ag Innovator Terramera Wins US $1 Million at Nutrien-Radicle Challenge
Vancouver’s Terramera has won a US $1 million prize in the growth-stage category in the Nutrien-Radicle Challenge. The Nutrien-Radicle Challenge Canada was created to encourage and accelerate ag and food technology innovation in Canada. More than 100 of Canada’s most ambitious agriculture and food technology innovators applied, with eight finalists pitching to a panel of […]
Renewal Funds Raises $145 Million for Renewal4 Impact Fund
Venture capital firm Renewal Funds has closed its latest fund, Renewal4, at $145 million making it one of the largest early stage impact funds in North America. Vancouver’s Renewal Funds is a sustainability focused firm that invests across North America in environmental technology and sustainable consumer products. Today’s funding announcement brings the firm’s total assets […]
Terramera Raises $45 million To Reduce the Use of Chemicals in Agriculture
Terramera announced today it has raised US$45 million in equity funding to advance its Actigate™ Targeted Performance technology. Terramera is a cleantech leader focused on fusing AI, science and nature to create revolutionary technologies that transform how we grow food and solve other world-scale challenges. The Series B round was led by new investor Ospraie […]