Oishii, SPARX Asset Management, Nomura Real Estate Development, MISUMI Group, Mizuho Bank, S2G Investments, Solum Partners, IFAD, Mitsubishi Electric, VeriGrai… Oishii, SPARX Asset Management, Apollo Agriculture, Kaleidofin, Corteva, Vylor

📺 Watch on YouTube and Spotify Welcome back, listeners! In today's episode, we dive into the latest strides in AgTech, featuring AI moving from hype to commercial reality, Oishii's $150M Series C tranche and S2G's $1B fund targeting the missing middle of agricultural finance, five AI precision tool launches in a single week from Mitsubishi Electric, VeriGrain, Doriane, GrubMarket, and BASF, a strong Q1 earnings wave, and an editorial take on why decision delivery is becoming the new competitive standard. Let's get started! Here’s a Quick Snapshot of What’s Making Headlines: Analysis: AI in AgTech: from hype to commercial reality — smaller median rounds, stricter scrutiny, and success now defined by scale-dependent data moats and measurable ROI Funding: Oishii closes first $150M tranche of Series C led by SPARX Asset Management, bringing lifetime funding to $370M; S2G Investments closes $1B Solutions Fund I targeting the Missing Middle of agricultural finance AI Launches: Five AI precision tools ship in one week: Mitsubishi Electric on soil carbon, VeriGrain on nutrient recommendations, Doriane on plant breeding, GrubMarket on food distribution, and BASF on herbicide formulation Partnerships: Planet Labs signs two-year satellite contract with Czech Republic covering 25,000 farm holdings; US Sugar launches largest commercial autonomous tractor fleet in American sugar across 255,000 acres Development: IFAD signs $59.75M loan with Burkina Faso for six-year agricultural resilience project reaching 60,000 rural households; Apollo Agriculture and Kaleidofin close Kenya's first private-sector smallholder securitisation across 23,839 farmers Earnings: ICL sales up 14% to $2B; Bayer Crop Science EBITDA up 17.9%; Village Farms Adjusted EBITDA up 118%; Anaergia third consecutive positive EBITDA quarter; Bioceres revenue down 23% Editorial: AgTech software is shifting from data collection to decision delivery — platforms that tell you what to do next are structurally more defensible than those that just collect data Events: Fiber Connect and Precision Agriculture (Orlando), Food Innovate Summit (Amsterdam), Greentech Amsterdam Read The Full Summary On The Latest Issue Of IGROW NEWS Connect with Us! Be sure to subscribe to our other shows: Vertical Farming Podcast: https://vertical-farming-podcast.captivate.fm/listen Greenhouse Success Stories: https://greenhouse-success-stories.captivate.fm/listen iGrow Digest: Presented by iGrowNews.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/igrownews 🎙️🎙️🎙️ Discover the best podcast services in the world at The Podosphere: https://www.thepodosphere.com/ === This is an AI-Generated show Mentioned in this episode: 2025 Precision Ag Report by iGrowNews 2025 Precision Ag Report 2025 Precision Ag Report by iGrowNews 2025 Precision Ag Report