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 SpotifyWelcome 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 ROIFunding: 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 financeAI 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 formulationPartnerships: 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 acresDevelopment: 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 farmersEarnings: 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 dataEvents: Fiber Connect and Precision Agriculture (Orlando), Food Innovate Summit (Amsterdam), Greentech AmsterdamRead The Full Summary On The Latest Issue Of IGROW NEWSConnect with Us!Be sure go subscribe to our other shows:Vertical Farming Podcast: https://verticalfarmingpodcast.com/Greenhouse Success Stories: https://greenhousesuccess.com/Presented by iGrowNews.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/igrownews🎙️🎙️🎙️Discover the best podcast services in the world at The Podosphere: https://www.thepodosphere.com/Mentioned in this episode:2025 Precision Ag Report by iGrowNews2025 Precision Ag Report2025 Precision Ag Report by iGrowNews2025 Precision Ag Report