
Asia agtech: Work in progress

Global food supply issues and local economic realities are driving more capital into Asia’s agricultural technology space, where business models – from marketplaces to deep-tech – are still being proven
Pure Harvest Smart Farms battled its way to a USD 4.5m seed round in 2017, repeatedly meeting investors who scorned the notion that high-quality produce could be grown in the brutal heat and humidity of...
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