Startup
Crux Agribotics develops cucumber robot with machine learning
Brabant start-up Crux Agribotics has developed the world’s first fully automated cucumber harvesting robot. The robot is unique because it also harvests cucumbers deeply …
Start-up Flexport creates disruption in freight forwarding
Flexport is a new example of how a software company can fully disrupt a traditional industry: global freight forwarding, in this instance. Thanks to …
Inventive system extracts CO2 out of the air for greenhouse horticulture
The Swiss start-up Climeworks is developing a system that extracts CO2 out of the air for greenhouse horticulture purposes. The system will be tested during …
‘Algae are the vegetables for the future.’
Although they only started growing fresh algae commercially less than a year ago, Hendrik Staarink and his partner Stefano Canziani are fully confident about …
F&A Next brings food & agri start-ups and investors together
F&A Next, the first European platform for start-ups in the Food & Agri sector, is bringing the biggest group of international Food & Agri …
Brite Solar Glass generates electricity for greenhouses
The financing may not be finalised yet, but the product – glass cladding for greenhouses that generates energy – is ripe for production. Brite …
Dutch startup Plant-e tests green electricity derived from grass
Plant-e was commissioned this autumn by the Province of Zuid-Holland and the Delfland Water Board to conduct a pilot in which green electricity is …