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Latest · October 12, 2026
Stories tagged “Agtech” — tech coverage from New Brunswick, Canada.
Saint John VC TLT East Ventures joins NBIF, East Valley, Tall Grass and BDC in backing Fredericton agtech Picketa's real-time crop-nutrient platform.
At Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Benton Ridge substation, genome sequencing and hyperspectral drones are compressing a breeding cycle that still runs 12 to 15 years — and pointing it at a warmer climate.
The Fredericton-founded agtech, an early NBIF bet, puts in-line milk optics and AI on North American parlors and was named to SVG Ventures’ THRIVE Canada Accelerator V cohort.
The Université de Moncton spinout beat 275 pitches in Montréal with hive-monitoring tech that catches bee pathogens before symptoms show.
Tall Grass Ventures returns to lead, with BDC Seed Fund and Verdex Capital joining — and LENS now covers crops representing over 70% of North American acres.
The Fredericton agtech startup's real-time plant-tissue analysis crossed the border this growing season, putting its technology in front of the continent's biggest farm markets.
The Fredericton crop-analytics company that once raised a $14M Series B from McCain Foods and Monsanto Growth Ventures has been formally dissolved. The lessons are worth keeping.
