Western Growers le S2G Ventures joale ba amohela likopo tsa Tlholisano ea AgSharks ea 2021, ketsahalo eo lik'hamphani tse qalang li hlahisa mahlale a tsona ka pel'a bamameli ba bahlahisi ba kholo ka ho fetisisa ba lijalo tse ikhethang lefatšeng ho hapa matsete a bonyane a $250,000.
Bo-rakhoebo ba susumetsoang ke tšusumetso le ba qalang ho nts'etsapele mahlale a khothalletsang mokhoa o phetseng hantle le o tsitsitseng oa lijo le temo ba ka etsa kopo ea Tlholisano ea AgSharks ho 2021agsharks.splashthat.com. Likopo li koaloa ka Mantaha oa la 11 Oct. 2021.
"Tlhōlisano ea rona ea AgSharks ke ketsahalo e thabisang le e nang le tšusumetso e seng e hlahisitse melemo ea mantlha ho litho tsa rona," Mopresidente le CEO oa Western Growers (WG) Dave Puglia. e boletse phatlalatsong ea litaba. “Le ha ho ntse ho e-na le ho hongata hoo re ho etsang ho potlakisa mahlale a macha indastering ea rona, AgSharks e fana ka monyetla o khethehileng bakeng sa bo-rakhoebo ba agtech ho hapa lipelo le likelello tsa balemi maemong a holimo haholo. Re lebelletse tlholisano ea selemo sena.”
Ho tla khethoa li-startups tse hlano ho kenya liqapi tsa tsona ho sehlopha sa balemi, barekisi, barekisi le bo-ramatsete ba khoebo ka pel'a lihoai tse ncha tse fetang 300 le baetapele ba indasteri nakong ea Kopano ea Selemo le Selemo ea WG e San Diego, California, ka la 9 Pulungoana 2021. Ntle le chelete ea matsete, ba hapileng (ba) ba tla fumana kananelo ea machabeng, boeletsi ho tsoa ho S2G le WG, monyetla oa phihlello ea mapolasi ho leka mahlale a bona le phihlello ea marang-rang a pharalletseng a WG a lik'hamphani tse etellang pele lihlahisoa tse ncha.
"AgSharks e etella pele joalo ka tlholisano e le 'ngoe feela e fanang ka likhamphani tse kholo ka ho fetisisa tsa temo lefatšeng ka bophara," ho boletse Audre Kapacinskas, Motlatsi oa Mopresidente ho S2G Ventures. "Motsoako oa phihlello e ikhethileng ho baetapele ba indasteri le makholo a matsete ho holisa kholo ke lintlha tse peli tse bohlokoa bakeng sa katleho ea khoebo indastering ena."
AgSharks e qalile ho tšoaroa ka selemo sa 2017, 'me ka tlholisano, lik'hamphani tse tharo tsa pele li fumane chelete ea peo ho phahamisetsa likhoebo tsa tsona boemong bo bong. Ebile, bahloli ba nakong e fetileng Hazel Technologies le Burro, bao pele ba neng ba tsejoa e le Augean Robotics, esale ba tlisa lihlahisoa tsa bona ho tloha nts'etsopele ho ea 'marakeng. Hazel Technologies e sa tsoa koala potoloho ea lichelete tsa Series C 'me joale e ntšetsa pele indasteri ka li-sachets tse eketsang nako ea bophelo ba lihlahisoa tse ncha ka makhetlo a mararo. Burro e thusa ho rarolla mathata a basebetsi ba lihoai ka ho atolosoa ha sehlopha sa eona sa liroboto tse ikemetseng ho ea mapolasing ka bophirima.