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Emmertech participated in 4AG Robotics’ $30M Series B financing alongside new investors Astanor, Cibus Capital, and Voyager Capital as well as existing investors BDC Capital, InBC, and others.

July 29, 2025

Vive announces the onboarding of Bryce Eger as Executive Advisor to develop Vive’s commercial platform in the Canadian market. Bryce was formerly the President in Canada of Corteva Agriscience, the Chair of Crop Life Canada, and has over 30 years of experience in agriculture.

June 18, 2025

Emmertech leads a $3M round into Rayhawk, who have developed a system that robotically opens and closes railcar lids, eliminating the need for human intervention on top of a conventional granular railcar system. 

January 30, 2025

Emmertech portfolio company IntelliCulture has announced a $3.5M equity financing to fuel commercial growth, expand the team, and further develop technological features.

June 3, 2024

Vive Crop Protection announces the appointment of Susanne Wasson to its Board of Directors, who brings 33 years of executive leadership experience.

April 12, 2024

Emmertech portfolio company 4AG Robotics (formerly TechBrew Robotics) has announced a $17.5M raise and a new rebrand.

November 15, 2023

Lucent Biosciences and AGT Foods held the grand opening of their Soileos production facility north of Rosetown, SK. This will boost production of their upcycled plant waste fertilizer product.

October 10, 2023

SwarmFarm’s robot tractors can now autonomously refill and refuel, ensuring efficient, continuous access to the power of integrated autonomy and redefining the connection between productivity & equipment size.

September 19, 2023

Vive Crop Protection has been chosen as 1 of 8 companies (and only Ag company) for the Government of Canada’s Global Hypergrowth Project. The program looks to scale Canadian companies into new global powerhouses.

July 24, 2023

Vive Crop Protection has raised an additional $11.2M in an extension to its Series C financing round.

June 8, 2023

ChrysaLabs, which provides soil-testing technologies, raised a $15-million CAD round. Leaps by Bayer, TELUS Ventures, and BDC Capital are among new investors.

May 15, 2023

An inside look at how SwarmFarm Robotics partnered with an Australian farm to revolutionize how they operate, with robots completing tasks in a fraction of traditional farm labour hours.

May 2, 2023

Vive Crop Protection announces its first Canadian product registration with the introduction of AZteroid™ FC3.3 fungicide. AZteroid FC3.3 protects potatoes against several diseases.

March 28, 2023

Emmertech co-leads the initial $12M AUD Series A fundraise with Swarm Farm Robotics, an automated agricultural technology company in Queensland, Australia.

February 14, 2023

Emmertech portfolio company, IntelliCulture was selected to participate in the John Deere 2023 Startup Collaborator Program.

January 13, 2023

Regina-based Ground Truth Ag is developing technology that will enable lab-quality grain analysis autonomously and in real-time.

November 29, 2022

Vive Crop Protection announced today the first close of its USD $26 million ($34 million CAD) Series C investment round.

August 22, 2022

BarrelWise develops technology to enhance wine production and analysis, and is used by leading wine producers in California, Washington, and British Columbia.

August 22, 2022

IntelliCulture’s farm management software provides insights into spray coverage, operational health, and labour management.

March 22, 2022

Emmertech announces the final close of it’s $60M AgTech fund to focus on “where technology meets the farm”.

January 18, 2022

Ukko develops a predictive analytics platform to help farmers and other agriculture sector players determine when to apply water, nutrients, and pesticides to certain crops and geographies by leveraging IoT tech, machine learning, and data science.

December 16, 2021

Lucent has developed a novel patent-pending fertilizer for agriculture that uses cellulose fiber as a delivery agent. The product improves yield and soil health, is carbon neutral, non-polluting, and sustainable.

November 23, 2021

Emmertech announces the first close of it’s $45M AgTech fund with support from agriculturally-focused financial institutions and the Government of Saskatchewan.

June 7, 2021