Rabobank participated in the $15m series A portion of an equity-and-grant round for the pollination monitoring system provider.

US-headquartered smart pollination technology provider BeeHero has secured $19m funding from investors including agriculture-focused financial services firm Rabobank, Israel Hayom has reported.

The funding included $15m in series A capital from Rabobank’s Rabo Food and Agri Innovation Fund, ADM Capital, iAngels, J-Ventures, FirstTime, UpWest, Entrée Capital, Gaingels, Arison Group, STB Holdings and Good Company,

The equity financing was backed up by $4m in grants from the European Commission, the Bird Foundation and Israel Innovation Authority.

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Fernando Moncada Rivera

Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the CVC Unplugged podcast.