Farmer’s Business Network (FBN), the US-based creator of an online network for farmers, secured $20m in funding yesterday from backers including GV, the corporate venturing arm of internet technology conglomerate Alphabet.
The round was led by venture capital fund Acre Venture Partners and included VC firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and DBL Partners. It increased FBN’s overall funding to almost $48m.
FBN operates a network that enables farms to communicate with each other and share information on subjects…