Google Ventures has led a series B round for the agriculture-focused big data company, which has now raised almost $28m since it was founded.
US-based big data analytics company Farmers Business Network (FBN) raised $15m in a series B round led by Google Ventures, the corporate venturing unit owned by diversified internet company Google.
Venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and DBL Investors also participated in the round. Andy Wheeler, general partner at Google Ventures, will join FBN’s board in conjunction with the funding.
FBN aims to improve farming by gathering and analysing data from its member farmers’ crops, and providing…
