Kuok Group co-led a $30m round for the crop-monitoring system developer that also attracted Hitachi and Micron Technology, to more than double its total funding.

Israel-based crop analysis technology developer Taranis has raised $30m in a round co-led by Orion Fund, the investment vehicle for diversified conglomerate Kuok Group managed by corporate venturing subsidiary K3 Ventures.

The round was co-led by the Singaporean state-owned Vertex Growth and included Hitachi Ventures and Micron Ventures, respective corporate venturing subsidiaries of electronics conglomerate Hitachi and data storage system producer Micron Technology.

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, a venture capital subsidiary of financial services provider Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, filled out…

Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.