The round was led by Monsanto's corporate venturing unit, Monsanto Growth Ventures, and follows a $3m series A two years earlier.

Canada-based crop management technology developer Resson secured $11m in series B funding on Wednesday from a consortium led by agrochemical company Monsanto’s corporate venturing arm, Monsanto Growth Ventures.

BDC Capital, the investment unit of government-owned financial institution Business Development Bank of Canada, Build Ventures, Rho Canada Ventures, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and East Valley Ventures also participated in the round.

Founded in 2013, Resson has built a cloud-based platform that applies predictive analytics to crop management. The technology takes into…