The future of farming: from eating insects to urban agriculture
In this special Insight article, we look at how the Entrepreneurship Centre and Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School are supporting new ventures to improve sustainability in agriculture to meet the demands of a growing global…
Farmers Weekly: Smart ear tag offers early detection of pneumonia
A new monitoring and management tool Well-Calf aimed at detecting bovine respiratory disease (BRD) in its early stages is being launched in December 2021. This is a collaboration between Smartbell, Parklands Veterinary Group, Innovate UK, Agriepicentre and Scotland’s Rural College…
BBC News: Crop-counting drone tech tested on Cambridgeshire orchard
Outfield, a venture currently on the Accelerate Cambridge programme at Cambridge Judge’s Entrepreneurship Centre, is using drone technology to increase fruit-crop yield. The technology has been recently tested in Cambridgeshire Orchard aiming to estimate how much fruit there is. The…
High-flying farm tech
Outfield, a venture supported by Cambridge Judge Business School that uses drone technology to increase fruit-crop yield, raises £750,000 in first funding round. Outfield, a venture supported by Cambridge Judge Business School that uses drone-produced imagery and artificial intelligence to…
How an MBA can support your entrepreneurship journey
Find out how the startup eco-system on the Cambridge MBA and across the Business School exposes entrepreneurs to everything they need to get their ideas off the ground. 2019 Cambridge Venture Weekend Veena Adityan and Yigit Akar are both MBA…
East Anglian Daily Times: How this app for farmers and growers is streamlining food production
An interview with Giles Barker, cofounder of KisanHub that was previously on the Accelerate Cambridge and Cambridge Social Ventures programmes at Cambridge Judge Business School. KisanHub is a data platform that provides all the operational data farmers need to grow…
Cambridge Independent: Winners of the annual awards revealed
The winners of the Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards 2019 were revealed on 30 October at The Bradfield Centre on Cambridge Science Park. Several startups with Cambridge Judge Business School connections scooped prizes, including: Healx - AI Company of…
Cambridge Independent: Outfield’s agritech drones are blossoming
A feature about Outfield Technologies, an agri-tech company which uses drone technology, AI and data science to help farmers maximise their harvest. The startup is currently on the Accelerate Cambridge programme, run by the Entrepreneurship Centre. The company is focusing…
Business Weekly: £3.4m funding for KisanHub
KisanHub, which was supported by the Accelerate Cambridge programme and by the Cambridge Social Ventures programme at Cambridge Judge Business School, raises £3.4 million. The investment will help digitise the agricultural supply chain for the world’s largest food and beverage…
Farm data financing
Agricultural tech company KisanHub, which was mentored by two programmes at Cambridge Judge Business School, gains £1.75 million in new funding for expansion. Agricultural technology company KisanHub, which has been part of two enterprise programmes at Cambridge Judge, announced a…
