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Agritech investment enters a consolidation phase

It follows the Small Robot Company appointing administrators

Cedric Porter
Business Reporter
clock • 2 min read
Agritech investment enters a consolidation phase

The demise of the Small Robot Company has thrown investment into agritech into sharp focus. A lack of funding meant the company was forced to stop work on its trio of crop monitoring and spraying robots...

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