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James Hutton Institute congratulates Intelligent Growth Solutions on achieving £5.4m funding boost

James Hutton Institute congratulates Intelligent Growth Solutions on achieving £5.4m funding boost

Produce growing on IGS Ltd's vertical farm at our Dundee site
“The collaboration has proved to be a major strength in developing the Advanced Plant Growth Centre initiative, which has been backed by a £27m transformational investment from the Tay Cities deal. We look forward to helping establish Scotland as a lead science centre for this new industry”
IGS Ltd's vertical farm at our Dundee site

Professor Colin Campbell, Chief Executive of the James Hutton Institute, has congratulated the Scottish-based vertical farm technology business Intelligent Growth Solutions Ltd (IGS) on attracting £5.4m Series A funding, led by US-based S2G Ventures, to achieve global growth in vertical farming.

The Series A funding round was led by S2G Ventures (Chicago), the most active agri-foodtech investor globally in 2018, with online venture capital firm AgFunder (San Francisco), the second most active and Scottish Investment Bank (SIB).

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Bernardo Rodriguez-Salcedo, Media Manager, James Hutton Institute, Tel: +44 (0)1224 395089 (direct line), +44 (0)344 928 5428 (switchboard) or +44 (0)7791 193918 (mobile), or Kate Forster, Intelligent Growth Solutions, +44 7787 534999.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute