ApisProtect raises €1.5m for bee-monitoring technology

Fiona Edwards Murphy, chief executive and co-founder, ApisProtectClare Keogh

ApisProtect, an Irish agtech innovator using the Internet of Things (IoT) to monitor honey bee colonies, has closed a €1.5 million seed round of financing led by Finistere Ventures and Atlantic Bridge Capital. Radicle Growth, the Yield Lab and Enterprise Ireland also participated in the investment round.

ApisProtect will use the investment to aggressively accelerate international expansion, opening its first US office at the Western Growers Association’s WG Centre for Innovation and Technology ...