Ag-focused Descartes Labs raises $5 mln

San Francisco-based Descartes Labs, a deep-learning startup analyzing satellite imagery with a current focus on the agriculture industry, announced it has raised $5 million in Series A funding. Cultivian Sandbox, an ag-focused venture firm based in Chicago, led the round. Also participating are Crosslink Capital, which led the company's seed round, TenOneTen, Data Collective and ValueStream Labs. As a result of this funding, Andy Ziolkowski, a managing director of Cultivian Sandbox, has joined the board.

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