Israeli AgTech Startup Prospera Raises $7M

July 28, 2016 | Israeli agTech data company Prospera has raised $7 million in a Series A financing round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The company enables farmers to maximize yields by using artificial intelligence to analyze databanks related to yields. Prospera’s technology captures climate and visual data from the field and provides actionable insights to growers via mobile and web. The Tel Aviv based company has 30 employees and was founded in 2014 by CEO Daniel Koppel, CTO Shimon Shpiz, and VP R&D Raviv Itzhaky. Prospera’s customers include US farms that supply the largest retailers in North America and Western Europe.