TECH2BIO JOINS SENTE’S PORTFOLIO OF AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS
Tech2Bio specializes in life optimization of bee colonies.
Chicago, IL (July 25, 2024): Sente Ventures ("Sente") announces funding of Tech2Bio, a startup with a unique IoT and analytics solution for optimizing the life and management of bee colonies.
The company worked with Sente to develop a strategic plan for scaling internationally and a robust B2B sales model. The company received a pre-seed cash investment and has a production facility ready to take in its first orders from customers in Türkiye and soon internationally.
Tec2Bio has developed a IoT device and working on an accompanying predictive analytics solution that will reduce help keepers reduce stress among their bee colonies and prevent losses to manageable issues. By improving the long-term health of bee colonies, the platform promises to increase quality of honey and byproducts that can be produced.
"Bees are essential for human life. Yet, they are increasingly endangered around the world for a variety of reasons. This also has an adverse impact on beekeepers’ economic viability as well as consumers’ ability to access high-quality honey products economically. We are very happy to welcome Tech2Bio to Sente family, not only because the company has a cutting-edge technology in this space, but also it makes positive contribution to food and wellness space” said Serhat Cicekoglu, Managing Partner of Sente Ventures.
The Tech2Bio team joins a robust ecosystem of Agriculture and FoodTech startups in Sente’s family. “We chose to work with Sente because it has a professional team and reliable working style”, said Dilara Üzünlü, the company’s co-founder and CEO. “At the same time, Sente gives great support to startups with high potential with its pre-seed investments and provides our first outside investment for realizing our vision. We think that Sente gives great support to the circular economy ecosystem”.
Sente continues to search the globe for promising startups with international potential. Participants should be early-stage startups with unique technologies or innovative business models to solve the problems of supply chain, waste management, energy management and sustainable and healthy food and agriculture. For more information about Sente's investment focus and portfolio, please visit their website. For more information about Tech2Bio, visit https://tech2biology.com.tr.
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About Sente Ventures
Sente Ventures ("Sente") is a Chicago-based early-stage startup investment firm that works with corporations, family offices, and institutional investors to connect startups with innovative and scalable opportunities using its unique international investment platform. With Sente, startups can scale faster and do so internationally; investors get line-of-sight, a new way to invest in the world's most promising startups; and corporations accelerate innovation like never before. Since its founding in 2013, Sente has supported early-stage companies that operate in over 40 countries, received over $35M in funding, and has generated revenues exceeding $80M. Find Sente online at sente.vc, LinkedIn, and Twitter.