The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation, Boise, Idaho, invested $1 million in a Parma, Idaho, facility at the University of Idaho (U of I), Moscow, Idaho, designed to support the fundamental elements of Idaho agriculture.

Small Robot Co., UK, announced its first commercial service for weed mapping and previewed the next generation of its Tom monitoring robots.

UbiQD, Inc., a Los Alamos, N.M.-based nanotechnology development company, received a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Washington, D.C.

Plantix, Germany, announced a €6.6 million Series A led by RTP Global, Russia, with participation from Atlantic Labs, Berlin; Index Ventures, San Francisco; and Piton Capital, London.

Response Biotech and Koch Biological Solutions, LLC, Wichita, Kan., combined operations to form Plant Response Biotech, Inc., Madrid, to leverage both companies’ capabilities, assets and product offerings.