Big Idea Ventures Strengthening Its Presence in Europe and the U.S.
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Early stage food tech investor and accelerator Big Idea Ventures has announced developments that will strengthen its presence in both the EU and in the U.S....
View ArticleInfarm Raises Another $100M to Fund Expansion
photo credit – Infarm By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media It wasn’t that long ago that Berlin-based urban farming company Infarm announced its first close of its series C at $170 million, with...
View ArticleBrief: Fondo Italiano d’Investimento Preparing to Launch EUR 700M Agritech &...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Fondo Italiano d’Investimento (Fondo Italiano) is preparing to launch a new “Agritech & Food” thematic fund with a funding target in place of EUR 700...
View ArticleTianma Bearing Group Selling Balfour Downs and Wandaya Stations With...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Tianma Bearing Group (TBG), the investment vehicle of Chinese billionaire Xingfa Ma, has listed the Balfour Downs and Wandaya Stations – a combined large...
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Vertical Farmer Oishii Raises $50M to Transform Produce Production
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The aptly named produce company Oishii (meaning ‘delicious’ in Japanese) announced that it has raised $50 million through a Series A round led by SPARX...
View ArticleContributed Content: Maximizing the Capture of Returns, Carbon, and Duration...
By Stephen Johnston, Director, Veripath Partners Introduction: Canada represents a farmland market of over 150 million acres with approximately 80 percent of that land in just three western provinces...
View ArticleMacquarie Places Lawson Grains on The Market
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Amid a recent uptick in high-profile Australian holdings being put on the market, this may be the biggest. Macquarie Bank has decided to sell Lawson Grains –...
View ArticleAnkur Capital Announces US$49.6M Investment in Fund II
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Mumbai-based early stage impact investor Ankur Capital announced a close on an intermediate round of funding for their Fund II at 330 crore (US$49.6 million)....
View ArticleCOFCO Merger to Create Trading Behemoth Prior to IPO
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media China’s largest food company COFCO is positioning to merge its international trading arm, COFCO International, with a number of domestic Chinese businesses,...
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15 Minutes With… Michael Lavin, Founder and Managing Partner, Germin8 Ventures
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media A fairly new player in the agtech and food tech sector, yet one with big visions and bold strategies and purpose, Germin8 Ventures prides itself...
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FarmTogether Closes on Largest Ever Single-Asset Crowdfunding Farmland...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Tech-driven online farmland investment marketplace FarmTogether announced that it has closed on the largest single-asset crowdfunding farmland investment...
View ArticleGladstone Land Diversifies Portfolio With Acquisition of Blueberry Cooling...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Gladstone Land has further diversified its portfolio with the acquisition of 108.000 square-feet of cold storage and supporting facilities in Stockton,...
View ArticleIlsar Raises $5M to Bring Their High-Tech Truffles to the World
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Israeli company Ilsar announced it has raised $5 million in funding led by AP Partners to commercialize rare black winter truffles on the international...
View ArticleVMG Raises $850M in Three Months to Close VMG Growth V at Hard Cap
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media VMG Partners has raised $850 million (in only three months!) to close its VMG Growth Fund V at its target and hard cap, and bringing its total AUM to...
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Executive Interview: Elders to Market Investment Scale Northern Australia...
Photo courtesy of Elders By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Prefer to hear this conversation? Listen to the interview here. Elders, a leading agribusiness throughout rural and...
View ArticlePure Harvest Smart Farms Secures $60M Through First-of-its-Kind Financing...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media UAE-based tech-driven agribusiness Pure Harvest Smart Farms (Pure Harvest) announced that it has secured $60 million in growth funding through a...
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CP Buys Kansas City Southern in $29B Deal Creating First U.S.-Mexico-Canada...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media In a deal marking the biggest evolutionary step in North American railways since 1996 when CSX merged with Conrail, Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City...
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15 Minutes With… Jane Cummings, CTO of Cainthus
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Jane Cummings, chief technology officer at Dublin-based Cainthus, knows a thing or two about how things work – she has worked on one of the most...
View ArticleWaterfund Commits $50M, Partners With OurCrowd on Water and Agtech Investments
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media With offices in New Hampshire in the U.S. and in Saudi Arabia, Waterfund is a global water investment and trading firm that invests in, operates, and manages...
View ArticleFood Tech Startup Eat Just Closes on $200M in New Funding
photo credit: Just Eat Inc. By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Industry-leading food tech startup Eat Just has closed on $200 million in new funding led by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, Qatar...
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