Temasek, Bits x Bites, CITIC Lead $30M Series C for Drone Company EAVision
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Singapore’s Temasek, Chinese agrifood tech VC Bits x Bites, and CITIC have led a $30 million Series C for Chinese agricultural drone technology company...
View ArticleEcovative Raises $60M Series D to Scale Up Mycelium Applications
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Ecovative employs modern technology to unlock the natural potential of mycelium (the vegetative root structure of fungi that look like fine white filaments,...
View ArticleWasatch Invests $100M in SPAC Bespoke Capital Acquisition and Vintage Wine...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Wasatch is investing $100 million in Bespoke Capital Acquisition Corp (BCAC), a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) soon to be acquiring Vintage...
View ArticlePaine Schwartz-Backed Prima Wawona Expanding Acreage by 2,600 Acres
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Paine Schwartz-backed Prima Wawona, the largest grower and marketer of conventional and organic peaches, plums, nectarines, and apricots in the world,...
View ArticleCargill Invests in Plant-Based Ingredient Innovator Bflike Through A JV With...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media For a global animal protein giant, Cargill has been pivoting to grab a share of the plant-based and alternative foods markets. In 2017 the company entered...
View ArticleGoodwell Investments Launches $60M Goodwell V to Support High-Growth African...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Amsterdam-based Goodwell Investments announced it has launched Goodwell V – a new US$60 million multi-sector private equity fund focused on supporting...
View ArticleRipeLocker Locks down $5M Series B to Extend Post-Harvest Life of Perishable...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Imagine the ability to keep organic blueberries in perfect condition for eight weeks after harvest, or being able to keep hops fresh for an additional six...
View ArticleButterfly Acquires Majority Stake in Leading U.S. Producer of Organic,...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Los Angeles-based private equity investor Butterfly takes a “seed to fork” approach when building out its portfolio of agriculture, aquaculture, food and...
View ArticleAVAC Launches Novel $15M Investment Fund – Carrot Ventures I
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Multi-faceted venture capital firm AVAC has launched Carrot Ventures Fund I – a fund taking a novel approach in how it plans to drive agtech...
View ArticlePrecision AI Raises $20M to Automate Crop Protection Using Intelligent Drones
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Computer vision and robotics company Precision AI has raised $20 million in Seed equity and grant funding co-led by At One Ventures (founded by GoogleX...
View ArticleUK Billionaire Tom Morris Buys 5,000 Acres of Farmland From Church of England...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The Halsall Estate Ltd, a company established this January by Tom Morris, the founder and CEO of UK-based retail chain Home Bargains, has acquired nearly...
View ArticleBackstage Capital Partners with FarmTogether To Widen Access to Diverse...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media FarmTogether, a tech-driven, online investment marketplace that enables individuals to invest in U.S. farmland, announced its partnership with Backstage...
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The Future of Water Tech in Agriculture Series Part 1: Enhancing the...
By Jeremy Stroud, University of Oxford, with contributions from Michael DiPaolo, AQUAOSO Introduction Water is a foundational resource that underpins all economic, social, and environmental activity....
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Consultant’s Corner: Growing Demand for Carbon Offsets
CONSULTANT’S CORNER: Please enjoy this posting of Consultant’s Corner — where the industry experts from HighQuest Partners provide insight on the latest activities in the ag investing and agtech space....
View ArticleBain Acquires Valeo Foods From CapVest in Deal Exceeding €1.7B
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Bain Capital Private Equity (Bain) has outbid a cast of rivals to acquire pan European food company Valeo Foods Group from CapVest in a deal exceeding €1.7...
View ArticleFood Innovation Company Benson Hill To Go Public Through $2B SPAC Merger Deal
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable food tech innovator Benson Hill is going public at a valuation of $2 billion through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Star Peak...
View ArticleBig Idea Ventures Has Final Close on The New Protein Fund I With New Investor...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Early stage food tech investor and accelerator Big Idea Ventures (BIV) has announced a final close of its $50 million New Protein Fund I with Japanese...
View ArticleIncreasing Demand Spurs ADM to Invest $350M to Build North Dakota’s First...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Rapidly growing demand from food, feed, industrial, and biofuel customers, including producers of renewable diesel, has driven Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) to...
View ArticleGinkgo Bioworks Going Public at $15B Valuation Through… You Guessed It, a...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media If the deals of 2021 had a theme, it would be SPAC mergers. The latest name in agtech to go public via such a deal is Boston-based biotech giant Ginkgo...
View ArticleUK’s CDC Makes One Of Its Largest Debt Investments Ever; Commits $100M To ETG...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The British impact investor and development finance company CDC Group has made one of its largest corporate debt investments in its history – committing $100...
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