Inari Raises $208M Series D to Unlock The Full Potential of Seeds
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Massachusetts-based mission-driven seed breeding technology company Inari has raised $208 million in capital through a Series D co-led by its founder Flagship...
View ArticlePendulum Capital Is Cornerstone For $3.7M Capital Raising by Alterra for...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Australian agricultural land and water asset investor, developer, and manager Alterra Limited has announced a capital raising of up to another A$3.7 million...
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New HighQuest Partners Research Details the Potential in Carbon Asset...
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media As the trend toward increased integration of sustainability and regenerative standards and operating practices has gained traction in U.S....
View ArticlePSP-Backed Australian Food & Fibre Acquires Australian Cotton Producer Auscott
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Australian Food & Fibre (AFF) has acquired 100 percent of Auscott, the biggest integrated cotton business in Australia including farmland, ginning...
View ArticleMemphis Meats Rebrands As Upside Foods With Investment From Whole Foods...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The meat alternative space is increasingly crowded, and a company’s gotta do what a company’s gotta do to differentiate, gain consumer loyalty, and secure...
View ArticleAussie Natural Capital Investor Packhorse Pastoral Company Australia Launches...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media A new agricultural investment company has launched in Australia with its eye set toward eventually build a $1 billion portfolio of cattle properties by 2027...
View ArticleEat Just’s GOOD Meat Division Raises $170M in Funding to Scale Up Production
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2011 with a mission to build a healthier, safer, and more sustainable food system, Eat Just has applied cutting-edge technology to create JUST Egg...
View ArticleNextWorld Evergreen Invests $45M in Global Açaí Leader Sambazon
Photo credit: Sambazon By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Based in San Clemente, California, and with operations in Brazil, Sambazon is a global leader in açaí-based foods and beverages. Açai...
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What’s all the buzz? Celebrating global pollinators on World Bee Day, May 20
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media What did you have for breakfast today? Stop and think about it – most likely you couldn’t have eaten what you did without the humble honey bee...
View ArticleGinkgo Bioworks to Acquire Fungal Tech Platform, Dutch DNA
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Boston-based biotech giant Ginkgo Bioworks (Ginkgo) has agreed to acquire Dutch DNA Biotech B.V., a proprietary tech platform focused on the development of...
View ArticleDanone Finalizes Sale of $2B Stake in China Mengniu Dairy
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Food and beverage giant Danone SA has finalized the sale of its 9.8 percent stake in China Mengniu Dairy Co., a leading Chinese manufacturer and distributor...
View ArticleIbex Investors Leads $11M in Funding for Groundwork BioAg to Advance Bio...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media There are multiple types of “good” fungi that establish relationships with plants that are mutually beneficial – these relationships are called mycorrhizae,...
View ArticleTerviva Raises $54M to Commercialize Sustainable Pongamia Oil, Protein,...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media California-based agriculture and food company Terviva announced it has raised $54 million in funding to develop and commercialize new-to-market sustainable...
View ArticleBowery Raises $300M Series C – The Largest Private Fundraise To-Date For...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media High-tech, indoor, vertical farming startup Bowery Farming has raised the largest private funding round to-date in the indoor farming category – a $300...
View ArticleIt’s a Canola Crushing Showdown – Three Major Companies Planning New Plants...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media There’s a gold rush underway in Saskatchewan – however, this gold is the golden fields of canola – and it may be due to climbing demand for biofuel, and...
View ArticleThe Yield Lab Europe Has €50M Second Close For Sustainable Agrifood Tech VC Fund
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The Yield Lab Europe announced a second close of nearly €50 million (US$61 million) for its sustainable agrifood tech venture capital fund that included new...
View ArticleKula Bio Secures $10M in Seed Funding For Next-Gen Biofertilizer
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Ninety percent of the fertilizer used today – a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions – remains synthetic. Not only harmful to the...
View ArticleEntrepreneurial Equity Partners Closes on $423M for Inaugural Food, CPG Fund
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Chicago-based Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p) announced that it has closed on $423 million for its inaugural fund Entrepreneurial Equity Partners I (e2p...
View ArticleJapan’s SBI Group Commits $2M to Sri Lanka Watawala Dairy Farm
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media SBI Ven Holdings, the overseas private equity firm of Japan’s SBI Holdings, has committed a $2 million in exchange for a 11 percent stake in investment in...
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15 Minutes With… Ruth Moloney, Co-founder of Corridgeree Belize Ltd.
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Australian Ruth Moloney has travelled her way across the supply chain, from being a buyer and trader and now, an independent cocoa and vanilla...
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