Canada’s Semios Acquires Australia’s Agworld to Form Global Agtech Giant
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading Canadian permanent crop precision farming platform Semios announced it has acquired Agworld, an Australian data-driven farm management platform...
View ArticleHNRG Acquires Two Eucalyptus Plantations in Mato Grosso do Sul
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG), a company of Manulife Investment Management, has made its second Brazilian timberland deal for the year so far...
View ArticleConexus Venture Capital Announces $45M First Close on New Agtech Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nearly 70 percent of all farm machinery being used on Canada’s farms has been imported from other countries. And although the country is home to a range...
View ArticleCargill Closes $200M in Debt Financing for Indoor Ag Company Local Bounti
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Montana-based indoor ag company Local Bounti has closed on a previously announced $200 million debt financing facility with Cargill, which is also a...
View ArticleFortissimo Leads $30M Series B For Fieldin
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Fieldin has come a long way since it raised $4 million in 2018. The startup is now serving five of the 10 largest farms in California, and facilitating...
View ArticleAware Super Selling 9,004-He Lake Boga Ag Portfolio
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australia’s Aware Super is taking steps to divest its 9,004-hectare Lake Boga agricultural portfolio, which has been part of a 15-year management...
View ArticlePromised Land Closes On $50M, Acquires North Carolina Farmland for $29M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media If I’m not mistaken, Promised Land Opportunity Zone Farms I LLC is a new name to GAI News, even if its property manager is not. Created as a Qualified...
View ArticleNew Forests and AIMCo Acquires Lawson Grains From Macquarie for $600M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Canadian institutional investor AIMCo and global forestry investment manager New Forests have a history of partnering on sustainable forestry and...
View ArticleFoodtech Company Plantible Raises $21.5M Series A to Redefine Plant-Based...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched in 2018 by co-founders Tony Martens and Maurits van de Ven, Plantible is developing what it calls the “next generation of plant-based food...
View ArticleLouis Dreyfus Completes Sale of 45 Pct Stake to Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It’s official. Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has completed the sale of a 45 percent stake in the closely held company to Abu Dhabi’s largest holding...
View ArticleAqua-Spark Releases Sub-Saharan Aquaculture Report Prior to New $300M Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable aquaculture and related tech investor Aqua-Spark has released an in-depth, 92-page report exploring current geography and the potential for...
View ArticleVeripath Farmland Partners Acquires 10,500 Acres of Farmland in Alberta
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Since its formal launch in mid-2020, Calgary-based Veripath Farmland Partners (Veripath) has rapidly grown, today reaching approximately $170 million...
View ArticleBlue Horizon, Novalis Lead Oversubscribed $116M Series D for AgBiome
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media “The impact of synthetic pesticides on the environment and human health is in the spotlight like never before, with customers and lawmakers alike...
View ArticleBenson Hill Acquires Soy Crushing Facility to Scale Production of High Value...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As demand for plant-based protein ingredients continues to grow, sustainable food tech innovator Benson Hill announced it has acquired a soybean...
View ArticleAgricorp International Raises $17.5M to Become Largest Spice Export Startup...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media With uses that span not only the food sector, but also the health and beauty and pharmaceutical industries as well, the global spice market is a...
View ArticleDBJ Invests in TIR Forestry Fund II
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Financial investors in Japan admittedly don’t have much exposure to forestry investments. However, the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) is looking to...
View ArticleLever VC Announces Final Close on Fund I at $80M; Plans Fund II For Early 2022
photo credit: Lever VC By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Headquartered in Hong Kong, early-stage alternative protein investor Lever VC has connections with some of the top global names...
View ArticleContributed Content: Protecting The Birds And The Bees
By Ashish Malik CEO, Bee Vectoring Technologies Contributing to over one third of the world’s crop production, pollinators are vital for agricultural producers and consumers alike. Flies, birds,...
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Let’s Talk “Trade And …”
By Shawn Marie Jarosz, TradeMoves, and the TradeMoves’ Team (First printed in our sister publication, Women in Agribusiness (WIA) Today.) Importers and exporters alike know that cross-border supply...
View ArticleCalysta Eyes Global Expansion With Completion of $39M Funding Round
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Innovative biotechnology company Calysta announced it has completed its $39 million Series D-1 round in support of the global expansion of its natural,...
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