Warakirri Acquires Chromy Estate Vineyard and Winery
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Warakirri Asset Management (Warakirri), a multi-boutique management firm that is one of the largest ag investment managers and operators in Australia,...
View ArticleYamaha Motors Leads $7.5M Series A for Precision Ag Startup Verge Ag
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The strategic business development and investment arm of Yamaha Motor Co., Yamaha Motor Ventures, has led a $7.5 million Series A for Verge Ag....
View ArticleAustralia’s AgriDigital Raises $17.65M to Digitize Grain Value Chain
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Australia, AgriDigital has just raised $17.65 million in a combination of debt and equity funding in support of its mission to grow the value...
View ArticleHancock Ag Sells Riveren and Inverway Stations to Hughes Pastoral
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In March 2021, Hancock Agriculture, the second largest producer of beef in Australia, and its joint venture partner S. Kidman and Co. appointed Elders...
View ArticleSolinftec Closes on $60 Million Led by Lightsmith Group
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It wasn’t long ago that precision agtech leader Solinftec broke the record for the largest agtech funding round in Latin America (it was February 2020...
View ArticlePackhorse Acquires Moolan Downs, Opens Next Fundraise Targeting $62M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It’s been little more than a year since Packhorse Pastoral Company (PPCA) launched with an initial funding target of $300 million to deploy across...
View ArticleGresham House Forest Carbon LP Invests in NZ Forestry Portfolio For Carbon...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Recognizing that carbon sequestration by forests is one of the most highly effective investments that can be made to combat climate change, Gresham...
View ArticleVoyage Foods Closes on $36M Series A to “Future-Proof” Classic Foods
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Let’s face it, some of our most beloved foods are far from sustainable. Climate change, rising costs, ethics issues associated with production and...
View ArticleMycoTechnology, OIA Partner to Use Mushroom Mycelia and Dates for Alt Protein...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media One month ago, MycoTechnology announced it had closed on an $85 million Series E led by a new investor – a group affiliated with the Oman Investment...
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15 Minutes With… Nicole Atchison, CEO of PURIS™ Holdings
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Unconventional Ag Media (This story first appeared in our sister publication, Unconventional Ag News) NOTE: This year’s Unconventional Ag conference, which will take...
View ArticleADM Capital’s Cibus Fund II Invests in Vegetable Seedling Company Withcott...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media London-based ADM Capital Europe has acquired a majority stake in Withcott Seedlings, a major Australian vegetable seedling business, through its Cibus...
View ArticleThe Skinny on Fat: Two Startups Close Funding to Advance Alternative and...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media If asked about the relationship that humans have with fat, the answer would likely be “it’s complicated.” At the same time that we malign and avoid fat,...
View ArticleFull Harvest Closes on $5M to Lift Series B to $28M; Expands Leadership Team
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched in San Francisco in 2016, Full Harvest has a mission – to be a solution to the $2.6 trillion global food waste problem. The company’s digital...
View ArticleDBJ Becomes First Japanese Investor to Back ADM Capital Europe’s Cibus Fund II
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) continues to display its position as an investment leader, becoming the first Japanese investor to agree to back ADM...
View ArticleEuropean Precision Ag Leader Sencrop Raises $18M to Advance Micro Climate...
photo credit: Sencrop By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Since its founding in 2016, Sencrop has had an overarching mission – to make precision farming accessible to all. To advance this...
View ArticlePE Impact Fund Launched by AXA, Unilever, Tikehau to Accelerate Regenerative...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Three diverse partners: global insurance and asset management company AXA, worldwide CPG company Unilever, and global alternative asset management group...
View ArticleBiotech Startup Brightseed Closes on $68M to Discover and Map Bioactive...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Diets are evolving to be more fluid in nature, with consumers choosing more plant-based options such as dairy consumers increasingly opting for...
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15 Minutes With… Joelle Faulkner, President & CEO of Area One Farms
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media (NOTE: This interview was originally printed in our sister publication, WIA Today.) Many of the best solutions are realized by walking a mile...
View ArticleVeripath Farmland Partners Acquires 2,135 Acres of Farmland in Manitoba
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Veripath Farmland Partners launched in 2020 with an official memorandum offering of a unique split fund under an evergreen structure, creating a channel...
View ArticleVestaron Closes $82M Series C for Peptide-Based Crop Protection
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Peptide-based biological crop protection developer Vestaron announced it has closed on an $82 million Series C. The oversubscribed round was co-led by...
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