BeeHero Enters Australian Market Via Partnership with Monson’s Honey and...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media BeeHero’s groundbreaking hive monitoring technology is officially entering the Australian market through a newly announced partnership with Monson’s...
View ArticleAnchor Launches Ag Investment Fund Focused on Superfood Sectors in South Africa
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Anchor Capital is looking to raise between 1.5 million – 3.5 million South African rand (approximately US$84 million – US$200 million) for its Anchor...
View ArticleFlora Ventures Launches $80M Sustainable AgriFood Tech VC Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Flora Ventures’ new fund is taking a unique approach by being the first VC fund to tap what the firm stated is the world’s original innovative...
View ArticleNuveen Expands Partnership with iCapital, Increasing Investor Access to Ag...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nuveen, the investment arm of TIAA with $1.1 trillion in AUM as of March 31, 2023 and operations in 27 countries, has expanded its partnership with...
View ArticleSupply Change Capital Closes Debut Fund at $40M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was in April 2022 that 301 INC, the venture arm of General Mills, committed a combined $15 million to two early-stage venture capital funds...
View ArticleOrigin Digital, Aspia Space Partnership Enabling Farmers to Measure...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media A partnership between Origin Digital and Aspia Space has officially revealed a world-first technology breakthrough that enables farmers, ranchers, and...
View ArticleBeyond a Movement – Regenerative Ag Goes Mainstream
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The stakes are well-known. Climate change could eliminate up to one-tenth of U.S. gross domestic product by 2100, with agricultural yields potentially...
View ArticleWilmar Divests Stake in Sugar Major Cosumar S.A. for $605M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Wilmar International Corporation (Wilmar) announced it has divested its entire 30.05 percent stake in major sugar company Cosumar S.A. (Cosumar) for...
View ArticleGrainCorp, GrainInnovate Co-Lead $9M Investment in AgriZoom
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Fraud has been all too rampant in the grain industry in recent years, as a string of multi-million dollar schemes have been featured in the news, going...
View ArticleQIC Natural Capital Makes Second Acquisition – Packhorse Pastoral’s Stuart’s...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has agreed to acquire Stuart’s Creek, the last asset in the Packhorse Pastoral portfolio being sold following...
View ArticleBeleaf Closes on $6.85M Series A for Farming as a Service Platform
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Alpha JWC Ventures (Alpha JWC) has led a $6.85 million Series A for Indonesia-based Beleaf, a comprehensive agtech startup with a core business...
View ArticleOcean 14 Capital Fund Secures Another €30M, Increases Funding Goal to €200M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Luxembourg-based Ocean 14 Capital Fund has recently secured a €20 million (US$22 million) capital investment from Convex Group, and another €10 million...
View ArticleTaylor Farms Makes First Strategic Move in Europe Through Investment in...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Taylor Farms, a California-based, leading North American producer of salads and fresh foods, has made an undisclosed investment in Spain’s Foodiverse...
View ArticleGoodwell Invests in Rwandan Grower and Exporter SOUK Farms
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Through its $150 million uMunthu II fund, Goodwill Investment’s goal is to finance innovative, impact-driven and scalable early-stage small and...
View ArticleAIMCo and New Agriculture Agree to Acquire 2.9M Ha. Kimberly Cattle Portfolio
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) and its investment partner New Agriculture have agreed to acquire the 2.9 million-hectares (7.2...
View ArticleINVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund Acquires Galinta Group
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Here’s something we don’t speak of often – buckwheat. Did you know that buckwheat is not a form of wheat? And is, in fact, not a grain, or even a...
View ArticleProtein Industries Canada Backs Three Companies Partnering to Advance...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Protein Industries Canada is one of five Global Innovation Clusters that since 2018 has invested or co-invested nearly CAD$500 million (US$368.50...
View ArticleInvestor Consortium Invests in Bluefin Tuna Rancher Baja Aqua-Farms
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media An investor consortium comprising Continental Grain Company (Conti), publicly listed, Mexican food and beverage-focused holding company Organización...
View ArticlePrima Wawona Gains Sustainable Water Efficiency in Stone Fruit Orchards With...
Contributed by AQUA4D As the world’s leading grower of peaches, plums, and nectarines, Prima® Wawona has long had a reputation for efficiency and innovation. Over the last 18 months, this has been...
View ArticleAgroSpheres Brings Total Series B Funding to $25M
photo credit: AgroSpheres By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2016 by COO Payam Pourtaheri and CTO Ameer Shakeel, AgroSpheres’ mission is to dramatically improve the delivery...
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