Simple Planet Closes on Oversubscribed $6M Pre-Series A Funding
Photo credit: Simple Planet By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biotech startup Simple Planet has closed on an oversubscribed $6 million pre-Series A round to fund its development of...
View ArticleHippo Harvest Secures $21M Series B for First-of-Its-Kind Modular Greenhouse...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) startup Hippo Harvest announced it has secured $21 million in Series B funding led by Standard Investments and...
View ArticleOishii to Drive Growth of Vertically Farmed Strawberries With $134M Series B
Photo credit: Oishii By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The aptly named vertical farming leader Oishii (meaning “delicious” in Japanese) announced the successful closing of a $134...
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Reflections on 2023 Food Tech Trends
By S2G Ventures This is the third and final installment of a series looking back on S2G Venture’s report, Trends Shaping the Future of Food in 2023. Read Part 1 of this series, Reflections on 2023...
View ArticleTwo NT Cattle Stations with Approved Carbon Projects for Sale
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The sale of two institutional scale, Northern Territory cattle operations – Maryfield Station and Limbunya Station – is being managed by LAWD with...
View ArticleMEAG Sustainable Forestry Equity Fund Announces First Close at US$207M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re Group with current AUM of approximately €340 billion (US$367 billion), announced a first close for its MEAG...
View ArticleMitsui & Co., Suzano Partner to Develop New Biomaterial Alternatives
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Japanese global trading and investment company Mitsui & Co. and Brazil-based Suzano S.A., the world’s largest paper and pulp producer, have forged...
View ArticleCibus Capital Closes Cibus Fund II and Cibus Enterprise Fund II at a Combined...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Specialist Investment advisory firm Cibus Capital announced the successful close of Cibus Fund II (CF II) – its second mid-market private equity fund –...
View ArticleRadicle Growth Launches The Radicle Corn Value Challenge Sponsored by US Corn...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Company-building platform and early stage investor in ag and food technologies, Radicle Growth, has a history of forging partnerships and launching...
View ArticleAgriloops Closes on EUR13M for Commercial Scale Aquaponics Farm
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After patenting their saltwater aquaponics technology and successfully operating a pilot farm, pioneering French sustainable aquaculture company...
View ArticleDole Sells Majority of California Produce Grower to Arable Capital in $120M Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Dole announced it has agreed to sell its 65 percent majority stake in Progressive Produce to PFT Holdings, the parent company of Pacific Trellis Fruit,...
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Chipotle Doubles Size of VC Fund Cultivate Next to $100M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cultivate Next, the $50 million venture capital fund of Chipotle Mexican Grill, is now a $100 million venture fund after Chipotle announced it doubled...
View ArticleNew Forests Deploys Final Investment for its A$866M ANZFF 3
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Within weeks of nature-based real asset and natural capital strategies manager New Forests making its first investment through its Tropical Asia Forest...
View ArticleCultivated Bioscience Gains $5M for Yeast-Derived Creamer
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting As the company evolves from the R&D stage to market entry, Swiss food tech startup Cultivated Bioscience announced it has closed on $5 million in Seed...
View ArticleOlam Agri Acquires Second Largest Poultry Feed Supplier in Senegal for $24.8M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading food, feed, and fiber agribusiness Olam Agri has completed the acquisition of Avisen SARL (Avisen), the second largest poultry feed supplier in...
View ArticleThree Questions With… Rob Appleby, Founder and CIO, Cibus Capital LLP
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media You’ve joined GAI News on the “Three Questions With…” journey before. Today, we expand beyond agtech in our coverage to showcase the movers and...
View ArticleSouthwest Airlines Invests $30M in LanzaJet to Produce SAF from Ag Residues
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Southwest Airlines is investing $30 million into a partnership with LanzaJet, a top sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels...
View ArticleUnifrutti Strengthens Fruit Platform with Bomarea and AvoAmerica Peru...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global fresh fruit leader Unifrutti has had a big start to 2024. At the end of January the company announced it had agreed to acquire Verfrut, a...
View ArticleProteinDistillery Closes on Impressive €15M in Seed Funding
Photo credit: ProteinDistillery By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Berlin-based impact food tech venture fund Green Generation Fund has led a Seed round exceeding €15 million (US$16.39...
View ArticleElevated Signals Partners with Vertical Harvest to Digitize North America’s...
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Elevated Signals announced a new collaboration with mission-driven Vertical Harvest to drive the digital transformation of its vertical farming...
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