WaterEquity Attracts Microsoft, Starbucks for High-Profile $100M Impact Fund
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Amid an urgency for water supply and sanitation infrastructure investment, Kansas City, Missouri-based asset manager WaterEquity has raised over $100 million...
View ArticleQueensland’s Mandalay Venture Partners Backs Pair of Agri-Food Tech Startups...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Mandalay Venture Partners, which backs agri-food tech companies, is making an expansion push in Australia. The firm has announced dual investments into...
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Ag Seed Company Corteva Forms JV With Gene-Editing Play, Invests $25M for Ag...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a bullish sign for dealflow in the ag industry, Indianapolis-based seed company Corteva has partnered with Pairwise, a Durham, N.C.-domiciled gene-editing...
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Solasta Bio Eyes Commercialization After Securing $14M Series A Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media U.K.-based ag-biotech startup Solasta Bio, which helps growers protect crops with nature and peptide-based insecticides, has secured $14 million in an...
View ArticleNatural Capital, Food Security and Regenerative Ag Top the Lineup for...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As the summer gives way to fall, it can only mean one thing: the Global AgInvesting Asia event is drawing near. This year’s gathering, set to take place at...
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VC Arm of Vietnam’s TTC AgriS Invests A$1.5M into Australian Specialty Tea...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Global Mind Australia (GMAA), the venture capital division of Vietnam-based agribusiness TTC AgriS, has invested A$1.5 million (US$1.02 million) into...
View ArticleCanadian Pension Manager CDPQ Targets US Forestland With Strategic Investment
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Through its sustainable land management strategy, Canada’s Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is targeting forestland in the lower 48. The...
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Manna Tree Partners With Mexican Food Group Amid Wider Latin American Push
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Private equity firm Manna Tree has commenced a Latin American expansion push by striking a strategic partnership with Grupo Herdez, a leading food company in...
View ArticleMandalay Venture Partners Extends AI Streak With Investment to Reduce Food Waste
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Australian agtech and food-tech venture capital firm Mandalay Venture Partners is extending its winning streak with artificial intelligence (AI) across the...
View ArticleBig Tech’s Meta Makes Long-Term Climate Bet Through BTG Pactual Timberland...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As Climate Week unfolds in New York, carbon credits are swirling. Big Tech play Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook, has joined the fray, betting big...
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Q&A: Silicon Valley’s SVG Ventures Partners With Japan’s Kagome for $50M...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media SVG Ventures has partnered with Tokyo-based Kagome, a global fruit and vegetable company specializing in all things tomatoes, to launch the $50 million...
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Domain Timber Scores Natural Capital Mandate Amid ‘Elevated’ Demand
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Domain Timber Advisors, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based investment management firm Domain Capital Group, has scored a new mandate for forestland assets....
View ArticleMorgan Stanley’s Investment Arm Clinches Final Close for $750M Climate Fund
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Against a challenging private market fundraising backdrop, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM)’s inaugural 1GT climate fund has reached a final...
View ArticleAfter the Storm: America’s Farmers Look to ‘Replant and Rise Again’ in Wake...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As Hurricane Helene unleashed its wrath throughout the Southeastern U.S. in recent days, the American farming community was caught right in the middle of the...
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Q&A: FarmWise Thrusts AI Into Spotlight With Mechanical Weed Management
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media FarmWise, a U.S.-based smart-farming company behind an AI-driven weeding solution, has partnered with RDO Equipment, a dealer of intelligently connected ag...
View ArticleTotal Acre Integrates Precision Planting API to Improve Crop Data Delivery
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With U.S. farmers busy harvesting their fields while also setting the wheels in motion for next season, Total Acre, a Kentucky-based program that fosters...
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Micropep Secures a Combined $40M in Series B Round for ‘Needle in Haystack’ Tech
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Venture capitalists have been flocking to the crop protection space of late, and apparently there’s plenty to go around. North Carolina-based Micropep...
View ArticleGlengarry Farm Secures C$60M Investment to Bridge Canada’s Private Debt...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a show of strength for Canada’s private sector financing, Glengarry Farm Finance, an alternative lender to the ag industry owned by merchant bank Stormont...
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GO.FARM Scoops Up Water-Rich Ag Projects in A$150M Buying Spree Backed by...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Australian ag investment manager GO.FARM has scooped up a pair of water-rich agricultural value-add projects, including the Dellapool Aggregation and...
View ArticleM&A: Lesaffre Completes Acquisition of dsm-firmenich’s Yeast Extract Business
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Lesaffre, a Northern France-based food and beverage manufacturer specializing in fermentation and microorganisms, has come full circle with its previously...
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