Canadian Indoor Farming Startup Vision Greens Raises C$8M in Equity and Debt...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In its second capital raising event, Vision Greens, a Welland, Ontario-based tech-advanced indoor-farming company, has attracted C$18 million (US$13.11...
View ArticleSwiss Agtech xFarm Technologies Raises €36M to Digitize the Agribusiness Sector
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In what’s shaping up to be a massive year of growth, xFarm Technologies, a Manno, Switzerland-based technology company focused on digitizing the agribusiness...
View ArticleIowa’s AcreShield Raises $2.5M to Help Farmers Close Yield Gap, Expands Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media AcreShield, a Des Moines, Iowa-based company behind the YieldOptimizer technology, has raised over $2.5 million in a Series A fundraising round. The...
View ArticleFarmland Partners Offloads $289M Farmland Portfolio to US Landowner Juggernaut
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI), a Denver, Colorado-based real estate investor, is offloading nearly $300 million in farmland assets to Farmland Reserve, an...
View ArticleM&A: PE Fund Butterfly Equity Acquires Duckhorn’s Wine Portfolio in Roughly...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a sign that private capital is beginning to move off the sidelines, Butterfly Equity, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food...
View ArticleGAI Asia 2024 to Spotlight Value-Add of Timberland in Japan’s Pension System
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Timberland, whether it’s forestland, the trees on that land or a combination of both, has historically served as an attractive asset class. With historical...
View ArticleBiotalys Secures €15M in Private Placement to Advance Biocontrol...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Ghent, Belgium-based Biotalys has secured subscription commitments totaling €15 million (US$16.3 million) via a private placement of new equity shares...
View ArticleAgtech Pair Aims to Take Regenerative Ag to Next Level in Cross-Border Tie Up
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Regenerative agriculture is growing like wildfire among green circles, spreading across borders. Middlefield, Ohio-based Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA),...
View ArticleSyngenta and Taranis Partner to Deliver AI Prowess to Growers and Ag Retailers
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The AI revolution has officially made its way into the ag space. Syngenta Crop Protection, a North Carolina-based business unit of the global Syngenta Group,...
View ArticleBlue Stripes Attracts Return Investors in $20M Series B Round to Transform...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Blue Stripes, a U.S.-based cacao startup looking to transform the cocoa supply chain, has secured $20 million in a Series B round, attracting some...
View ArticleUS Permanent Cropland Challenges Persist While Opportunities Await: GAI Asia
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media While GAI News has wrapped up our Asia 2024 event in Tokyo, the buzz is still alive. Among the many highlights, AgIS Capital Vice President of Acquisitions...
View ArticleIroquois Valley Farmland REIT Partners With Dirt Capital for Arizona Cattle...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a deal underpinned by regenerative agriculture practices, Iroquois Valley Farmland, a U.S.-based private real estate investment trust (REIT), has...
View ArticleHatch Blue Raises €93M to Advance Sustainable Aquaculture Technology
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In its second close and surpassing its target size achieved in March, the Blue Revolution Fund (BRF), a collaboration between Ireland-based VC firm Hatch...
View ArticleAI-Powered Carbon Robotics Secures $70 Million in High-Profile Series D Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Making a statement in the robotics and AI revolution, Seattle, Washington-based Carbon Robotics has attracted a whopping $70 million in a Series D investment...
View ArticleIcelandic Salmon Farmer Laxey Advances Sustainable Land-Based Aquaculture...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Icelandic-domiciled salmon farmer Laxey is advancing its sustainable, land-based aquaculture vision. With a view to build a fish farm on land in the Westman...
View ArticleFrance’s Saur Group Makes Splash in Water Sector With €500M Blue Bond Issuance
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media While green bonds have already made their mark in the ESG industry, a different type of debt instrument is gaining traction. In a first for France’s water...
View ArticleSolum Partners Teams Up With UK Vegetable Producer in Cross-Border Deal
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Eighteen months after closing its oversubscribed Fund II at $850 million, Boston, Massachusetts-based Solum Partners is making some moves. Solum Partners,...
View ArticleMitsubishi Corp Backs Finnish Aquaculture Tech Company Amid Wider Funding Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Corp is betting on the ocean economy. Through its investment arm, Mitsubishi is backing Finnish aquaculture technology company...
View ArticleAMERRA Capital Management Exits Brazilian Sugarcane Mill in Smooth Stroke of M&A
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media AMERRA Capital Management has announced the sale of one of its portfolio assets. The U.S.-based asset manager, which specializes in sustainable agribusiness...
View ArticleNordic Startup FarmDroid Secures €10.5 Million for Solar-Powered Ag Robots
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Vejen, Denmark-based FarmDroid, which is behind autonomous, solar-powered agricultural robots, has secured €10.5 million (US$11.4 million) in its latest...
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