Trailhead Capital: ‘Now Is the Time to Invest in Regenerative Ag’
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Regenerative agriculture has become a topic du jour of late, capturing headlines and creating buzz around industry circles — understandably so. With the...
View ArticleToesca AM Forms JV for $350M Latin American Regenerative Ag Investment Platform
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Regenerative agriculture is spreading like wildfire. Toesca Asset Management, a Santiago, Chile-based asset manager, and U.K.-domiciled Astarte Capital...
View ArticleScottish Biotech Biotangents Secures £2.3M, Looks to Revolutionize Dairy Farming
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Biotangents, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based biotech startup, has raised £2.3 million (US$2.9 million) in a seed round. The proceeds will be directed toward...
View ArticleFour Growers Secures $9M in Series A Round for AI-Powered Crop Harvesting Robots
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Four Growers, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based AI-robotics startup, has secured $9 million in its latest fundraising round. The company, which is Series A,...
View ArticleCampbell Global Bolsters Portfolio With Thousands of Acres of Commercial...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Campbell Global, the timber investment manager owned by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, has expanded its portfolio. The firm has scooped up more than 40,000...
View ArticleAustralia’s Lockyer Valley Foods Launches A$50M Round for Fruit and Vegetable...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Australia’s Lockyer Valley Foods is looking to raise $50 million (US$32 million) in a Series A round, the proceeds from which will be directed toward...
View ArticleM&A: Agrovision Expands Footprint Into Chile With Premium Cherry Grower...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media M&A is afoot in the ag industry. Agrovision, a technology-powered superfruit grower, has purchased Chilean grower and exporter ZurGroup, marking its...
View ArticleQ&A: Keeping Up With the Growth in Timberland Investing
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media, & Scott Reaves, Domain Timber Advisors To say that timberland deals are sprouting up all over would not be an overstatement. From last...
View ArticleQ&A: Fifth-Generation Colorado Rancher Shares Role of Rotational Grazing in...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As a fifth-generation rancher, Jen Livsey knows a thing or two about cattle ranching. Her family has been ranching in Colorado since 1907. Their operation,...
View ArticleAMERRA Capital Completes Management Buyout From Macquarie and FinStrat
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media AMERRA Capital Management, a U.S.-based asset manager specializing in food and agribusiness encompassing sustainable agribusiness and renewable bio-energy...
View ArticleMondelēz International’s VC Arm Joins in Fundraising Round for Israeli Cocoa...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media After overhauling its venture capital arm earlier this year, Mondelēz International is making moves. The company’s venture capital arm, Mondelēz’s...
View ArticleSyngenta Crop Protection and AI-Partner Enko Achieve Milestone Toward...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Swiss agtech giant Syngenta Crop Protection alongside partner Enko, an AI-informed crop health company, has reached a key milestone toward sustainable weed...
View ArticleSwiss Agtech Startup Cerve Secures £3.5M to Digitize the Global Food Supply...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Swedish agtech startup Cerve has moved closer to its goal of revolutionizing the world’s food supply chain. In its latest seed round, Cerve has secured £3.5...
View ArticleFarmTogether Enters Oregon Wine-Grape Fray With $5.9 Million Vineyard...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media FarmTogether, an investment firm specializing in U.S. farmland, has added a pair of illustrious vineyards to its expanding portfolio, bolstering its wine...
View ArticleAg Deal Roundup: Key Trends of 2024 and 2025 Outlook
2024 was a year of unprecedented dealflow within the agriculture industry. From the surge of new funds and strategic investments to the flurry of M&A activity, cropland and carbon innovations, and...
View ArticleM&A: Peoples Company Acquires UFARM in Strategic Land Management Deal
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Clive, Iowa-based Peoples Company is continuing its growth-by-acquisition strategy, kicking off the new year with a deal. In a strategic acquisition, Peoples...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Baden Capital Acquires Crop Protection Specialist in Farming Push
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Baden Capital, a San Francisco, California-based private investment firm specializing in food, ag and water in the Western U.S., has set its sights on the...
View ArticleASR’s Sustainable Dutch Farmland Fund Clinches €90M Investment From BPL Pensioen
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The ASR Dutch Farmland Fund, which oversees close to 39,000 hectares (96,371 acres) of Dutch agricultural land worth €2.1 billion (US$2.15 billion), has...
View ArticleGerman Food-Tech Startup Targets Food Security With €35M Capital Injection
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Formo, a Berlin, Germany-based food biotech company, has clinched EUR 35 million (US$36 million) in a quasi-equity venture debt loan from the European...
View ArticleFMC Ventures Faces Reorg, Layoffs Amid Agtech and Corporate Headwinds
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media FMC Corporation’s venture capital arm, FMC Ventures, has suffered a setback. The firm is facing a restructuring in the face of a disconnect between VC...
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