Japan’s Farmnote Raises $4.5M
Farmnote Holdings, a Japanese agtech company and supplier of IoT solutions to the dairy and livestock industries, announced it has raised 500 million yen (US$4.5 million) in funding in a round...
View ArticleIsraeli AI Platform Taranis Closes $7.5M Round
Israeli agtech AI platform Taranis announced it has closed a $7.5 million round of funding led by Finistere Ventures, and including Vertex Ventures, Eshbol Investments, Mindset Ventures, OurCrowd, and...
View ArticleGV Leads $10M Series A for Abundant Robotics
Hayward, California-based Abundant Robotics, an automated robotic solutions provider that is developing apple-picking robots, announced it has raised $10 million in a Series A led by GV (Google...
View ArticleMellinger’s Minutes: Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) entities by Traditional...
The steady increase in Non Traditional Players (NTP’s) becoming involved with farmland, animal production, infrastructure, and mid-stream assets is a regular fixture of my reporting. Equally...
View ArticleMarina Capital Launches $250M Ag and Food Investment Company
California-based mergers and acquisitions firm Capital Marina Group has announced it is launching Agri Capital Company (ACC), a new $250 million ag and food investment fund company. A noted combination...
View ArticleThe Rise Fund Makes First Investment in Food and Ag
The $2 billion Rise Fund, a global impact investment fund managed by TPG Growth – the growth equity and middle market buyout fund of alternative asset firm TPG – announced it has invested $50 million...
View ArticleThymox Closes $4.6M Series B
In January of this year, GAI News reported that both new and existing investors were on-board to back Quebec-based Thymox – a clean technology startup dedicated to botanically derived animal health,...
View ArticleMitsui Leads $40M Series D for Calysta
Sustainable, biological fish and livestock feed developer and producer Calysta Inc. announced it has closed on a $40 million Series D led by Japan’s Mitsui & Co. Ltd. Other investors in the round...
View ArticleThe Climate Corporation Acquires Digital Agtech Company, HydroBio
Monsanto subsidiary The Climate Corporation announced it has agreed to acquire Denver, Colorado-based agtech software company HydroBio for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will act to strengthen...
View ArticleFunctional Food Company Soylent Raises $50M Series B
California-based functional food company Soylent announced it has raised a $50 million Series B led by GV (formerly Google Ventures) and including Tao Capital Partners, and existing investors Lerer...
View ArticleCeres Imaging Raises $5M Series A
Ag-focused aerial imaging and analytics company Ceres Imaging announced it has successfully raised $5 million in a Series A led by Romulus Capital, bringing the company’s funding to $8 million to date....
View ArticleDairy Business Dean Foods Invests in Plant-Based Dairy Alternatives
As part of its strategic plan to diversify both beyond and within the dairy sector, Dean Foods Company announced a minority investment in and distribution agreement with Good Karma Foods – a...
View ArticleCanadian Pension Fund Takes Majority Stake in Top Australian Nut Producer
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of the largest pension funds in Canada, has acquired a majority stake in Stahmann Farms Enterprises (SFE) – the largest pecan grower...
View ArticleMassive Reoganization of USDA Proposed
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has submitted a plan for the first reorganziation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) since 1994. The proposal aims to reconfigure three of the...
View ArticleMellinger’s Minutes: Institutional Investors Getting into Agtech
At HighQuest, recent interactions with investors have focused on their interest in agtech. These investors, large and small are looking for strong returns, diversification, and improved agricultural...
View ArticleChelan Fresh, Borton Fruit to Merge
Washington State-based Chelan Fresh and Borton Fruit, two leading U.S. fruit producers, announced that the companies have agreed to merge operations effective September 1. The deal brings together...
View ArticleCapAleph, Zepher Peacock Invest in Potato Seed Startup
CapAleph Indian Millennium SME Fund and Zephyr Peacock India Fund have invested Rs 30 cr (US$4.6 million) in Indian potato seed startup, Utkal Tubers. Launched in March 2016, Utkal Tubers produced...
View ArticleInnova Announces $31M Close of Ag Innovation Fund IV
Pre-seed and early stage venture capital firm Innova Memphis announced the close of its newest fund, Innova Ag Innovation Fund IV, at $31 million. The fund, which has been certified and licensed as a...
View ArticleHartung Brothers Acquires Syngenta’s Hawaii Operations
U.S.-based, family-owned agribusiness Hartung Brothers Inc. (HBI) has agreed to acquire Syngenta’s existing operations in Hawaii on the islands of Oahu and Kauai for an undisclosed amount. Established...
View ArticleRabobank Launches Food and Ag Venture Fund
Rabobank has announced the launch of the Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund – a new venture capital fund that will be included under the umbrella of Rabo Private Equity. The targeted size of the fund...
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