Svoboda Capital Fund IV Invests $10M in Cheese and Snack Company
Svoboda Capital Fund IV has made a $10 million investment in California-based cheese and cheese snack company, Sonoma Creamery. In business since 1931, Sonoma Creamery produces and markets premium...
View ArticleAgricool Raises US$9.1M to Advance Containerized Farming
Paris-based container farming startup, Agricool, announced it has raised US$9.1 million through a funding round that includes Jacques-Antoine Granjon, the founder of Vente-Privee.com; entrepreneur,...
View ArticleGladstone Land Acquires Four Pistachio, Almond Farms for $13.6M
Gladstone Land announced the acquisition of four contiguous farms located in Fresno, California, for approximately $13.6 million. The four properties encompass a total 847 acres, of which 327 acres are...
View ArticleJBS to Sell Canadian Feedlot, Farmland for $40M
JBS Food Canada, a subsidiary of Brazil-based JBS SA, the largest meatpacker in the world, announced it has agreed to sell Lakeside Feeders – its beef cattle feedyard along with adjacent farmland in...
View ArticleAccelFoods Doubles Down on Plant-Based Protein Drinks
Koia, a California-based producer of plant-based protein beverages, announced it has raised a $7.5 million Seed Series round of funding led by KarpReilly and existing investor AccelFoods. The business...
View ArticleMaking the Most of the Internet of Soil
By Tomer Tzach, CEO of CropX The soil under your feet is still as mysterious as the ocean’s depths. The soil is a dynamic ecosystem with physical attributes that help determine storage capacity of the...
View ArticleVertical Farming Startup Raises Largest Agtech Funding Round in History
San Francisco-based indoor vertical farming startup Plenty has raised a $200 million Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund – the $93 billion all-stage tech fund headed by Japanese billionaire Masayoshi...
View ArticleArlon Group Acquires Stake in Brazilian Dairy Processor
New York-based food and agriculture investment firm Arlon Group has acquired a stake in CBL Alimentos SA (Betânia) – the largest dairy company in the northeast region of Brazil. Under the terms of...
View ArticleMarubeni Eyes China Market with $170M U.S. Beef Acquisition
Japanese trading house Marubeni has acquired Kansas-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, a provider of premium beef and pork products, from Sun Capital Partners in a deal reported to be valued at $170...
View ArticleOne Equity Partners Exits East Balt Bakeries for $650M
Middle market private equity firm One Equity Partners announced its exit from East Balt Bakeries through a sale to Grupo Bimbo for $650 million. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, East Balt is a...
View ArticleHassad Australia Sells Clover Downs Station for $27M
Amid a review of its investments, Hassad Australia, a $469 million farming company and wholly owned subsidiary of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority, has sold the Clover...
View ArticleNewly Launched Summa Equity Fund I Makes First Seafood Investment
Newly launched Norwegian private equity firm Summa Equity has made its first seafood investment, acquiring a 75 percent stake in Milarex, a value-added salmon processing company located in Slupsk,...
View ArticleHelios Investment Partners Acquires Louis Dreyfus’ African Fertilizer and...
African-focused private equity firm, Helios Investment Partners, has agreed to fully acquire Fertilizers and Inputs Holding B.V. – the holding company of Louis Dreyfus’ African fertilizers and inputs...
View ArticleMcCormick Acquires Food Division in $4.2B Deal
Iconic spice and flavor company, McCormick has exploded into the condiment category after agreeing to acquire the food division of Reckitt Benckiser (RB Foods) – maker of Frank’s RedHot sauce and...
View ArticleBain Capital Divests 49 Pct. of Japanese Mushroom Producer
Bain Capital Private Equity is selling a 49 percent stake in Japanese mushroom producer Yukiguni Maitake to Japanese food company Shinmei for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 1983 in Minami-Uonuma,...
View ArticleIsraeli Digital Farming Startup Prospera Raises $15M Series B
Qualcomm Ventures, the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated, has led a $15 million Series B for Tel Aviv-based digital farming startup Prospera. Other investors contributing to the round include...
View ArticleAGCO to Acquire Precision Planting from The Climate Corp
Global agricultural equipment company AGCO announced it has agreed to acquire Precision Planting LLC from Monsanto subsidiary The Climate Corporation for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 1993 in...
View ArticleJapan’s Ajinomoto Acquires French Frozen Food Company Valued at US$24.5M
Japanese food giant Ajinomoto announced that it has strengthened its position in the European consumer foods market with the acquisition of Labeyrie Traiteur Surgelés (LTS) – a French frozen food...
View ArticleEcho Capital Invests in Three Millennial-Focused Food Startups
California-based Echo Capital, which makes targeted investments in consumer endeavors that have elemental appeal to millennial consumers, announced it has added three food startups to its portfolio....
View ArticlePremier Crop Systems to Advance Latest Platform with Syngenta Ventures...
Syngenta Ventures, the venture capital arm of Syngenta, has made a minority investment in Iowa-based Premier Crop Systems (PCS) – a producer of digital tools that help better inform agronomists and...
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