Crop Intelligence Platform Startup KisanHub Raises Follow-On Seed Funding
British agtech startup KisanHub has raised £1.75 million (US$2.45 million) in follow-on seed funding. The round was led by venture capital firm, Notion Capital and IQ Capital, and included...
View ArticleMilltrust Enters Aussie Dairy Sector with Purchase of Neighboring Farms in NSW
Milltrust Agricultural Investment (MAI) announced the acquisition of two adjacent dairy farms in the Southern Riverina district of New South Wales for an undisclosed amount. The two farms – the...
View ArticlePrecisionHawk Raises $75M in High Profile Funding Round
Leading drone technology company PrecisionHawk announced it has raised $75 million in funding through a Series D backed by a list of high profile investors. The round, which was led by Third Point...
View ArticleOpen Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund has Initial $55M Close, Gets RBIC License
Open Prairies’s Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund has secured its license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to operate as a Rural Business Investment Company (RBIC). Founded in 1997...
View ArticleDavid Barber Launches $30M VC Vehicle Almanac Investments
David Barber, co-owner of New York state-based Blue Hill Farm and Stone Barns restaurant, and advisor to S2G Ventures and Acre Investments has launched Almanac Investments, a $30 million venture...
View ArticleDane Creek Acquires Majority of Midgard Insect Farms
Ontario-based Dane Creek Capital Corp. (DCCC), a pet investment-focused merchant banking venture, announced it has completed its third round of funding for Midgard Insect Farm, raising its holding to...
View ArticleWorld’s First Aquaculture Incubator Launches in Norway
Hatch, the first aquaculture-focused accelerator in the world, has been launched in Bergen, Norway, by Dr. Carsten Krome of Alimentos Ventures. Although there exists the Dutch, pure-play sustainable...
View ArticleLargest U.S. Meat Processor Invests in Cultured Meat Company Memphis Meats
Tyson Ventures, the $150 million venture arm of U.S. meat processor Tyson Foods, has doubled down on its commitment to cultured meat, and has joined the ranks of Cargill, Bill Gates, and Richard...
View ArticleKeurig Acquires Dr Pepper Snapple; JAB Holding to be Controlling Shareholder
Keurig has agreed to acquire Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. in a deal that will see the two companies merge into a combined global entity to be called Keurig Dr. Pepper (KDP) with annual revenue of $11...
View ArticleMacquarie Eyes Expansion, Announces the Hiring of Two Former CPPIB Execs
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) announced two new hires in support of the geographical expansion of its agricultural management funds business. Growing steadily since 2007 to become...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Joins $65M Series C for Pea Protein Startup Ripple Foods
Ripple Foods, a producer of dairy alternative beverages and food made from pea protein, announced it has successfully raised a $65 million Series C. This round, which brings the startup’s total funding...
View ArticleCargill Makes Strategic Investment in Livestock Facial Recognition Technology
Cargill has been on fire recently as it moves to reposition and diversify its business in the face of struggling commodity markets. The latest announcement from the company centers around the agtech...
View ArticleNEM Blockchain Fund Invests $1M in Agtech Startup BlockGrain
BlockGrain, an Australian agtech-blockchain startup, has raised the equivalent of approximately $1 million in cryptocurrency from the $90 million NEM Blockchain Investment Fund. Located on Australia’s...
View ArticleADM Bids for Bunge; Bunge Acquires Grupo Minsa’s U.S. Corn Milling Business
Consolidation continues in the commodities arena as market conditions remain a challenge. Shifts in consumer demand, advances in technology, global bumper crops, and a multi-year low commodity cycle...
View ArticleTotal Produce Acquires 45 Percent of Dole for $300M
Ireland’s Total Produce, a leading European fresh produce company, has agreed to acquire a 45 percent stake in U.S.-based Dole Food Company for $300 million. The terms of the transaction reflect an...
View ArticleDanone Leads $30M Round for Harmless Harvest
Harmless Harvest, a San Francisco-based producer and marketer of fresh, minimally processed organic coconut water and probiotic beverages, has secured $30 million in growth capital through a round led...
View ArticleProagrica Acquires Precision Farming Solutions Provider SST Software
Proagrica, a provider of farm management software, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Stillwater, Oklahoma-based precision ag...
View ArticleGerman Urban Farming Startup Infarm Secures $25M Series A
German urban farming company Infarm announced that it has secured $25 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Balderton Capital, Europe’s largest early stage venture capital investor, with...
View Article15 Minutes with … Ros Harvey, Founder of The Yield
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall The Yield, operating in Australia, provides end-to-end sensing technology solutions for aquaculture and agriculture that provide 24/7 monitoring of wind, air, soil,...
View ArticleTechAccel Makes Biotech Investment – Funds Research at Plastomics Inc.
TechAccel LLC has announced an investment in St. Louis-based biotechnology startup Plastomics Inc. to fund a scientific research initiative to accelerate the development of Plastomics’ technology....
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