Agrinos Secures $15M Equity Investment
Biological crop nutrition products company Agrinos has announced the completion of a $15 million private placement of new shares with the support of long-term investors Manor Investment, Havfonn AS,...
View ArticleCanadian Biofuels Leader Enerkem Secures C$280M Private Equity Investment
Biofuels leader Enerkem has announced the completion of a C$280 million (USD $222 million) investment round. The round was led by new investors BlackRock and Sinobioway, with existing investors also...
View ArticleNestlé Buys Majority Stake in “Super Fruit” Company Terrafertil
Nestlé has made another move in its strategic pivot towards healthier foods with the purchase of Latin American “super fruit” powerhouse Terrafertil. The acquisition of the Ecuador-based company will...
View ArticleOmninvore Partners Raises $46 million to Hit First Close of Second Fund
Mumbai-based ag and food tech-focused venture capital firm Omnivore Partners has reached the first close of its second fund, raising $46 million out of a targeted $75 million. Reported investors...
View ArticleContributed Content: As Guyana Weans Itself Off sugar, the Country’s Coconut...
By Duncan Turnbull, CEO of Pomeroon Trading Cane sugar has dominated more than just the Caribbean landscape: it is fundamental to the socio-economic fabric of the region. Guyana’s largest ethnic group,...
View ArticleSyngenta Acquires FarmShots
Syngenta has added to its toolbox of farm management solutions with the acquisition of FarmShots, Inc., a North Carolina-based innovator of high-resolution satellite imagery that detects plant health...
View ArticleActivant Closes Second Fund at $129M; Eyes Agtech Investments
Commerce infrastructure and IoT-focused venture capital firm Activant Capital Group has announced the final closing of its second fund, Activant Ventures II, with $129 million in committed capital,...
View ArticleRegulated Cannabis Accessories Supplier Kush Bottles Secures $6M Investment
Merida Capital Partners, a private equity fund targeting the cannabis industry, has made a $6 million investment in Kush Bottles, Inc. Kush provides packaging, supplies, vaporizers, accessories, and...
View ArticleAlternative Meat Segment has New Entrants
California food company Don Lee Farms is breaking into the alternative meat segment with the support of Costco, which has debuted the company’s organic Plant-Based Raw Burgers. This is the latest...
View ArticleHighquest Sees Increased Interest in Agricultural Investment Opportunities...
Greg Mellinger, CEO of HighQuest Partners, recently shared some thoughts on his recent and ongoing interactions with private and institutional investors, which signal increased interest in agricultural...
View ArticleBuilding the GAI Community: A Decade of Progress, Part 1
The first Global AgInvesting (GAI) conference took place in New York City in June 2009. Responding to the global financial crisis, investors were showing increasing interest in real assets with a...
View ArticleNSW Government’s “GO NSW Equity Fund” takes A$3.3M Wagyu Beef Stake
An investment fund started by the government of New South Wales in Australia has taken an A$3.3 million stake in Stone Axe Pastoral, a Wagyu beef agribusiness. The company’s goal is to breed the...
View ArticleFoodLogiQ Raises $8 Million
FoodLogiQ, whose technology enables supplier management, food safety compliance, quality incident management, recall management and whole chain traceability – all on a single platform, has raised an $8...
View ArticleADM and Cargill to Partner on Soybean Joint Venture in Egypt
ADM and Cargill have agreed to operate a joint venture in Egypt to provide soybean meal and oil for customers there, positioning the companies to efficiently meet the growing demand across Egypt and...
View ArticleComments on Agri/Food Companies Seeking Outside Capital
Greg Mellinger, CEO of HighQuest Partners, meets regularly with agricultural and food companies, and the conversation inevitably touches upon the importance of available and strong capital bases. This...
View ArticleAnimal-free Dairy Provider Perfect Day Raises $24.7M Series A
Led by Singapore’s state-owned investment company Temasek, animal dairy producer Perfect Day has raised US$24.7 million in funding and received its first patent for the use of animal-free dairy...
View ArticleBayer Set to Gain EU Approval for $62.5B Monsanto Deal
Reuters is reporting that German drug and crop chemicals manufacturer Bayer’s $62.5 billion bid for world No. 1 seed company Monsanto is set to win conditional European Union antitrust approval. The...
View ArticleContributed Content: Land Development and Technology to Drive Growth for Beef...
Editor’s note: The below is sponsored content. By Troy Setter, CEO of Consolidated Pastoral Company Food demand is one of the biggest global growth themes of this decade and could be a defining theme...
View Article15 Minutes with . . . Brendan Kennedy, CEO of Privateer Holdings
Privateer Holdings is the first private equity firm to invest exclusively in legal cannabis. The company has raised more than $200 million in private capital to invest in the legal cannabis industry...
View ArticleAuction for Terra Firma’s Sale of Consolidated Pastoral Underway
Rumored to be in the works on and off since November of 2014, and following news at the end of January from multiple sources that the sale of A$1 billion cattle business Consolidated Pastoral Company...
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