Aurora Cannabis Acquires Europe’s Largest Organic Hemp Producer
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based Aurora Cannabis announced it has acquired Agropro, Europe’s largest producer, processor, and supplier of certified organic hemp and hemp products, as well as its sister...
View ArticleOrganiGram Closes $10M Investment to Create Cannabinoids from Yeast
OrganiGram Holdings, the parent company of medical marijuana producer OrganiGram, has finalized a $10 million investment in Hyasynth Biologicals Inc., a Montreal-based biological company focused on...
View ArticleUnigrains-Backed FAI Acquires Italian Chestnut and Fruit Leader
Fondo Agroalimentare Italiano I (FAI I) announced that it has acquired a stake in Agrimola, a leading manufacturer, processor, and marketer of chestnuts and fruits, in partnership with Luca Sassi, the...
View ArticleCargill Invests in Swine Production Technology
Cargill has made a strategic investment in Agriness, a technology leader in swine production in Latin America. Through this minority stake partnership, Cargill and Agriness will foster an industry-wide...
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The Value Down Under: Investing in New Zealand and Australian Ag
This article will be featured along with other articles addressing investment opportunities in Australasian agriculture in Volume 5, Issue 3 of the GAI Gazette which will be distributed in conjunction...
View ArticleIndigo Ag Raises $250M Series E, Launches Indigo Marketplace
Indigo Ag continues to break funding records, announcing the close of a $250 million Series E backed by both new and existing investor including Baillie Gifford, Investment Corporation of Dubai, the...
View ArticleFarmland LP Quantifies Impact of Vital Farmland Funds in New Report
With the backing of a two-year Conservation Innovation Grant from the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), Farmland LP has been able to enrich its impact reporting through its 2017 Impact...
View ArticleMonogram, Meaningful Partners Each Make $10M Investments in Meat Snacks
Monogram Capital Partners and Meaningful Partners have each made recent investments of $10 million in the meat snack category. Country Archer Jerky In July, Los Angeles-based Monogram Capital Partners...
View ArticleBiofilm Firm OneCrop Secures Investment From Twynam Group
Australia’s agtech biofilm company OneCrop has secured a multimillion dollar investment from the Kahlbetzer family’s Twynam Group. OneCrop is a research-based developer of biodegradable, pre-emergence...
View ArticleInternational Farming Corporation Raising $1.5B for U.S. Farmland Fund
International Farming Corporation (IFC) is planning to raise $1.5 billion for its FIC Core Farmland Fund – an open-ended vehicle focused on investing in U.S. farming operations. Under its mandate, the...
View ArticleChina’s GSR Ventures Closes $400M Early Stage Tech Fund
Chinese private equity firm GSR Ventures closed on Fund VI – a new $400 million fund created to make early stage investments in tech startups. The fund, which will be in U.S. dollars, will focus its...
View ArticleScotland’s Inverleith Holds Final Close on First Fund at Hard Cap of US$70.5M
Edinburgh-based private equity firm Inverleith announced it has held the final close on Inverleith Limited Partnership, the firm’s first fund, at its hard cap of EUR60 million (US$70.5 million)....
View ArticleAs of 2020, Brussels Will No Longer Dictate Direction of Agtech Development...
As of 2020, each EU member state will have the ability to direct its own allocation of funding and direction for agtech innovation, and not the European Commission, as per the Common Agricultural...
View ArticlePrivateer Holdings Sees $12B Windfall Through Tilray Stake
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 ArticleContributed Content: MUSCA – Aiming to resolve the protein crisis through...
Contributed by Mitsutaka Kushima, CEO of MUSCA Co., Ltd. Fukuoka-based MUSCA Co., Ltd. is an interesting company with huge potential, which aims to resolve the world’s protein crisis through fly-based...
View ArticleSingapore VC VisVires Plans $100M Food and Feed Tech Fund
Singapore-based venture capital fund VisVires New Protein (VVNP) is planning to launch their second fund next year – a $100 million fund dedicated to backing food tech innovations. The development...
View ArticleRural Funds Group Acquires Dyamberin Station in $13.4M Deal
Real estate investment trust (REIT) Rural Funds Group (RFG) announced its latest acquisition – Dyamberin – a 1,728-hectare cattle station in New South Wales, for $13.4 million. The deal which is...
View ArticleReGrained Closes on $2.5M Seed Funding for Recycled “SuperGrain”
Griffith Foods has led a $2.5 million Seed Round for ReGrained, a mission-driven ingredient company and food innovator that employs patented technology to transform beer brewing byproducts into super...
View ArticleBioPhero Closes $3M Seed Round in Support of Insect Pheromone Technology
Danish biotechnology company BioPhero ApS announced the completion of a $3 million Seed Round backed by Syngenta Ventures, Novo Seeds, and Syddansk Innovation. Founded by Dr. Irina Borodina, BioPhero...
View ArticleAGR Partners Sells Tru-Test Core Business to Swiss Company Datamars for US$98M
AGR Partners announced it has divested the core business of portfolio company Tru-Test to Swiss identification and tracking solutions company Datamars for NZ$147.9 million (US$98 million)....
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