Gladstone Land Makes First Acquisition of 2019
Agricultural real estate investment trust (REIT) Gladstone Land has made its first acquisition of 2019, announcing the purchase of a 695-acre farm in Lincoln County, Nebraska, for $2.4 million. With...
View ArticleAt Final Close, ADM Capital Has Raised More Than $450M for Cibus Fund
London-based private equity and advisory firm ADM Capital has had a final close at $332 million for its global agribusiness investment fund ADM Cibus Fund. The firm has also raised an additional $130...
View ArticleOurCrowd Partnering with 7thirty for $30M Cannabis Tech Fund
Israel-based global investment platform OurCrowd announced it is partnering with U.S.-based 7thirty Opportunity Fund for the formation of a $30 million cannabis tech investment fund. Led by Jon Medved,...
View ArticleCanada’s Canopy Growth Invests $150M in U.S. Expansion
Canadian marijuana company Canopy Growth announced its plans to invest up to $150 million to establish its first production facility in the U.S. Following the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill allowing for...
View ArticleCrop Enhancement Scores Funding from Wilbur-Ellis VC Arm Cavallo Ventures
Cavallo Ventures, the venture capital arm of Wilbur-Ellis, a global leader in crop-protection, precision agtech, marketing, distribution, seed, and nutritional products has made a seven-figure...
View ArticleGAI News Agtech Intel Question of the Month Wrap-Up – January 2019
GAI News Agtech Intel Question of the Month Wrap-Up – January 2019 Recently, INNO-3B, a tech company that develops efficient, high-tech growing systems for vertical farming operations, raised US$4.5...
View ArticleHorizon Capital Closes Third Ukraine Fund Oversubscribed at $200M
U.S.-based private equity firm Horizon Capital announced that it has closed its third Ukraine investment fund, the Emerging Europe Growth Fund III (EEGF III), at its hard cap of $200 million, exceeding...
View ArticleFoodMaven Raises $10M to Fund For-Profit, For-Impact Food Waste Platform
FoodMaven, a food waste mitigation technology platform, announced it has raised $10 million in capital through a round backed by Tao Capital and members of the Walton family, the founders of Walmart....
View ArticleGAI News AgInvesting Weekly Question of the Month Wrap-Up – January 2019
GAI News AgInvesting Weekly Question of the Month Wrap-Up – January 2019 One of the top trending ag and investing topics as we venture into 2019 is the legalization of industrial hemp production in the...
View ArticleTeachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana Creates $100M Separate Account with...
The Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) has established a $100 million separate account with Boston-based private equity firm AgIS. During a recent board meeting, the $19.7 billion pension...
View ArticleInternational Farming Corp. Acquires Three Tree Fruit Companies, Forms...
North Carolina-based ag investment firm International Farming Corporation (IFC) has acquired three Washington State tree fruit companies: Legacy Fruit Packers, Valley Fruit, and Larson Fruit. The three...
View ArticleNew Jersey State Investment Council Commits $100M to Homestead Capital
New Jersey’s $70 billion public-employee pension manager, the New Jersey State Investment Council, has agreed to commit $100 million in Homestead Capital’s third fund. Founded in 2012 by co-founders...
View ArticleMotorLeaf Strategic Partnership to See Mainstreaming of Greenhouse Automation...
Montreal-based AI agtech startup MotorLeaf is launching a strategic partnership with Greenhouse supplier Cultilene to facilitate greater access to artificial intelligence for growers facing tight...
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15 Minutes With…Tai Lin, Managing Director at Proterra Investment Partners
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media Tai Lin is a managing director at Proterra Investment Partners, the $2.4 billion private equity firm that was spun off from Cargill’s Black River Asset...
View Article15 Minutes With… Sotiris Bantas, CEO of Centaur Analytics
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media With the goal of providing safe, abundant, and affordable food, California-based startup Centaur Analytics seeks to end post-harvest crop losses, reclaiming...
View ArticleMycoTechnology Raises High-Profile $30M Series C
Colorado-based mushroom-focused food tech startup MycoTechnology announced it has closed on a Series C backed by some of the top names in food tech investment. The $30 million round was co-led by S2G...
View ArticleGAI News AgInvesting Weekly Question of the Month Wrap-Up – January 2019
by Lynda Kiernan, editor, GAI Media GAI News has been running a new feature called “Question of the Month”. Below are the expanded results of the first month’s responses, along with commentary from...
View ArticleTiverton Agriculture Partners with the Nature Conservancy on Record...
Aussie agricultural investment company Tiverton Agriculture has partnered with the Nature Conservancy to acquire two cattle stations along the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales through a record...
View ArticleChicago Startup Raises $33M to Bring Protein from the Volcano to Your Plate
Food tech startup Sustainable Bioproducts has closed a $33 million Series A from a selection of some of the top venture capital funds, and two of the largest food and agribusiness companies in the...
View ArticleEquilibrium Expands Controlled Environment Foods Portfolio, Partners with...
Equilibrium Capital Group, an asset manager focused on sustainable and impact-driven agricultural investments, announced a partnership via equity investment in Houweling’s Group, an advanced greenhouse...
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