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Contributed Content: Agriculture in a Changing Climate and Society
This is the first in an eight-part series to be published by GAI News, examining the eight existing trends that are set to alter the structure of our global food system. Join us each month for a new...
View ArticleHemp: An Investment Door has Opened
This article will be featured along with other articles addressing investment opportunities in agriculture and surrounding themes in the GAI Gazette, Volume 6, Issue 1, which will be distributed in...
View ArticleStarbuck’s is Anchoring New Food and Tech Fund Valor Siren Ventures with...
Starbucks announced it is making a $100 million investment in Valor Siren Ventures Fund (VSV), a newly launched venture fund that will back the next generation of food and retail technology startups....
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Regenerative Agriculture: Investing in a Brave New World
This article will be featured along with other articles addressing investment opportunities in agriculture and surrounding themes in Volume 6, Issue 1 of the GAI Gazette, which will be distributed in...
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GAI News AgInvesting Weekly Question of the Month Wrap-Up – March 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 GAI...
View ArticleFollowing $50M U.S. Expansion, Brazil’s Solinftec Partners with AGCO on...
AGCO Corporation, one of the world’s top manufacturers and distributors of agricultural solutions, equipment, and related services, announced a commercial and technological partnership with Brazil’s...
View ArticleTrendlines Portfolio Company BioFishency Raises $2.4M for Aquaculture Water...
The Trendlines Group announced that its portfolio company BioFishency has raised $2.4 million through a round in which the primary investors are a private investor from China, Dutch global investment...
View ArticleGotham Green Invests $250M in MedMen
In a deal that represents the largest investment made by a single investor in a publicly-traded cannabis company, MedMen has announced a $250 million investment from global cannabis investor, Gotham...
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GAI News Agtech Intel Question of the Month Wrap-Up – March 2019
by Lynda Kiernan, editor, GAI Media Agtech Intel has been running a new feature called “Question of the Month”. Below are the expanded results of this past month’s responses, along with commentary from...
View ArticleChina’s Yili Agrees to Buy NZ’s Westland Milk for US$404M
Hongkong Jingang Trade Holding Co., Limited (“Jingang”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group (Yili), the largest dairy company in Asia (with a 22 percent market share),...
View ArticleBenson Hill Acquires Schillinger Genetics to Improve Nutrition,...
Benson Hill Biosystems announced it has acquired Iowa-based Schillinger Genetics, also known as eMerge Genetics, for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in St. Louis, Benson Hill is the developer of a...
View ArticleFounder of Blue Apron Launches Next Gen Food Company Rooted in Regenerative...
Matthew Wakiak, founder and former COO of Blue Apron, has launched Cooks Venture, a next generation food company rooted in regenerative agriculture and transparency. In connection with its public...
View ArticleTerViva Raises $20M Series D to Develop and Commercialize Pongamia
TerViva, a firm developing and commercializing high-protein, high-volume pongamia trees, has raised $20 million through a Series D led by agricultural family office, Evans Properties, the Jeremy and...
View ArticleECB Group Announces $800 Million Renewable Fuel Project in Paraguay
ECB Group, the holding company of Brazilian biofuel entrepreneur Erasmo Carlos Battistella, will be embarking upon an $800 million project to build an industrial facility to produce renewable diesel...
View ArticleAqua-Spark Invests in Norwegian, Tech-Driven Finfish and Shrimp Feed Producer...
Aqua-Spark, a Dutch, global investment fund that backs companies along the aquaculture value chain for a healthier, more sustainable, and accessible aquaculture industry, has made an investment in...
View ArticleAugean Robotics Raises $1.5M to Advance Collaborative Ag Robotic Platform
Augean Robotics has raised $1.5 million through a Seed round led by ffVC, and including S2G Ventures, Radicle Growth, and other unnamed participants. As part of the investment, Adam Plotkin from ffVC,...
View ArticleEquilibrium Closes Controlled Environment Foods Fund I at $336M, Fully Deployed
Equilibrium Capital Group, an asset manager focused on sustainable and impact-driven agricultural investments, has closed its Controlled Environment Foods Fund I at $336 million. As a vehicle focused...
View ArticleRIO Investment Partners Launches New Ag and Food Tech Fund with Initial Close...
RIO Investment Partners has announced the launch of a new venture capital fund dedicated to investments across the North American ag and food tech sectors. Concurrently, the fund also announced its...
View ArticleKellogg’s Sells Keebler Brand and Related Assets to Ferraro in $1.3B Deal
Kellogg’s announced it has reached an agreement to sell its Keebler and Famous Amos brands, along with other related cookies and fruit snack brands, to Ferrero in an all-cash $1.3 billion deal. The...
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15 Minutes With… Adrian Percy, CTO of Finistere Ventures
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media Finistere Ventures, one of the pioneering venture capital firms in the agtech space, just welcomed Adrian Percy as its chief technology officer. With an...
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