CPT Capital Leads $6M Round to Advance 3D Alternative Meat Printer
By Lynda Kiernan CPT Capital has led a $6 million Seed Round for Redefine Meat, an Israeli startup developing a revolutionary 3-D alternative meat printer. Also participating in this round were Hanaco...
View ArticleHighline Investing $20M to Build Second Mushroom Farm in Alberta
By Lynda Kiernan Highline Mushrooms announced an investment of $20 million for the construction of a second farm north of Calgary, in Alberta. The decision to move forward with the project, which will...
View ArticleTyson Makes Two Investments: One in a Plant-Based Seafood Startup, The Second...
By Lynda Kiernan Tyson Foods has made two investments – one on each side of the protein aisle. Through its corporate venture subsidiary, Tyson Ventures, the company has made an undisclosed pre-Series...
View ArticleUpdate: Finistere, OurCrowd, Tnuva, and Tempo Officially Launch Consortium...
By Lynda Kiernan In a ceremony held in Kiryat Shemona, Israel, a consortium consisting of global agrifood investor Finistere, venture investor OurCrowd, Israel’s largest food manufacturer, Tnuva, and...
View ArticleBunge Acquires Stake in Brazil’s Agrofel in Bid to Increase South American...
By Lynda Kiernan Global commodities trading giant Bunge announced it has agreed to acquire a 30 percent stake in Brazilian grain and input company Agrofel Grãos e Insumos (Agrofel), in a move to...
View ArticleEurope’s Lantmännen and Yara Partner to Launch World’s First Fossil Fuel-Free...
By Lynda Kiernan Sweden-based Lantmännen and Norway-based Yara are partnering to transform the food supply chain, with a pilot project targeting the launch of the world’s first certified fossil-free...
View ArticleADM Capital’s Cibus Fund Creates New Holding Company With 230-Hectare Berry...
By Lynda Kiernan London-based private equity and advisory firm ADM Capital announced that its Cibus Fund has acquired the majority of the assets, totaling 230 hectares, of international berry producer...
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Contributed Content: Is Indoor Farming Poised to Challenge the Status Quo?
By Adam Bergman, Wells Fargo Head of AgTech and FoodTech Investment Banking Practice Industrial agriculture is enabling farmers to successfully feed a rapidly growing global population. In the U.S.,...
View ArticlePaine Schwartz Makes First Investment Through $1.2B Food Chain Fund V in...
By Lynda Kiernan Global leader in sustainable food chain investing, Paine Schwartz Partners has made a first investment through its recently launched Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund V, backing Advanced...
View ArticleFinnFund Boosts Zambian Aquaculture with $6M Investment in Yalelo
By Lynda Kiernan FinnFund, a Finnish impact investor focused on sustainable investment opportunities in developing countries, has made its first direct investment in Zambia with a $6 million commitment...
View ArticleAngus Pastoral Company Branches Out Into Processing with A$30M Abattoir
By Lynda Kiernan Privately owned, fourth generation Angus Pastoral Company is investing nearly A$30 million (US$20.4 million) to expand into beef processing with the construction of a specialized...
View ArticleGinkgo Bioworks Achieve $4B Valuation With $290M Series E
By Lynda Kiernan Boston-based biotech giant Ginkgo Bioworks has raised a $290 million Series E, bringing the company’s total funding to $719 million, and its valuation to $4 billion. The round was...
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Contributed Content: Macros, Myths, and Methods – Agriculture as an Investment
By Michael DeSa, AGD Consulting, and Jeremy Stroud, Bonnefield Agricultural Investment Food is one of mankind’s most basic survival needs and yet, the means by which is it produced is largely...
View Article15 Minutes With… Payam Pourtaheri, COO of AgroSpheres
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall Agtech innovations are booming, and there is plenty of capital to fuel the sector, with $6.7 billion invested in the last five years, and an estimated nearly $2 billion...
View ArticleFarmWise Raises $14.5M Series A to Advance Autonomous Farming Robots
By Lynda Kiernan Early-stage venture capital firm Calibrate Ventures has led a $14.5 million Series A for FarmWise, a pioneer in the development and building of autonomous farming robots. Also...
View ArticleKite Hill Raises Another $10M to Drive Growth in Plant-Based Foods Category
By Lynda Kiernan Plant-based food brand Kite Hill has raised another $10 million from a single investor as part of a $15 million equity offering. The remaining $5 million remains to be sold, according...
View ArticleAgtech, Food, and Wine Incubator Launches in Adelaide
By Lynda Kiernan ThincLab Waite, an incubator dedicated to startups active in the agtech, food, and wine sectors, has been launched at the University of Adelaide’s Waite campus. This incubator, which...
View ArticlePacific Current Group Acquires Minority Stake in Proterra Investment Partners
By Lynda Kiernan Multi-boutique asset management firm Pacific Current Group (PAC) has acquired a minority stake in natural resource-focused private equity firm Proterra Investment Partners. Proterra...
View ArticleTrendline’s Portfolio Company FruitSpec Raises $4M to Improve Fruit Yield...
By Lynda Kiernan FruitSpec, a portfolio company of The Trendlines Group in Israel, announced it has secured $4 million in funding from South African agtech investor AgVentures, and Hubei Forbon...
View ArticleWWF Australia, BCG Partner to Launch Food Blockchain Platform with US$4M in...
By Lynda Kiernan Australia-based digital blockchain platform OpenSC has raised US$4 million in Seed funding to track the supply chains of foods that are known to be most susceptible to social injustice...
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