Kraft Heinz Makes First Investment in Cannabis, Co-Leads $23M Series A for...
By Lynda Kiernan Cannabis industry digital platform startup Flowhub announced it has closed on a $23 million Series A led by Evolv Ventures, a VC tech fund backed by Kraft Heinz, e.ventures, and...
View ArticleM13 Closes Fund II Oversubscribed at $175M for Emerging Consumer Technologies
By Lynda Kiernan Not to be confused with Microsoft’s venture fund M12, self-labeled “venture engine built by and for entrepreneurs”, M13 announced it has closed its Fund II oversubscribed at $175...
View ArticleRFF Divesting Poultry Assets for A$72M, Redeploying A$22.6M Into Cattle...
By Lynda Kiernan Citing that “investment opportunities in natural resource intensive assets are more compelling”, ASX-listed Rural Funds Group (RFF) announced it has agreed to sell its portfolio of 17...
View ArticleTwiga Raises $27.3M Series B, $6M in Debt to Digitize Food Distribution in Kenya
By Lynda Kiernan Twiga, a Kenyan agtech startup that uses mobile technology to align supply and demand in Africa’s large, but fragmented fruit and vegetable market announced it has raised a $23.7...
View ArticlePipeline Foods Continues North American Expansion with Acquisition of Organic...
By Lynda Kiernan Pipeline Foods, the first U.S.-based food supply chain company focused solely on establishing sustainable global supply chains for organic and non-GMO food and feed, continues its...
View ArticlePlenty’s Expanding in Southern California with Next Vertical Farm Planned for...
*picture credit to Plenty By Lynda Kiernan After launching its San Francisco Bay area vertical farm this summer, Plenty announced that it is branching out to southern California and is building a...
View ArticleAussie Startup Growave Secures Seed Funding for Chemical-Free Microwave Tech...
By Lynda Kiernan Investors IP Group, Grain Innovate, and Artesian have committed nearly A$1 million in Seed funding to Australian agtech company Growave – a startup developing chemical-free weed...
View ArticleTemasek Trust’s ABC World Asia Impact Fund Closes on $282M
By Lynda Kiernan ABC World Asia, a geographically-focused impact investing firm launched in May of this year by Temasek Trust, the philanthropic arm of Singapore’s sovereign wealth manager Temasek,...
View ArticleRock Capital Affiliate Acquires Specialty Ingredients Company Innophos for $932M
By Lynda Kiernan Rock Capital Partners affiliate One Rock has agreed to acquire specialty ingredients producer Innophos for $32 per share, or $932 million. The deal will be financed through a...
View ArticleOmnivore, Wavemaker Partners Lead $1.6M Funding for Precision Ag Platform Fasal
By Lynda Kiernan Omnivore Partners and Wavemaker Partners have led $1.6 million in Seed funding for Indian precision ag platform Fasal. Other investors who contributed to the round include Mount Parker...
View ArticleSpain’s Miura Launches the Largest Agribusiness Fund in the EU at EUR 350M
By Lynda Kiernan Spain’s Miura Private Equity announced the launch of Frutas, the largest agribusiness fund in the EU, at EUR 350 million (US$391 million). The fund comes less than a year after...
View ArticleADAMA Acquires Peruvian Crop Protection Company AgroKlinge
By Lynda Kiernan Israeli crop protection company ADAMA has agreed to acquire AgroKlinge, a Peruvian company providing mainly large-scale industrial farmers a broad portfolio of crop protection,...
View ArticleGladstone Closes Second Phase of Coalinga Pistachio Orchard Deal for $37M
By Lynda Kiernan Gladstone Land announced it has closed on the second phase of a two-part pistachio orchard acquisition in Coalinga, California, for $37 million. This final part of the deal, which...
View ArticleIndigo Ag Launches Indigo Acres to Help Farmers Transitioning to Regenerative...
By Lynda Kiernan Indigo Ag has consolidated its innovative agronomic tools and services into Indigo Acres, a single platform designed to support farmers in the implementation of regenerative farming...
View ArticleVertical Future Raises $5M in Funding, Plans Two Vertical Farming Sites in...
By Lynda Kiernan This year the UK has been the center of more indoor and vertical farming projects that have been securing increasingly high-profile rounds earning larger capital commitments....
View ArticleLondon-Based Cervest Raises £3.7 million for Climate Tech Platform
By Lynda Kiernan London-based Earth science startup Cervest announced it has raised £3.7 million (US$4.7 million) through an oversubscribed Pre-Series A round led by tech investor Future Positive...
View ArticleEXEO’s Agri-Vie Fund I Divests HIK Abalone Farming Company to African Pioneer...
By Lynda Kiernan EXEO Capital’s Agri-Vie Fund I has exited its investment in South Africa-based HIK Abalone Farm, selling its interest to African Pioneer Group after a partnership lasting eight years....
View ArticleSponsored Content: Zoetis’ A.L.P.H.A. Initiative – Profile of a Agri Solution...
By Gabriel Varga and Tetiana Miroshnychenko According to the United Nations, the world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion people in the next 30 years to reach 9.7 billion in 2050. This...
View ArticleWA Super Commits $20M to its Geographically-Focused WA Impact Fund
By Lynda Kiernan WA Super has partnered with Impact Investment Group (IIG) to launch the WA Impact Fund, a geographically-focused impact fund dedicated to investment opportunities that will generate...
View ArticleAgriTask Secures $8.5M in Series A Funding for its Agronomic Management Platform
By Lynda Kiernan Tel Aviv-based agtech startup Agritask has raised $8.5 million in Series A capital from the InsuResiliance Investment Fund, an investment vehicle established for the German government...
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