Manna Tree Anchors $12.7 Series C For Plant-Based Ingredient Maker Nutriati
By Lynda Kiernan Vail, Colorado-based asset manager Manna Tree Partners has anchored a $12.7 million Series C for plant-based ingredient maker and B2B specialist Nutriati. Also participating in the...
View ArticlePaine Schwartz Creates New Animal Health and Nutrition Platform With...
By Lynda Kiernan Sustainable food chain investor Paine Schwartz Partners announced the establishment of a new Animal Health & Nutrition Investment (AH&N) investment platform, anchored by an...
View ArticleCargill Investing $113M to Expand Cocoa Processing in Ivory Coast, Ghana
By Lynda Kiernan Cargill is investing a total of $113 million across its cocoa processing sites in Yopougon, Ivory Coast, and Tema, Ghana. After years of the industry trying to self-monitor against...
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Contributed Content: Japanese Agriculture’s Rising Sun…
By Misako Terui and Greg Mellinger of HighQuest Partners, LLC. Japan has long had a reputation as a country with an agricultural trade deficit, with challenges facing its declining population and...
View ArticleFood Tech Company Perfect Day Raises $140M Series C for Lab-Created Dairy...
By Lynda Kiernan Temasek has returned to once again lead an attention-grabbing $140 million Series C for food tech startup Perfect Day, a producer of animal-free, lab-created dairy proteins. Horizon...
View ArticleAMERRA Exec Thor Talseth Partners With Stafford Capital Partners to Launch...
By Lynda Kiernan Thor Talseth, head of private equity for AMERRA Capital Management, is leaving his position with the firm to launch the Neptune Aquaculture PE Fund, a vehicle with the goal of...
View ArticleEcozen Raises Series A by $6M with help from IFA Fund, Omnivore Partners
By Lynda Kiernan India’s Ecozen has increased its Series A by $6 million through a second tranche backed by Sathguru Catalyer’s Innovation in Food and Agriculture Fund (IFA Fund) and Omnivore Partners....
View ArticleDeal to Merge IFF with DuPont’s Nutrition and Biosciences Business to Create...
By Lynda Kiernan A deal struck between International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) and DuPont will merge DuPont’s Nutrition and Biosciences (N&B) business with IFF through a deal that values...
View ArticleDrone Tech Leader PrecisionHawk Raises $32M to Fund Next Phase of Growth
By Lynda Kiernan Raleigh, North Carolina-based PrecisionHawk, a leading provider of drone technology to the world’s top enterprises, announced it has raised $32 million in growth capital through a...
View ArticleFoodMaven Raises $15.3M Series B In Anticipation of Texas Expansion
by Lynda Kiernan Colorado-based food waste mitigation technology platform FoodMaven announced it has closed on a $15.3 million Series B. Investors in this round included return investor Tao Capital,...
View ArticleLargest Kiwi Impact Fund to Begin Investing After First Close on $20M
By Lynda Kiernan The largest impact fund in New Zealand, the Purpose Capital Impact Fund (PCIF), announced it has had an initial close on $20 million and is preparing to begin making investments...
View ArticleTech Platform Bushel Secures $19.5M Series B Led by Continental Grain Company
By Lynda Kiernan Bushel, an independently owned software and software technology solutions provider for grain growers, buyers, protein producers, and food companies, has secured $19.5 million through a...
View ArticleShenandoah Valley Organic Closes on $15M to Grow Organic Meat Brand
By Lynda Kiernan Shenandoah Valley Organic (SVO) announced it has closed on $15 million in funding led by NRV, and including commitments from Open Prairie, existing investor S2G Ventures, and...
View ArticleAeroFarms Announces $42M Investment to Build World’s Largest Vertical Indoor...
By Lynda Kiernan AeroFarms announced it is investing $42 million to construct its largest and most sophisticated indoor, vertical farm in Danville, in rural Pittsylvania County, Virginia. “At 150,000...
View ArticlePAI Partners-Backed Froneri Acquires Nestle U.S. Ice Cream Business for $4B
By Lynda Kiernan In 2016, PAI Partners and Nestle struck a deal to join PAI’s R&R Ice Cream with Nestlé’s European ice cream business to form Fronari, which is now one of the largest ice cream...
View ArticleAussie Plant-Based Meat Startup v2food Closes on A$35M
By Lynda Kiernan Australian vegan meat brand v2food has closed on an impressive A$35 million (US$24 million) in Series A funding led by Main Sequence Ventures and Horizon Ventures. Other participants...
View ArticleUK’s First Farmland Trust Planning $300M London Float
By Lynda Kiernan The Global Sustainable Farmland Income Trust (GSFI), the UK’s first farming-focused trust, is aiming to raise $300 million through a float on the London exchange to fund investments in...
View ArticleIsrael-Based Crescendo Ventures Raising New Tech VC Fund of up to $100M
By Lynda Kiernan Crescendo Venture Partners announced the launch of a new early-stage venture capital fund with the goal of raising up to $100 million to invest in Israeli software startups. The fund...
View ArticleIFA Fund Invests $6M in Support of Nu Gene’s Climate-Resilient Seeds
By Lynda Kiernan Indian agtech startup Nu Genes has secured a $6 million investment from Sathguru Catalyser Advisor’s Innovation in Food and Agriculture Fund (IFA). This is the third investment made...
View ArticleTrue Invests AU$49M in Healthier-For-You Alternative Food and Beverage...
By Lynda Kiernan Soulfresh, a Melbourne-based “better-for-you” alternative food and beverage company has secured an impressive investment of AU$49 million (GBP26 million, US$35 million) from European...
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