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15 Minutes With… Matt Armstrong, Senior Consultant, Sustainability, K·Coe Isom
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall Matt Armstrong serves as K·Coe Isom’s leader for sustainability assurance out of their Kansas City, Kansas, area office. K·Coe Isom, a top 100 accounting firm, is a...
View ArticlePure Harvest Secures $100M Commitment From Wafra – The Largest Agtech...
photo credit: Pure Harvest By Lynda Kiernan UAE-based Pure Harvest Smart Farms (Pure Harvest) announced that it has secured a multi-stage capital commitment valued in excess of $100 million from Wafra...
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Consultant’s Corner: Opportunities in the New Era of Fragility
CONSULTANT’S CORNER: Please enjoy this posting of Consultant’s Corner — where the industry experts from HighQuest Partners provide insight on the latest activities in the ag investing and agtech space....
View ArticleAdditional Commitments of C$35M Bring District Ventures Capital to C$100M
By Lynda Kiernan District Ventures Capital, a leading Canadian venture investor in the CPG space, announced it has reached its funding goal of C$100 million (US$71.64 million). Additional capital...
View ArticleContributed Content: Fighting for Food Sovereignty in Puerto Rico
A case study in how one vertical farming startup is helping to ensure food security for this U.S. territory By Thea Beckman, Fusion Farms When Kendell Lang and Lisa Jander, founders of Fusion Farms,...
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Exclusive: Agtech 2019: Year in Review and Five-Year Investment Trend
We first published a story by Ocean Park, a leading boutique investment bank focused on the renewable fuels, energy, food, agtech, and agribusiness sectors, in GAI News Agtech Intel in June 2019:...
View ArticleTrendlines Portfolio Company AgroScout Announces $3M Close
By Lynda Kiernan AgroScout, an Israel-based portfolio company of the Trendlines Group announced the successful close on $3 million in funding to support its AI-driven crop protein solutions platform....
View ArticleAlterra to Develop 300-Hectare Avocado Project in Western Australia
By Lynda Kiernan Alterra Limited, an agricultural investor, developer, and manager focused on “land use change”, announced the launch of its first large-scale avocado project, based in Pemberton, in...
View ArticleAAM’s Diversified Agriculture Fund Acquires Terrick Terrick Station as...
By Lynda Kiernan AAM Investment Group has confirmed that it has completed an off-market deal to acquire Terrick Terrick, a 55,000-hectare (138,000 acre) property from long-time owners Russel Pearson...
View ArticleIndian E-Commerce Agribusiness DeHaat Closes $12M Series A
By Lynda Kiernan Green Revolution, the Patna and Gurugram, India-based owner of online agribusiness platform DeHaat, has closed on a $12 million Series A led by Sequoia Capital India. The Dutch...
View ArticleCoefficient Capital Raises $170M for CPG Brands with Potential for...
By Lynda Kiernan New York-based Coefficient Capital initially set a funding target for its first fund at $150 million. However, that benchmark was surpassed with the fund announcing it has closed on...
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Calling All Agtech Entrepreneurs: Soy Innovation Challenge Announced by USB...
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall With the goal of making price setters rather than price takers out of U.S. soybean farmers, the United Soybean Board (USB) has partnered with the Yield Lab Institute...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi Invests $100M in Four Agtech Companies to Bring Next Gen Ag to the...
By Lynda Kiernan The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) announced it has invested $100 million in four agtech companies – AeroFarms, Madar Farms, RNZ, and Responsive Drip Irrigation (RDI) – to bring...
View ArticleCIBO Launches Farmland and Regenerative Ag Data Intelligence Platform
By Lynda Kiernan CIBO has launched a land intelligence platform that gives farmers access to science-based, objective data about nationwide U.S. farmland at the parcel level, which will modernize how...
View ArticleInvestcorp Announces First Close at $275M For Asia Food Investment Platform
By Lynda Kiernan Bahrain-based alternative investment manager Investcorp announced a first close at $275 million for its Asia food brands investment platform. Launched in November 2019, the platform...
View ArticleCrop Enhancement Raises $8M Series B for CropCoat Technology
By Lynda Kiernan Crop Enhancement, an innovative developer of sustainable, bio-compatible agrochemical products that protect crops and boost yields, has raised $8 million through a Series B led by...
View ArticleIngredion Acquires Pioneering Stevia Company PureCircle
By Lynda Kiernan Leading global plant-based ingredients provider Ingredion announced that it has agreed to acquire a 75 percent controlling stake in pioneering stevia company PureCircle for an...
View ArticleFirst Close Announced for Allianz Impact Investment Fund
By Lynda Kiernan Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) announced a first close for its Allianz Impact Investment Fund (AIIF) having successfully onboarded its first institutional investors from Germany,...
View ArticleCoverCress Secures $5M in Follow-On Funding For Development of New Oilseed Crop
By Lynda Kiernan St. Louis-based CoverCress Inc. (formerly known as Arvegenix) announced it has closed on $5 million in follow-on capital in support of the continued development and planned...
View ArticleRZC Investments Leads $5M Round for Online Farmland Investment Platform...
By Lynda Kiernan Online farmland brokerage AcreTrader announced it has closed on an oversubscribed $5 million Seed round led by RZC Investments. Also participating were Revel Partners, Carter Malloy,...
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