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15 Minutes With… Andrey Zarur of GreenLight Biosciences
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Boston-based GreenLight Biosciences, Inc., develops RNA-based solutions for agriculture and pharmaceutical applications with its unique...
View ArticleInsight Partners Leads $72M Series C for Imperfect Foods
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Insight Partners has led a $72 million Series C for Imperfect Foods to support the company in improving the food supply chain and reducing food waste. The...
View ArticleDanone NA Partners With AI Biosciences Company Brightseed to Unlock Unknown...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Plant-based food leader Danone North America announced its partnership with AI-driven biosciences company Brightseed with the goal of unlocking so-far unknown...
View ArticleAg Investment Platform Harvest Returns Reaches $5M in Ag Investments
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Headquartered in Ft. Worth, Texas, Harvest Returns was founded in 2016 by two military veterans to democratize the ag investment process by connecting ag...
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15 Minutes With… Meryl Kennedy, CEO of Kennedy Rice Mill & Founder of...
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Rice, it’s what for dinner. Along with wheat and corn, these world leading food crops supply more than 42 percent of all calories consumed by...
View ArticleMycoTechnology Secures $39M Series D for Fermentation-Driven Functional...
By Lynda Kiernan Colorado-based mushroom-focused organic food tech startup MycoTechnology has raised $39 million through a “pandemic era” Series D that brings the company’s total funding to date to...
View ArticleMindset Ventures Announces New Partner, $35M First Close on $50M Fund III
By Lynda Kiernan International early stage venture capital firm Mindset Ventures announced a first close at $35 million for its $50 million Fund III. Concurrently, the firm announced that Jules Miller,...
View ArticleBeston Global Sells South Australia Dairy Farm Aggregation for A$40.4M
By Lynda Kiernan Beston Global Food Company has sold its four dairy farms in South Australia to PSP Investment and Warakirri Asset Management-backed Aurora Dairies in a A$40.4 million (US$27.8 million)...
View ArticleAgroFresh Receives $150M Commitment from Paine Schwartz Through Stock Sale
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media AgroFresh, a company dedicated to science-based and data-driven solutions to extend the freshness, and enhance the quality and shelf life of fresh produce,...
View ArticleThree Major Australian Farming Operations are Coming to Market
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Parkdale After a century of ownership, the Taylor family has put the Parkdale cotton aggregation on the market. Spanning 2,950 hectares (7,289 acres),...
View ArticleLouis Dreyfus Launches Venture Unit to Invest in Ag and Food Companies,...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Louis Dreyfus Company has officially launched LDC Innovations, a corporate venture capital unit tasked with investing in food and farming companies as part of...
View ArticleThe Potential for GreenLight Biosciences’ RNA Tech in Ag and Against COVID-19...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Boston-based GreenLight Biosciences develops sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues through RNA-driven products for agriculture...
View ArticleCibus Fund Participates in US$7.8M Series B for AI-Driven Livestock...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media London-based ADM Capital Europe announced that Cibus Fund has participated in a US$7.8 million Series B for Dutch predictive analytics and livestock...
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Contributed Content – Global Food inSecurity: Mega Trends and Post Pandemic...
by Jaleh Daie, Ph.D., chairman/founder of AgFood Tech at the Band of Angels “Nothing lasts forever. Everything is a change waiting to happen.” The ides of March, vintage 2020 was a moment in history...
View ArticleProtera Closes on $5.6M Series A to Develop AI-Driven Alternative Proteins
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Protera, a Chile-based designer and developer of new alternative proteins created with the power of AI, announced it has closed on a $5.6 million Series A led...
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Executive Profile: Minette Batters, President of NFU
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media NOTE: This story first ran in our sister publication, Women in Agribusiness (WIA) Today. Minette Batters, who is the president of the...
View ArticlePrimewest Acquires GoFARM Asset Management in A$10M Deal
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Property fund manager Primewest has agreed to acquire GoFARM Asset Management Pty Ltd – the manager of Vitalharvest Freehold Trust – in a A$10 million...
View ArticleThree EU Pension Funds Commit €12M to Stafford Capital Partners’ SAAF II...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Three EU-based pension funds have committed €12 million (US$13.5 million) to London-based Stafford Capital Partners’ Stafford Australian Agricultural Real...
View Article$45M Series B From Top Tier Investors Prompts Launch of Next-Gen Crop...
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has led a $45 million Series B for Massachusetts-based Enko Chem, a developer of novel, next-generation crop protection...
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Global Food inSecurity: Mega Trends and Post Pandemic Crosscurrents Offer Investment Opportunities in AgFood Tech: Part II. Investment Implications and Opportunities By Jaleh Daie, Ph.D.,...
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