M&A: FarmQA Acquires Farm Dog From Canadian Soil Play to Drive Agtech Adoption
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With a new CEO pursuing growth, Fargo, North Dakota-based FarmQA has made a strategic acquisition. FarmQA, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription company for agronomists, has acquired 100 percent of Farm Dog (aka FD Agro Technologies), a competing ag data platform, from North American soil-te
Read moreUS Impact Investor Acumen Catalyzes $1.5B in Climate Finance for Smallholder Farmers
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media U.S. non-profit impact investor Acumen has earmarked $300 million for climate finance over the next half decade to support ag founders, entrepreneurs and social enterprises throughout Africa, India, Latin America and Pakistan. This commitment distinguishes the organization as one of the biggest ag
Read moreGerman Agtech Startup Klim Secures $22M in Series A Round to Advance Regenerative Farming
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Berlin-based agri-tech startup Klim has secured $22 million in what the company has declared Germany's biggest Series A financing for startups in this sector. Klim, a platform to help farmers transition to regenerative ag practices at scale, plans to direct the proceeds toward expanding beyond Ger
Read morePymwymic’s Food Impact Sequel Fund Surpasses Target With €71.5M in Investor Commitments
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Dutch cooperative Pymwymic, one of Europe's oldest impact investors, is advancing its mission to transform the food system by backing 'daredevil' founders, as noted by Managing Partner Rogier Pieterse. Pymwymic’s Healthy Food Systems Impact Fund II has reached a successful close with €71.5 mil
Read moreLondon’s Aviva Investors Introduces Carbon Removal Fund Amid Nature Tech Strategy
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With the UN Climate Change Conference, aka COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan days away, investors have their sights set on climate plans. Right on cue, U.K. asset manager Aviva Investors has introduced its Carbon Removal Fund (CRF), the strategy for which involves natural capital and nature technology. A
Read moreNordic Startup FarmDroid Secures €10.5 Million for Solar-Powered Ag Robots
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Vejen, Denmark-based FarmDroid, which is behind autonomous, solar-powered agricultural robots, has secured €10.5 million (US$11.4 million) in its latest fundraising round. Led by Convent Capital, the round also extended to EIFO and Navus Ventures. FarmDroid's robot has mastered skills like sowin
Read moreAMERRA Capital Management Exits Brazilian Sugarcane Mill in Smooth Stroke of M&A
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media AMERRA Capital Management has announced the sale of one of its portfolio assets. The U.S.-based asset manager, which specializes in sustainable agribusiness and renewable bio-energy, has sold Brazilian sugar mill Salto Botelho Agroenergia (SBA) to Zilor Energy and Food. Located in the prime sugarc
Read moreMitsubishi Corp Backs Finnish Aquaculture Tech Company Amid Wider Funding Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Corp is betting on the ocean economy. Through its investment arm, Mitsubishi is backing Finnish aquaculture technology company Finnforel to catapult the expansion of land-based fish farming projects. Mitsubishi's investment is part of a wider €240 million (US$260.5 million
Read moreAI-Powered Carbon Robotics Secures $70 Million in High-Profile Series D Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Making a statement in the robotics and AI revolution, Seattle, Washington-based Carbon Robotics has attracted a whopping $70 million in a Series D investment round. The fast-growing company will direct the proceeds toward growing its capital-intensive LaserWeeder business, developing software and
Read moreHatch Blue Raises €93M to Advance Sustainable Aquaculture Technology
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In its second close and surpassing its target size achieved in March, the Blue Revolution Fund (BRF), a collaboration between Ireland-based VC firm Hatch Blue and non-profit The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has attracted €93 million (US$100.2 million) in commitments to back sustainable aquaculture
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