Inverness Graham Green Light Fund Targets My Yield for Third Investment
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Inverness Graham Green Light Fund has made its third investment, executing a major recapitalization for My Yield, a direct provider of specialty and integrated seed treatment formulas, application systems, and agronomic support to growers. Active as a lower middle market buyout stra
Read moreDownforce Technologies Raises $4.2M to Revolutionize Soil Organic Carbon Measurement
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The UN postulates that global climate, biodiversity, and land degradation goals will remain unmet unless investments in nature-based solutions more than double by 2025, to $384 billion per year. Doing their part, Equator VC has led a $4.2 million funding round for Downforce Technolo
Read moreIFC Backs Sustainable Insect Protein Startup ProNuvo to Boost Circular Economy in Lat Am and the Caribbean
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As a means to spark the circular economy in Latin America and the Caribbean, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has made an initial investment of $2 million in Costa Rica-based ProNuvo, a startup focused on the sustainable production of insect-based animal feed. With the gl
Read moreAgriFutures growAG Hits A$150M, Launches in New Zealand
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched three years ago, AgriFutures growAG is an initiative of the Australian government through the AgriFutures Research and Development Corporation. Over the course of its existence, it has connected the global agrifood network of researchers, investors, universities, government ag
Read moreFood Cycle Science Secures Funding to Stop Methane Food Emissions Before They Begin
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Canada’s Food Cycle Science Corporation (FCS) has received institutional funding from Power Sustainable Lios (PSL), the sustainable agrifood investment group of Power Sustainable, for its award-winning electric food waste recycler that transforms food scraps into a dry, odor-free by-produc
Read moreSweden’s Nordluft Gains Backing for its Sustainable Forestry Drone Technology
Photo credit: EIT InnoEnergy By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Swedish startup Nordluft is securing new capital from Södra Ädla, Sweden’s largest forest-owners association and international first industry group, and EIT InnoEnergy, which has supported Nordluft since 2018, for its innovative drone technology offering a
Read moreeFishery Secures $30M Loan from HSBC Indonesia
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Indonesian aquaculture tech startup eFishery broke records in 2022 when it successfully closed on a $90 million Series C to become the world’s largest aquaculture tech startup in the world. Continuing the momentum, the company has now announced it has secured $30 million in operat
Read moreHerdDogg Closes on $6M Series A4 for its “Fitbit for Cows”
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nebraska-based agtech startup HerdDogg has officially closed on its $6 million Series A4 fundraising round led by Serra Ventures and Wonder Fund North Dakota. Lever VC Fund II and other unspecified investors also contributed to the round. HerdDogg explained that intensive cattle sys
Read moreIntelliCulture Targets Strategic Growth with $3.5M in Funding
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media IntelliCulture, an equipment management software platform for specialty and high-value crops, has secured $3.5 million in new funding led by Serra Ventures and including Emmertech and Tall Grass Ventures. Regulatory and environmental pressures continue to mount for growers, but espe
Read moreFrontier Agriculture Backs CCm Technologies’ Carbon Negative Fertilizer
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Crops utilize only about half of the synthetic nitrogen applied to fields, and a portion is emitted as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide and other nitrogen gasses. This has resulted in nitrogen becoming the top source of crop-related greenhouse
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