Ecosystem Integrity Fund Leads $16M Series A for iyris
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was just in March of this year that RedSea - a company advancing commercial farming for low-to-mid-tech farmers in arid climates through its proprietary technologies that increase crop yields, reduce input costs and risk, extend growing seasons, and reduce water and energy consumption by
Read moreAllozymes Gains $15M Series A to Develop Most Comprehensive Enzyme Data Library
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biotech company Allozymes has closed on a $15 million Series A co-led by Seventure Partners and Xora Innovation. New investors who joined the round include Thia Ventures, and NUS Technology Holdings, the investment arm of the National University of Singapore, from where the companyâ
Read moreEnifer Closes on €36M for its Proprietary Mycoprotein PEKILO
Image credit: Enifer By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Finland-based mycoprotein company Enifer announced the completion of a €36 million (US$38.9 million) funding package comprising:~ €15 million (US$16.2 million) in Series B funding led by the Finnish private equity fund Taaleri Bioindustry Fund I and follow-o
Read moreAs Climate Change Accelerates, Elicit Plant Plans 2025 U.S. Market Entry
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media French ag-biotech leader Elicit Plant announced it is successfully expanding internationally, and is currently laying the groundwork for its entrance into the U.S. market in 2025. Climate is rapidly becoming a global emergency. Rising temperatures and volatility in the form of severe drou
Read moreNEC X Invests in Verdi to Advance Farm Automation Platform
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvestment Media Silicon Valley innovation accelerator NEC X announced its latest investment in Verdi Expeditions, the world’s first scalable farm automation and personalized plant healthcare platform.Through this investment, NEC X joins an impressive list of Verdi’s existing investors including SVG Ven
Read moreBeeHero Reveals Groundbreaking Insights After 2022-2024 Almond Pollination Seasons
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media BeeHero’s mission as explained by company CEO Omer Davidi is “…to deliver pollination accountability for commercial crop growers, by leveraging big data analytics and machine learning to help them mitigate pollination risk. Thus allowing them to focus on producing more food, securely,
Read moreAGCO Invests in Innova Ag Innovation Fund VI
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media AGCO, a leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology, announced an investment in the Innova Ag Innovation Fund VI as the first investment executed by AGCO Ventures - its recently launched corporate venture capital initiative. AGCO e
Read moreAgriWebb Secures AUD$11M for Beef Cattle Management Software
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media AgriWebb, an agtech software platform for the livestock industry that provides farmers the ability to track animal location and manage forage rations, grazing, and animal wellbeing, announced it has secured AUD$11 million (US$7.3 million) in funding from existing investors Germin8 Ventures,
Read moreArkeaBio Raises $26.5M Series A to Advance Methane Vaccine
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ArkeaBio, a bio-agtech startup working to develop a safe, user-friendly, and cost-effective vaccine to reduce ruminant methane emissions, announced it has successfully closed on $26.5 million in Series A funding led by founding investor Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV). The round
Read morePeakBridge has $187M Close for PeakBridge Growth Fund II
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media PeakBridge announced that PeakBridge Growth Fund II has exceeded expectations, closing at $187 million and bringing total AUM for the firm to more than $250 million. Active in food tech investing since 2000, PeakBridge is a pioneering global impact fund manager in the agrifood tech
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