By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On November 15, 2021, the world population surpassed 8 billion on its way to breaching 10 billion by 2050. Connected with the expectation is the need to produce more food than has been produced in the past 10,000 years combined (staggering!). To accomplish this, it would require a 70 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global agricultural machinery and precision ag company AGCO Corporation is forming a joint venture with technology and data analytics company Trimble, giving AGCO an 85 percent stake in Trimble’s portfolio of ag assets and technologies for $2 billion in cash and the contribution of JCA Technologies. Trimble Ag offers […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media I have to admit, I’ve never really given much thought to stone fruit pits. But that’s okay! Because Austria-based Kern Tec has been doing the thinking for us. In Europe alone, 500,000 metric tons of these pits end up in landfills each year. Kern Tec is stepping up to […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Finistere Ventures and Toyota Ventures have co-led a $2.1 million Seed round for Scentian Bio, a biosensor platform developer combining insect olfactory receptors with nanotechnology and AI to deliver ultra-sensitive taste and smell solutions for the food and health industries. Icehouse Ventures, Our Crowd, and other unnamed investors also […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biobest, a global leader in pollination and integrated biological pest and disease solutions, has raised €120 million ($126.8 million) through a round backed by Tikehau Capital – which indicated that this investment was the first made through its private equity regenerative agriculture strategy – along with participation from M&G, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2013 within Flagship’s in-house incubator VentureLabs, Indigo Ag is a leader in sustainable agriculture that leverages science and technology to transform sustainability into value through its integrated business platform that allows each user to adopt and profit from their sustainability initiatives. In support of its work to […]
Photo credit: RipeLocker By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Imagine what the impacts would be if we had the ability to keep organic blueberries in perfect condition for eight weeks after harvest, or being able to keep hops fresh for an additional six weeks until they are used. This is the exact achievement that RipeLocker […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Microalgae are single-celled organisms that can live in either fresh or saltwater converting sunlight water, and CO2 into biomass. Currently there are about 300,000 known strains of algae, however, there are potentially as many as 5 million. Animal agriculture has been associated with a range of environmental, ethical, and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2012, Freight Farms realized that urban agriculture required a modular and scalable solution. Within two years, with the mission to democratize and decentralize the production of fresh produce, the startup developed its first vertical hydroponic farm inside an intermodal shipping container called the Leafy Green Machine. And […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biotech company ViAqua Therapeutics announced it has closed on $8.25 million in funding led by S2G Ventures, with participation from Rabo Ventures, The Trendlines Group, Agriline Limited, Nutreco, I-Lab Angels, and Circle Investments. A major hurdle holding back the shift toward a sustainable aquaculture industry is the prevention and […]
