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 global population on track to […]
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-product avoiding methane emissions that result from food breaking down in […]
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 novel solution for sustainable forest management. “We are thrilled that […]
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 operating capital from HSBC Indonesia […]
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 systems are efficient at producing high volumes […]
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 especially for those producing high-value crops. However, IntelliCulture noted that […]
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 gas […]
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 up to 90 percent […]
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 company’s founders earned their Ph.D.’s and […]
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-on investments from Nordic Foodtech VC, Voima Ventures, and […]
