By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ecozen, a Pune, India-based leader in climate-smart technology solutions, announced it has closed on $30 million comprising a mix of debt and equity thanks to continued support from Nuveen and other existing investors. As part of the fundraise, new debt support was also included from InCred Credit Fund and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Indoor farming company Vertical Harvest Farms announced that it has secured $59.5 million in financing for the development and operation of a 51,000-square-foot hydroponic vertical farm in Westbrook, Maine. This funding was led by Madison One, and was supported by Waterside Commercial Finance, and includes $25 million and $23.795 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media VitalFluid, a leader in the production of Plasma Activated Water (PAW) applications, announced it has raised €5 million in Seed funding from Future Food Fund, Graduate Entrepreneur, Horticoop, and Innovation Industries to accelerate its market introduction strategy. “We have been following VitalFluid for seven years and decided now is […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Israeli investment company Deep Insight, and existing investors Syngenta Group Ventures, JVP, Orbia Ventures, and Eyal Waldman, the founder and former CEO of Mellanox, have invested $20 million in Greeneye Technology (“Greeneye”) in support of the company’s mission to significantly reduce the agricultural chemicals applied globally each year – […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Listed cellular agriculture leader Agronomics announced that its portfolio company Mosa Meat has raised $40 million in new funding to scale production of its cultivated beef in preparation for market entry. This oversubscribed round was co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and M Ventures, a part of Merck Group. Joining the […]
photo credit: Nature’s Miracle By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Major vertical farming tech and infrastructure company Nature’s Miracle Holding has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Agrify Corporation, a leading provider of innovative cultivation and cannabis extraction solutions, to create the leader of CEA products and solutions providers. Under the terms of the agreement, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Custom Agronomics (“Custom Ag”), the second of three active portfolio companies of Inverness Graham Green Light, the environmental sustainability-focused, lower-middle market buyout strategy of Inverness Graham, announced it has acquired BioTek Ag, a Florida-based provider of solutions that improve and protect crops yields from corn, soybean, and cotton fields […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ginkgo Bioworks announced its acquisition of AgBiome’s platform assets including more than 115,000 sequenced and isolated strains, more than 500 million unique gene sequences, associated functional data and metadata, and AgBiome’s development pipeline. These newly held assets will be integrated into Ginkgo Ag Biologicals Services – a platform established […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Methane-to-value solutions startup Windfall Bio has raised $28 million in Series A funding led by Prelude Ventures with participation from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Global Brain (through its Norinchukin Innovation Fund L.P.), Incite Ventures, Positive Ventures, and existing investor B37 Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Mayfield, and UNTITLED – a […]
Photo credit: TerraClear By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Robotic tech startup TerraClear announced it has raised $15 million in new funding from its existing investors to better position the company to dominate the $2.7 billion rock management market. As long as there’s been agriculture, there’s been a rock problem. I live in New England, […]
