By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media FMC Corporation announced the launch of its new capital venture arm FMC Ventures to target strategic investments in innovative startups and early-stage companies developing and applying emerging agricultural technologies. FMC Corporation is an ag sciences company providing cutting-edge solutions to the world’s farmers via its diverse portfolio of crop […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Australian early stage agtech investor Tenacious Ventures has made its first investment by co-leading an $8 million Series A for Goterra, a waste management startup that uses maggots in robot-automated systems to convert food waste into fertilizer and animal feed. Grok Ventures, the investment fund of Atlassian billionaire Mike […]
By Lynda Kiernan The IMPACT Carolina Fund, a Qualified Opportunity fund managed by Carolina Opportunity Funds created to provide early and Seed stage financing to Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses in North and South Carolina, has made its first investment in BioEconomy Solutions – a technology leader in sustainable agriculture crops for biofuels, animal feed, and […]
By Lynda Kiernan The Trendlines Agrifood Fund has made its first investment, committing $1.6 million of a $10 million Series B raised by seed breeder Equinom. The round was led by BASF Venture Capital, and also included existing investors Israeli private equity fund Fortissimo Capital, and Roquette, a leader in the global plant-based ingredients sector. […]
By Lynda Kiernan BASF Ventures has made its first investment in Brazil, and is one of the primary investors in Brazilian agtech-focused fund AgVentures II, committing $4 million to the fund’s first close. BASF joins other strategic investors in the fund that include multinational companies, financial investors, international development finance institutions, and domestic family offices. […]
By Lynda Kiernan Australia’s federal Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is partnering with Grok Ventures, the investment fund of Atlassian software company founder Mike Cannon-Brookes and his wife Annie, to back Tenacious Ventures, a newly launched $30 million venture capital agri-food tech fund. The cornerstone investment will consist of an $8 million investment from each […]
By Lynda Kiernan Thai Union, the world’s largest producer of shelf-stable tuna products, has launched a $30 million food tech venture fund, and has made its first investment in Flying SpArk, an Israeli insect-based alternative protein startup. Dedicated to making investments in innovative companies that are developing cutting-edge food technologies, the fund will focus on […]
By Lynda Kiernan Global leader in sustainable food chain investing, Paine Schwartz Partners has made a first investment through its recently launched Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund V, backing Advanced Agrilytics, an agronomics service business with cutting-edge precision analytics capabilities. The undisclosed investment will be used by the company to strengthen its leadership team, and […]
by Lynda Kiernan China’s state-owned COFCO has announced a partnership with Chinese food tech venture capital fund Bits x Bites, reflecting COFCO’s first such agreement with a startup investor. “COFCO Nutrition and Health Research Institute (NHRI) is the leading corporate research and innovation entity advancing food sciences in China,” said Matilda Ho,founder and managing director, […]
The British development finance company CDC Group has invested $15 million in Omnivore Partners India Fund 2, which announced a close at $97 million last month. Founded in 1948, as the Colonial Development Corporation by the Overseas Resources Development Act, CDC Group is the world’s first development finance institution. For 70 years the group has […]
