Hatch, the first aquaculture-focused accelerator in the world, is moving to Cork, Ireland, for its second cohort beginning in September. Launched in January of this year by CEO Carsten Krome of Alimentos Ventures in Bergen, Norway, Hatch partnered with NCE Seafood Innovation Cluster and Bergen Teknologioverføring (BTO) to offer innovative early stage aquaculture startups […]
New venture capital firm Five Seasons Ventures today announced the first closing of its fund with commitments in excess of €60 million (US$74 million) to invest in both foodtech and agtech, with a focus on Italy and France. Initial investors in the fund include InnovFin Equity, Nestlé, Fondo Italiano d’Investimento, and Bpifrance, along with the financial backing of […]
Global ingredient solutions business, Ingredion, announced it has launched Ingredion for Emerging Business, a U.S.-based incubator platform designed to drive growth for emerging food and beverage startups. Headquartered in Illinois, Ingredion uses grains, fruits, vegetables, and other plant feedstocks to make value-added ingredients, sweeteners, starches, nutritional ingredients, and biomaterials for the food, beverage, paper, and […]
India-based agtech firm Omnivore Partners is expecting to see a close of half of its $90 million fund in November, and to see a final close by January of next year. Co-founded by Mark Kahn and Jinesh Shah in 2010, Omnivore Partners now has offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bengaluru and focuses on venture […]
Capagro Innovation, the first French fund dedicated to investing in agriculture, food, agronomy, and nutrition, announced a second and final close for its Capagro Innovation Fund. The fund raised another €66 million (US$77.8 million) – doubling the fund’s corpus to €124m (US$147m) and surpassing its original funding goal of €120 million (US$141 million). This funding […]
Pontifax AgTech Management announced the successful close of its first fund – Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund – at $105 million. Founded in Santa Monica, California, in 2014, Pontifax is a leading growth capital investor that works with its extensive network of growers, tech experts, and strategic corporate partners to make targeted investments […]
Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Creative Ventures announced the launch of its second fund – a $50 million vehicle dedicated to investing in deep tech startups that address global issues including population dynamics, climate change, and labor issues through investments in healthcare, agriculture tech, and industrial tech ventures. The fund will focus its investment strategy […]
SparkLabs Group, one of the top accelerator groups in Asia, announced it is partnering with the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries to launch SparkLabs Cultiv8, a $10 million agtech accelerator to be headquartered in Orange, Australia. The accelerator will be going live in March 2018. The eight-month program will operate out of the […]
London-based private equity and advisory firm ADM Capital announced the first $100 million close for global agribusiness investment vehicle, The Cibus Fund. Led by ADM Capital co-founder, Robert Appleby and Jason Silm, former head of Agribusiness Investment at VTB capital and director at Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management, the fund aims to capitalize upon the significant […]
Pre-seed and early stage venture capital firm Innova Memphis announced the close of its newest fund, Innova Ag Innovation Fund IV, at $31 million. The fund, which has been certified and licensed as a Rural Business Investment Company (RBIC) under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Rural Business Investment Program (RBIP), will work with a […]
