By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Multi-faceted venture capital firm AVAC has launched Carrot Ventures Fund I – a fund taking a novel approach in how it plans to drive agtech commercialization. Created with financial backing from AVAC and Farm Credit Canada (FCC), the mission of Carrot Ventures is to address the systemic challenges being […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Malta-based agtech VC fund PeakBridge and EIT Food, the largest Agrifood Innovation Ecosystem in the world backed by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), have partnered to launch PeakBridge FoodSparks, a new EUR 30 million (US$35.7 million) Seed and early stage fund to back European agrifood tech […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Finistere Ventures has partnered with New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (NZGCP) for the launch of the $40 million NZD Finistere Aotearoa Fund – a new investment vehicle that will leverage Finistere’s experience investing in venture capital-ready opportunities in agriculture, food, and sustainability, to deploy capital to commercialize New Zealand’s […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media With offices in New Hampshire in the U.S. and in Saudi Arabia, Waterfund is a global water investment and trading firm that invests in, operates, and manages water treatment solutions and technologies. Together with Israeli global venture investor OurCrowd, the pair have announced a partnership to build a dedicated […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Mumbai-based early stage impact investor Ankur Capital announced a close on an intermediate round of funding for their Fund II at 330 crore (US$49.6 million). Ankur announced a first close on Fund II in January 2020 at 240 crore (US$36 million). As a pioneer in India’s agtech investment space, […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Fondo Italiano d’Investimento (Fondo Italiano) is preparing to launch a new “Agritech & Food” thematic fund with a funding target in place of EUR 700 million. Launched in 2010 through the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance with the goal of promoting growth in the country’s economy through closed-ended […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Philadelphia, TPP Capital Holdings is a Black-led social impact private equity fund manager, real estate developer, and urban healthcare investor dedicated to improving the health and welfare of residents in Black and Brown neighborhoods through improving access to healthy food. As part of this mission, and to […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media MIT alumnae Noramay Cadena and Shayna Harris have launched Supply Change Capital – a new venture firm dedicated to expanding opportunities for diverse entrepreneurs in food and foodtech through investment. By 2045 more than half of Americans will be diverse, according to The Brookings Institute, however, less than 2.6 […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media FootPrint Coalition Ventures, which in Robert Downey Jr.’s own words is “a group of investors, technologists, and storytellers committed to scaling enviro-tech solutions”, is opening up to outside investment with the launch of a rolling fund in partnership with AngelList. As climate risk intensifies, investors are increasingly reassessing the […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Intrinsic Capital Partners announced it has closed Intrinsic Health Partners LP (the Fund) – its growth equity fund focused on technologies and life sciences advances that are applied to the legal cannabis and hemp industries – at $102 million. Founded in Pennsylvania by principals Gerald Stahlecker, Cornelius Merlini, and […]
