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SVG Ventures Establishes Aussie/NZ HQ in Melbourne, Launches $50M THRIVE Australia Venture Fund

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media SVG Ventures is bringing its proprietary platform comprising its flagship THRIVE Accelerator Program, Corporate Innovation Program, development programs, and more to the state of Victoria, Australia.  The leading global agtech investor has chosen to establish a new Australian and New Zealand headquarters in Melbourne in order to fast-track the […]

Builders Private Capital Launches $300M Clean Energy Platform

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was only last week that Agtech Intel News shared that Lukas Walton, Walmart heir and key financial backer of S2G Ventures, launched Builders Vision– a new investment vehicle designed to be a platform for social change on a systemic level. As part of the launch, S2G Ventures joined […]

Big Idea Ventures Strengthening Its Presence in Europe and the U.S.

By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Early stage food tech investor and accelerator Big Idea Ventures has announced developments that will strengthen its presence in both the EU and in the U.S.  The EU In 2019 Big Idea launched its New Protein Fund – a fund with a goal to raise $50 million to make […]

ReFED Launches The COVID-19 Food Waste Solutions Fund

By Lynda Kiernan Prior to COVID-19 becoming our new reality, food waste was already a serious issue. At a time when one in seven Americans is food insecure, 52 million tons of food ends in a landfill, not counting another 10 million tons of food that is left in fields discarded or unharvested each year.  […]

gener8tor, Serra Ventures Partner to Launch Two Agtech Accelerator Programs in Illinois

By Lynda Kiernan Wisconsin-based accelerator gener8tor and venture capital firm Serra Ventures have created a new partnership to launch two new agtech accelerator programs in Champaign, Illinois.  The Seed Accelerator Rankings Project has regularly ranked gener8tor as one of the top accelerators in the U.S. With existing accelerators in Detroit, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and […]