By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Vivici B.V. has successfully closed on Seed funding provided by Fonterra and dsm-firmenich Venturing as it enters the precision fermentation industry with the goal of bringing animal-free dairy proteins to market. Given our rate of population growth, finding sustainable and complementary protein sources is crucial. The evolution and introduction […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media A partnership between Origin Digital and Aspia Space has officially revealed a world-first technology breakthrough that enables farmers, ranchers, and other stakeholders to accurately measure grass from space while also enabling organizations and agribusinesses to verify sustainability practices in the livestock supply chain. As a part of Origin Enterprises […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Vienna, Austria, Arkeon is an ingredients company leveraging ancient microbes to convert CO2 into amino acids and functional peptides as a regenerative way to produce food and lifestyle products. Built upon more than a decade of research by co-founders Dr. Simon Rittmann, Dr. Guenther Bochmann, and Dr. Gregor Tegl, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Company-building platform and early stage investor in ag and food technologies Radicle Growth, has a history of forging partnerships and launching platforms that create challenges designed to identify and grow startups advancing technologies that drive the evolution of our food systems. In 2020 Radicle partnered with Syngenta to announce […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was in January 2022 that AgInvesting Weekly shared the news that indoor vertical farming company Plenty closed on a $400 million Series E – the largest funding round to-date for an indoor farming startup. Concurrently, Plenty also announced a new strategic commercial partnership with Walmart (which also participated […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global agriculture is being challenged on multiple fronts – all equally important, but unique in how they need to be addressed. From weather and climate change, to labor issues, nutrient runoff, or regulatory difficulties, the power of agtech lies in its ability to forge a more resilient and productive […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After being in development for five years at Alphabet’s moonshot lab – X, Google’s parent company has officially debuted its newest portfolio company, Mineral (ML). With a mission to scale sustainable agriculture, Mineral is designed to gather, organize, and uncover the deepest understanding yet of the plant ecosystem with […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media British Columbia-based Cascadia Seaweed is an innovative Canadian startup focused on kelp farming – an activity the company calls “the definition of regenerative aquaculture” – as it is renewable, uses no fresh water, fertilizers, pesticides, or arable land, and sources all required nutrients directly from the sea. Cascadia stated […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading vertical farming pioneer Plenty announced it has secured 120 acres of land near Richmond, Virginia, where it will invest $300 million over the next six years to build the largest, most advanced indoor vertical farming campus in the world. Moving for the first time beyond the U.S. West […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Israel-based cellular meat company Aleph Farms – the company that unveiled the world’s first cellular ribeye steak grown from non-genetically engineered animal cells in February 2021 – has been recognized by the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) as an Innovation Sprint Partner. As part of this […]
