Builders Vision Invests in Agroforestry Partners
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Builders Vision, an impact investment platform launched by Walmart heir Lukas Walton, has made an undisclosed investment in Agroforestry Partners (AP). AP is an alternative investment fund implementing agroforestry practices including alleycropping of annual crops between perennial trees, si
Read moreVitalFluid Raises €5M for Plasma Activated Water Applications
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media VitalFluid, a leader in the production of Plasma Activated Water (PAW) applications, announced it has raised €5 million in Seed funding from Future Food Fund, Graduate Entrepreneur, Horticoop, and Innovation Industries to accelerate its market introduction strategy. “We have been fo
Read moreGreeneye Technology Gains $20M to Scale U.S. AI Precision Spraying Operation
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Israeli investment company Deep Insight, and existing investors Syngenta Group Ventures, JVP, Orbia Ventures, and Eyal Waldman, the founder and former CEO of Mellanox, have invested $20 million in Greeneye Technology ("Greeneye") in support of the company’s mission to significantly reduce
Read moreMosa Meat Closes on $40M in Funding to Scale Cultivated Meat for Market Entry
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Listed cellular agriculture leader Agronomics announced that its portfolio company Mosa Meat has raised $40 million in new funding to scale production of its cultivated beef in preparation for market entry. This oversubscribed round was co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and M Ventures, a pa
Read morePSP Investments Executes Two Major Australian Ag Deals With Combined Value of A$250M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Canada’s PSP Investments, the fourth-largest pension manager in the world with a total CAD$243.7 billion (US$177.4 billion) in AUM and a Natural Resources Group with CAD$12.3 billion (US$8.95 billion) of net AUM as of March 31, 2023, has recently executed two major agricultural investments
Read moreNature’s Miracle, Agrify Merge to Form CEA Products and Solutions Leader
photo credit: Nature's Miracle By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Major vertical farming tech and infrastructure company Nature’s Miracle Holding has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Agrify Corporation, a leading provider of innovative cultivation and cannabis extraction solutions, to create the leader of CEA products an
Read moreInverness Graham-Backed Custom Agronomics Acquires BioTek Ag
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Custom Agronomics ("Custom Ag"), the second of three active portfolio companies of Inverness Graham Green Light, the environmental sustainability-focused, lower-middle market buyout strategy of Inverness Graham, announced it has acquired BioTek Ag, a Florida-based provider of solutions that
Read moreGinkgo Bioworks Acquires AgBiome’s Platform Assets
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ginkgo Bioworks announced its acquisition of AgBiome’s platform assets including more than 115,000 sequenced and isolated strains, more than 500 million unique gene sequences, associated functional data and metadata, and AgBiome’s development pipeline. These newly held assets wi
Read moreWindfall Bio Raises $28M for Methane-Eating Microbes
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Methane-to-value solutions startup Windfall Bio has raised $28 million in Series A funding led by Prelude Ventures with participation from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Global Brain (through its Norinchukin Innovation Fund L.P.), Incite Ventures, Positive Ventures, and existing investor B3
Read moreKing Ranch Announces Strategic Investment in US’ Fourth-Largest Cattle Feeding Operation
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media King Ranch was founded over 170 years ago in Kingsville, Texas, by Captain Richard King. Today, the historic 825,000-acre King Ranch is not only a founding figure in American ranching still owned by the founder’s descendants with operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, and California, but
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