Elevated Signals Partners with Vertical Harvest to Digitize North America’s First Vertical Hydroponic Greenhouse
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Elevated Signals announced a new collaboration with mission-driven Vertical Harvest to drive the digital transformation of its vertical farming operations and to act in support of its impending expansion. Using food as a medium for meaningful change, Vertical Harvest is a hydroponic
Read moreProteinDistillery Closes on Impressive €15M in Seed Funding
Photo credit: ProteinDistillery By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Berlin-based impact food tech venture fund Green Generation Fund has led a Seed round exceeding €15 million (US$16.39 million) for ProteinDistillery, a food tech company looking to redefine protein ingredients by leveraging the powers of nature and cuttin
Read moreUnifrutti Strengthens Fruit Platform with Bomarea and AvoAmerica Peru Acquisitions
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global fresh fruit leader Unifrutti has had a big start to 2024. At the end of January the company announced it had agreed to acquire Verfrut, a prominent grower and exporter of fresh produce with a presence in Chile and Peru. Now, the company is continuing its expansion strategy, a
Read moreSouthwest Airlines Invests $30M in LanzaJet to Produce SAF from Ag Residues
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Southwest Airlines is investing $30 million into a partnership with LanzaJet, a top sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, for the development of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility and to advance the operations of SAFFiRE Renewables, a corn s
Read moreOlam Agri Acquires Second Largest Poultry Feed Supplier in Senegal for $24.8M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading food, feed, and fiber agribusiness Olam Agri has completed the acquisition of Avisen SARL (Avisen), the second largest poultry feed supplier in Senegal, for US$24.8 million, through a deal funded by a combination of existing cash and debt facilities. Olam Agri was one of the ope
Read moreCultivated Bioscience Gains $5M for Yeast-Derived Cream
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting As the company evolves from the R&D stage to market entry, Swiss food tech startup Cultivated Bioscience announced it has closed on $5 million in Seed funding to boost the development of its yeast-derived cream in collaboration with the food industry, and to position the company for a U.S. ma
Read moreNew Forests Deploys Final Investment for its A$866M ANZFF 3
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Within weeks of nature-based real asset and natural capital strategies manager New Forests making its first investment through its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), New Forests has now made its final capital investment for its A$866 Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 3 (ANZFF3). Marking
Read moreDole Sells Majority of California Produce Grower to Arable Capital in $120M Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Dole announced it has agreed to sell its 65 percent majority stake in Progressive Produce to PFT Holdings, the parent company of Pacific Trellis Fruit, and a portfolio company of Arable Capital Partners, in a $120 million deal. “We are pleased to announce the sale of our equity in
Read moreAgriloops Closes on EUR13M for Commercial Scale Aquaponics Farm
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After patenting their saltwater aquaponics technology and successfully operating a pilot farm, pioneering French sustainable aquaculture company Agriloops announced a second capital increase supplemented by debt and grants, for a total of EUR 13 million. This new round included participat
Read moreMitsui & Co., Suzano Partner to Explore New Biomaterial Alternatives From Eucalyptus
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Japanese global trading and investment company Mitsui & Co. and Brazil-based Suzano S.A., the world’s largest paper and pulp producer, have forged a non-exclusive Joint Collaboration Agreement focused on exploring the manufacture and sale of next-generation biomaterials and derivatives
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