ADM Strengthens its Flavors Portfolio with Two Acquisitions
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ADM has been on a sustained streak of acquisitions and building out a strong global flavors portfolio, and just before the close of 2023, has added two more: Revela Foods, a Wisconsin-based developer and manufacturer of dairy flavor ingredients and solutions - a deal that would enhance ADMâ€
Read moreAgtonomy Closes $22.5M Series A Led by Momenta
Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media With the amount of hard work that goes into agricultural production, I’m fairly certain that if farmers and managers were granted one wish it would be for the ability to clone themselves. Agtonomy is a software and services company working toward granting this wish by enabling agricu
Read moreTerviva Partners With Mitsubishi to Advance Pongamia Tree-Based Business
photo credit: Terviva By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media California-based regenerative agriculture and food company Terviva announced it has entered into a partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) that included an investment in the business from Mitsubishi. Terviva is working with local communities to harvest beans
Read moreClever Carnivore Raises Oversubscribed $7M Seed Round
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Historically, Chicago has been a leading meatpacking center. Now, Clever Carnivore, the city’s first cultivated meat company, has closed on an oversubscribed $7 million Seed round to make a (cultivated) sausage, as it were. The round was led by global alternative protein investor
Read moreGIC Leads $46M Series C for India’s Vegrow
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media India is a top global producer of many agricultural products, ranking second in fruit and vegetable production only to China, producing 102.48 metric tons of fruit and 200.45Â metric tons of vegetables according to the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India. It also is a yo
Read moreKoa Closes $15M Series B to Bring Upcycling and Regenerative Ag to Cocoa Farmers in Ghana
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Only months after the inauguration of its new cocoa fruit factory in Ghana, Swiss-Ghanaian start-up Koa announced the completion of its Series B fundraising at $15 million committed from both existing and new investors. Led by the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund from global asset m
Read moreChipotle’s $50M VC Fund Backs AI-Powered Robots and Fertilizer Made Using Artificial Lightning
Photo credit: Chipotle Mexican Grill By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cultivate Next, the $50 million venture capital fund of Chipotle Mexican Grill, makes early-stage investments in strategically aligned startups with the potential to advance the company’s aggressive growth plans and further its mission to cultivate a
Read moreWide Open Agriculture Signs Proposed Investment, EU Distribution Agreement with IngĂĄ Group
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Wide Open Agriculture (WOA), Australia’s leading ASX-listed regenerative food and agriculture company, has been a pioneer in the use of Buntine Protein – a proprietary high-value, plant-based protein concentrate made from regeneratively grown Australian Sweet Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius
Read moreFrontier Climate, Lithos Carbon Enter $57.1M Enhanced Weathering Purchase Agreement
Photo credit - Lithos Carbon By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded by Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify, Meta, McKinsey and the many businesses using Stripe Climate, Frontier Climate is an advanced market commitment to buy an upfront $1 billion-plus in permanent carbon removal between 2022-2030. Toward this goal, it
Read moreAgDevCo Invests $10M in Macadamia and Avocado Grower Dowson Limitada
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Africa-focused ag investor specialist AgDevCo has invested $10 million in Dowson Limitada, a primary agriculture producer of macadamias and avocados in Mozambique. With a current portfolio of $183 million of committed funds in 41 companies, UK-based AgDevCo explained that its vision
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