Koa 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 Ingå 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
Read morePure Harvest Acquires RedSea’s CEA Facility in Saudi Arabia
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UAE-based sustainable, tech-driven agribusiness Pure Harvest Smart Farms (Pure Harvest) and climate smart tech developer RedSea have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for Pure Harvest to acquire RedSea’s existing six-hectare controlled environment agriculture (CEA) production facility in Sau
Read moreAfrican Agriculture Becomes First Pure-Play U.S.-Listed Ag Company Operating in Africa
photo credit: African Agriculture By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media African Agriculture focuses on harnessing the vast agricultural potential in Africa to secure food and protein for the coming century. The continent is home to 60 percent of the world’s remaining arable land, and the company’s mission is to leverage i
Read moreWeyerhaeuser Executes Two Deals with Forest Investment Associates
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Started in 1900, Weyerhaeuser Company is a real estate investment trust (REIT) and one of the largest private owners of timberland in the world, controlling about 11 million acres in the U.S. and managing additional timber assets under long-term licenses in Canada. It also is one of the larg
Read moreAgroSpheres Brings Total Series B Funding to $25M
photo credit: AgroSpheres By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2016 by COO Payam Pourtaheri and CTO Ameer Shakeel, AgroSpheres’ mission is to dramatically improve the delivery of pesticides, making them more effective, cheaper, and more environmentally-friendly. Working to transform agriculture through reliab
Read moreAMERRA Capital Management Divests Bluefin Tuna Rancher Baja Aqua-Farms
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media An investor consortium comprising Continental Grain Company (Conti), publicly listed, Mexican food and beverage-focused holding company Organización Cultiba SAB de CV (Cultiba), and private equity firms Equity Group Investments (EGI) and Castle Harlan, have made an investment in Baja Aqua-F
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