Phycom Closes on Over EUR 9M for Industrial Scale Microalgae Cultivation
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Microalgae are single-celled organisms that can live in either fresh or saltwater converting sunlight water, and CO2 into biomass. Currently there are about 300,000 known strains of algae, however, there are potentially as many as 5 million. Animal agriculture has been associated with a
Read moreFreight Farms to go Public at $147M Value Through SPAC Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2012, Freight Farms realized that urban agriculture required a modular and scalable solution. Within two years, with the mission to democratize and decentralize the production of fresh produce, the startup developed its first vertical hydroponic farm inside an intermodal shipping
Read moreCibus Fund I Sells Largest Asset – Olive Grower and Oil Producer Innoliva – to Fiera Comox
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cibus Capital announced that Cibus Fund I will be making its first exit of a wholly-owned portfolio company after agreeing to divest its largest asset - the Iberian extra virgin olive oil producer and processor Innoliva Group (Innoliva) - to global private asset manager Fiera Comox. Bas
Read moreOmnivore Leads $3.5M Investment Through New Fund in Biomaterials Startup altM
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Omnivore has been a pioneer of investment in agtech in India, having partnered with more than 40 startups making farming more profitable, resilient, sustainable, and climate-proof. And, over the past decade has been a key player in the remarkable tech-driven revolution taking hold in the cou
Read moreBeef Giant Minerva Acquires 16 Meat Plants from Marfrig for $1.5B
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading South American beef exporter Minerva Foods announced it has agreed to acquire 16 cattle slaughtering and deboning plants (including 11 in Brazil, three in Uruguay, one in Argentina, and one lamb plant in Chile) from beef rival Marfrig Foods, the parent company of U.S.-based National
Read moreS2G Ventures Leads $8.25M for ViAqua Therapeutics to Scale RNA-Based Aquaculture Solutions
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biotech company ViAqua Therapeutics announced it has closed on $8.25 million in funding led by S2G Ventures, with participation from Rabo Ventures, The Trendlines Group, Agriline Limited, Nutreco, I-Lab Angels, and Circle Investments. A major hurdle holding back the shift to
Read moreCH4 Closes $29M Series B to Scale Seaweed-Based Methane Reduction for Livestock
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Climate tech company CH4 Global has closed on a $29 million Series B, bringing total funding to-date to nearly $47 million in support of their mission to radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in animal agriculture. The company explained that this funding was led by DCV
Read moreClimate Asset Management Completes Acquisition of 1,800 Ha. Macadamia Project
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Climate Asset Management (CAM) was formed in 2020 as a joint venture between HSBC Asset Management and Pollination, a climate change and advisory firm, with the goal of being the world’s leading asset management company fully dedicated to natural capital providing investment solutions that
Read more44,000 He. Grass-Fed Beef Operation & 46,000 Head of Cattle up for Offer in Gran Chaco, Paraguay
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Brown&Co. is bringing a unique institutional scale investment opportunity to the market, brokering a premium 44,000-hectare, grass-fed beef breeding and fattening operation and 46,000 head of predominantly Brangus cattle in the Gran Chaco region of Paraguay. Having begun working in So
Read moreForever Feed Technologies Secures Investment From Dairy and Ag Leaders for Indoor-Growing Feed Mills
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Forever Feed Technologies announced it has secured an undisclosed, but multi-million dollar investment, from a group of dairy and agriculture leaders to support its work developing enterprise scale, automated indoor-growing feed mills. Participating in the round were River Ranch Farms, Ba
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