Hyfé Raises $9M to Transform Wastewater Into Feedstock for Biomanufacturing and Clean Water
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bio-manufacturing has great potential for decarbonization, but it also faces a range of hurdles. If successfully harnessed for key industrial sectors such as foods, fuels, materials, and chemicals, it is estimated to have the ability to mitigate at least 3 GT of carbon emissions per year by
Read moreCEFC, CDPQ, Gunn Agri Form New Partnership, Launch AUD 200M Australian Farmland Platform
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), a green bank owned by the Australian government, and global investment group CDPQ have formed a strategic partnership with leading Australian farmland manager Gunn Agri Partners that will focus on agricultural land in Australia. Under the terms
Read moreWarakirri Diversified Agricultural Fund Surpasses AUD100M with Sixth Acquisition
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Having successfully completed its sixth acquisition, Warakirri announced that its Warakirri Diversified Agriculture Fund has surpassed a value of AUD100 million (US$66.14 million). Adding to its portfolio that contains existing high quality berry, citrus, soft leaf vegetable, vineya
Read moreBee Vaccine Pioneer Dalan Locks $4.5M to Drive Expansion, Product Development
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On November 15, 2022, the global population surpassed 8 billion on its way to breaching 10 billion by 2050. Connected with the expectation is the need to produce more food than has been produced in the past 10,000 years combined (staggering!). To accomplish this, it would require a 70 pe
Read moreNew Forests’ Forest Climate Solutions Fund Makes First Acquisition
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media New Forests, a global investment manager of nature-based real asset and natural capital strategies, has acquired the 19,000-acre (7,654-hectare) McCloud Forest in the Mount Shasta region of California. This transaction marks the first for New Forests’ Forest Climate Solutions Fund (FCS
Read moreGuardian Agriculture Raises $20M to Bring Drone-Delivered Crop Protection to U.S. Farms
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Fall Line Capital has led a $20 million Series A for Massachusetts-based Guardian Agriculture, the first and only developer of electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) systems for commercial-scale farming to gain FAA clearance to operate nationwide. Founded in 2017, Guardian h
Read moreCroptix Announces First Close in Ongoing $3.5M Seed Round
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Strategic investor and regenerative agriculture leader Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) has led a Seed round with continued participation from 1855 Capital and Ben Franklin Technology Partners for Croptix, a precision agtech startup enabling predictive, data-driven, farming decisions.
Read moreUK-Based Uncommon Gains $30M to Leverage RNA for Cultivated Meat Production
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Originally founded under the name Higher Steaks in Cambridge, England, by Benjamina Bollag and Dr. Ruth Faram, biotech startup Uncommon’s novel approach to cultivated meat production has grabbed the attention of some high profile investors, including Max and Sam Altman (OpenAI and ChatGPT)
Read moreBunge, Viterra Merge Creating $34B Global Powerhouse
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Through a deal with an overall value of approximately $18 billion, Bunge, one of the original A-B-C-D giants of grain trading, has agreed to a merger with Glencore, CPP Investments, and BCI-backed Viterra, creating a global powerhouse. Glencore acquired Viterra in 2012 for CAD6.1 bi
Read moreVeripath Acquires 4,100 Ac. of Farmland Through Veripath Farmland (UR) Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched during the pandemic in mid-2020, Veripath Farmland Partners has already amassed a total of 115,000 acres under management on the predilection that global demand for agricultural products, including food, feed, fiber, and fuel, make farmland – particularly Canadian farmland with co
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