Guardian 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
Read moreGoodLeaf Farms Secures $78M in Debt Financing and Announces New Equity Investment
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media GoodLeaf Farms, the first and largest commercial indoor vertical farming company in Canada, has secured $78 million in debt financing, welcoming CIBC and Farm Credit Canada (FCC) as two of its newest lenders. Concurrently, the company announced it has gained a new equity investment
Read moreFarmland Partners Closes $8.9M in Farmland Sales, Posting 73 Pct. Gain
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI) announced it sold 1,370 acres of farmland across four farms in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, and South Carolina for a total of $8.9 million - representing a cumulative gain of $3.7 million - approximately 73 percent over net book value. The announcement o
Read moreNestlé Partners with The Yield Lab Latam to Invest in Tech Solutions for Food and Ag
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nestlé has announced a new partnership, making a committed capital investment through its Sustainability Fund in The Yield Lab Latam, a specialized venture capital fund helping to transform the food sector in Latin America via investments in tech-based startups. The Yield Lab globa
Read moreAcreTrader and Gridline Collaborate to Increase Access to Farm and Timberland Investments
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded by Carter Malloy in 2018, AcreTrader uses crowdfunding to remove the traditional barriers to farmland investing, providing investors, buyers, and sellers unique access to land, data, and tools that create a streamlined, highly efficient experience. Farmland is one of the largest U
Read moreNAB Invests AUD10M in New Harvest’s Indigenous Impact Investment Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media When the National Bank of Australasia merged with the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney in 1981, NAB was born. Today, the bank employs 32,000 and serves more than 8.5 million customers in Australia and overseas. In early 2022, the group launched its Indigenous business strategy w
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