Karis Capital Invests $150M in Cattlemen’s Heritage Beef
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Florida-based Karis Capital has invested $150 million in Cattlemen’s Heritage Beef Company, an operation launched with the goal of offering sustainable beef with economic benefits for family-run cattle farms and the state of Iowa. This investment will now allow Cattlemen’s Heritage
Read moreConti Ventures Leads $27.6M for EarthOptics’ Hyper-Accurate Soil Insight Platform
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Existing and new investors have come together to commit $27.6 million in strategic capital to EarthOptics, a leading soil-measurement and insight innovator. Led by Conti Ventures, the round also saw participation from some of the world’s most well-known agtech investors includ
Read moreGundaline Sold to Chinese Textile Firm for A$120M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Gundaline, one of Australia’s largest irrigated farming assets, has been acquired by international textile manufacturer Zhejiang Sunrise Garment Group for approximately A$120 million (US$85 million) through an expressions-of-interest process handled by LAWD senior director Danny Thomas and
Read moreThe Wine Group Acquires More Than 1,300 Acres of Vineyards in California
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Wine Group (TWG) has acquired the Paicines Vineyards - a collection of vineyards totaling more than 1,300 acres located in the Paicines American Viticulture Area (Paicines AVA) in San Benito, County, California. The seller was an undisclosed winery that was exclusively advised through
Read moreRumin8 Raises US$12M Seed Funding From Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy and Harvest Road
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Climate tech startup Rumin8 is the first Australian startup to receive an investment from Bill Gates. The company announced it has closed on Phase 2 of its Seed fundraising oversubscribed, raising another US$12 million from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and Harves
Read moreLiving Carbon Raises $21M Series A to Plant Enhanced Supertrees in U.S.
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Living Carbon, a mission-led company working to balance the planet’s carbon cycle using the power of plants - more specifically, photosynthesis-enhanced trees - has closed on a $21 million Series A led by Temasek. Lowercarbon Capital, Toyota Ventures ,Felicis Ventures, and other unman
Read moreCherylton Farms Sells for More Than A$100M to Fiera Comox-Backed Excel Farms
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Excel Farms, a farming business run by the Paterson family and backed by Fiera Comox, has expanded into Western Australia while setting a record at the same time by acquiring Cherylton Farms for more than A$100 million (US$69.74 million) on a walk-in, walk-out basis. Self-described as a
Read moreCRISPR QC Closes on $1.6M in Seed Funding for CRISPR Analytics Platform
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media CRISPR QC, a startup working to empower the scientists, researchers, and doctors working to advance genetic engineering, announced it has closed on $1.6 million in Seed funding led by Serra Ventures. Concurrently, the company has appointed George Bonaros to its Board of Directors to
Read moreBrief: Salm-Salm Closes on $130M for New Salm Global Timber Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Germany-based fund manager Salm-Salm announced it raised $130 million from German institutional investors for the initial close of its new fund, the Salm Global Timber Fund. Since its launch in Wallhausen, Germany, in the 1980s, the Salm-Salm Group has been investing on behalf of clients
Read moreNo Meat Factory Closes $42M Series B for North American Expansion
photo credit: No Meat Factory By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Alternative, plant-based protein company No Meat Factory announced the close of a $42 million Series B led by new investor Tengelmann Growth Partners.Existing investor Emil Capital Partners (ECP), who initially invested in the company upon its launch in 2
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