Insect Biotech Startup Loopworm Closes on $3.4M Seed Round
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Estimates are that as much as a third of all arable land on Earth is used to make animal feed. This has traditionally been in the form of unsustainable soy and other crops that are largely responsible for deforestation at their point of production, and for significant carbon emissions due to
Read moreEmmertech Fund Leads $3.1M in Winemaking Innovator BarrelWise
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Conexus Venture Capital’s Emmertech Fund is taking steps to drive innovation in the winemaking industry by leading a $3.1 million Seed round for Vancouver-based BarrelWise Technologies Ltd. Ag Capital Canada also provided additional funding to the company. (Emmertech has had a banner wee
Read moreVive Crop Protection Closes on $26M Series C for North American Expansion
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Canadian agtech venture capital fund Emmertech has led a $26 million Series C for Vive Crop Protection (Vive), a precision chemistry company that has developed technology that improves the targeting and performance of both synthetic and biological inputs. Cibus funds, and existing invest
Read moreMacquarie Asset Management Acquires Cowal Agriculture Portfolio
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Macquarie Asset Management has expanded its farmland holdings through the acquisition of the Cowal Agriculture farmland portfolio in central Queensland, in a deal reported to be valued as high as A$120 million (US$82.49 million). Affiliated with U.S.-based Global Endowment Management, an
Read moreCanada’s Cooke Agrees to Acquire Australian Atlantic Salmon and Prawn Farmer Tassal Group for A$1.1B
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cooke Inc., the parent company of Cooke Aquaculture in New Brunswick, Canada, has reached an agreement to acquire Tassal Group (Tassal), the largest vertically integrated seafood producer in Australia, for A$1.1 billion (US$760 million). (Fourth time’s a charm, as Tassal reportedly ref
Read moreBits x Bites Makes a Trio of Investments
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media China has rapidly undergone a significant shift from being largely rural and agrarian to a more urban and market-engaged society. This overarching evolution has brought food production away from fragmented smallholders into the reality of commercially-scaled industrial agricultural production
Read moreConstellation Brands Acquires Minority Stake in Female-Founded Archer Roose
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Constellation has been realigning for a few years now. In 2018, the group made a surprising announcement that it was investing a further $4 billion in publicly traded Canadian marijuana grower Canopy Growth. In 2019, the group sold approximately 30 wine brands and related facilities loca
Read moreVosbor Raises $7M for First Digital Ag Commodity Exchange
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media “Without traders, global food security would not exist…,” said Soren Schroder, former CEO Bunge Ltd. “Trading companies are crucial in navigating supply and demand imbalances, as they swiftly move commodities around the world from surplus to deficit regions.” The landscape throug
Read moreGreenLight Biosciences Secures $109M Through Private Placement
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Boston-based GreenLight Biosciences develops sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues through RNA-driven products for agriculture and life sciences applications. RNA is the oldest molecule on the planet that controls the biological processes of all living thi
Read moreCargill Backs ProfilePrint’s Food Fingerprinting Technology Through Series A-1
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media With the completion of its recent Series A-1, Singapore-based agrifood tech startup ProfilePrint has added Cargill as a backer, bringing the total to five of the world’s largest food ingredient conglomerates, representing more than 50 percent of the global food trade, as strategic sharehold
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