Spread Closes on $30M Series A, the Largest Investment in Japan’s Food Tech Sector
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Japanese food tech company Spread is a true vertical farming veteran. Based in Kyoto, Spread has been in operation since 2007, gaining expertise over the course of 15 years, beginning production at its Kameoka Plant, and then through its next-generation automated vertical farm - Techno Farm K
Read moreFrutura Closes on Acquisition of Chilean Fruit Exporter Subsole
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Headquartered in the Central Valley of California, Frutura is a relatively new fruit sales and marketing network founded in 2021 and headed by industry veteran and CEO David Krause, that is rapidly growing to become a global year-round fruit supplier. It began with the acquisition in June
Read moreBacking From Clean Food Group Advances Lab-Engineered Palm Oil Alternative Made From Yeast
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media More than 250 global companies have made efforts over the past decade to clean up their supply chains and to mitigate the harmful effects of palm oil production, but these measures have been met with limited success, with only 20 percent of the palm oil supply currently certified as sustainab
Read moreBayer Creates Exit Opportunity, Acquires Majority Stake in Lower Carbon Oilseed Producer CoverCress
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cover crops have generally been background noise in agricultural production. However, they have gained prominence as a low-cost, key part of regenerative farming methods, and a tool for farmers to use in combating climate change. CoverCress is planted at corn harvest in the fall, and is ha
Read moreOmnivore Executes Largest Exit in Indian Agritech, Sells Eruvaka to Nutreco
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Omnivore, an agritech-focused venture capital investor in India, has executed the largest exit in the country’s domestic sector through the sale of its stake in Eruvaka, a developer of cloud-based aquaculture management solutions, including real-time monitoring and smart feeders, to global
Read moreBion, Ribbonwire Ranch to Build 15,000-Head, Tech-Driven Sustainable Cattle Feeding Operation in Texas
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bion Environmental Technologies Inc. (Bion), the developer of an advanced 3G Tech platform that dramatically reduces the environmental impacts of livestock production and recovers valuable resources through advanced waste treatment, has partnered with Ribbonwire Ranch to build a 15,000-head s
Read moreAware Super Sells Lake Boga Farming Portfolio to goFARM For Approximately AU$30M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was back in September 2021 that Australia's Aware Super let it be known that it was taking steps to divest its 9,000-plus hectare Lake boga farming portfolio - an aggregation that had been part of a 15-year management partnership with Kilter Rural to regenerate the land and deliver environ
Read moreTreasury Wine Estates Acquires Cool Climate Vineyard From Accolade in $7M Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Melbourne-based wine giant Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has expanded its portfolio of assets through the acquisition of the 55-hectare Beemak Vineyard located in the Yarra Valley, from Accolade Wines in a deal valued at just over AUD$7 million (US$4.88 million). Located in the Upper Yarra
Read moreUM6P Ventures Backs Genetic Editing Startup Climate Crop
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UM6P Ventures, the venture arm of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), announced it has made an investment in Climate Crop Ltd., a startup using gene editing technology to develop crops with enhanced abilities to harness energy, store carbon, and produce higher yields. Climate chan
Read moreEntrepreneurial Equity Partners Acquires Roskam Baking, Merges it With Organic Milling
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Chicago-based Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p), a food chain-focused investor in established food and beverage brands, contract food manufacturers, food service, and CPGs, has acquired Roskam Baking Company with intentions to merge it with Organic Milling, one of its existing portfolio c
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