Nufarm Expands Partnership, Leads $70M Series C for Enko
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was back in October 2021 when Enko, a Massachusetts-based developer of novel, next-generation crop protection solutions, announced it had partnered with Australian agrochemical company Nufarm to develop new herbicide solutions for the Australian, U.S., and EU markets. This partnership
Read moreArable Raises $40M to Bring Digital Transformation to Ag and Food
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agtech company Arable believes that the key solution to being able to sustainably feed the world while mitigating agriculture’s impact on the planet lies in digitizing the analog realities of food production. To advance this work, return investor Galvanize Climate Solutions, the invest
Read moreGladstone Diversifies Portfolio by Crop and Geography Through $37.3M Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Gladstone Land has diversified its portfolio by both crop type and geography through its latest acquisition of 1,317 gross acres of farmland in Washington and Oregon for approximately $37.3 million from Horizon Vineyards, an affiliate of Resource Land Holdings (RLH). In connection with t
Read moreDayDayCook, Brinc Launch $10M Good Food Accelerator Program
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Brinc, a venture accelerator with a global sustainability mandate, and DayDayCook, an Asian content-to-commerce culinary platform, are committing to invest $10 million through DayDayCook’s Good Food Accelerator - a collaborative project bolstered by Brinc’s investment of $500,000 in DayDa
Read moreIFC Invests $35M in Zambeef to Support Three-Year Expansion Plan
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agriculture is key to Zambia’s people, accounting for nearly half of all employment in the country. However, agriculture, forestry, and fishing account for only 3 percent of the country’s GDP, reflecting the significant potential there is for investment to drive growth for agriculture and
Read moreINVL Alternative Investment Fund Raises EUR5.5M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The new INVL Alternative Investment Fund launched by the INVL investment management and life insurance group has closed on EUR5.5 million (US$5.6 million) in funding from 572 investors. INVL is the leading investment management and life insurance group in the Baltic region managing pensi
Read moreFermentation Meets the Future; Meati Foods Closes $150M Series C
photo credit: Meati Foods By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mushrooms are the dark horse of the food world. Sure, there are foodies out there who can explain the nuances that mark one variety from another, but for the most part, it seems they have been quietly tolerated, but never widely embraced. But no longer. Toda
Read moreMacquarie Announces Investment Scheme That Will Form the Largest Independent Ag Port Terminals Operator in Brazil
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V (MIP V), an Americas-focused infrastructure fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management, announced an investment that will ultimately make Macquarie a controlling factor in the largest independent agriculture port terminals operator in Brazil. MIP V has
Read moreNapigen Secures $7.8M to Advance Mitochondrial and Chloroplast Gene Editing Tech
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In order to support the world’s booming population growth, and to mitigate the fallout to our food systems from geopolitical conflicts, Napigen CEO and co-founder Dr. Hajime Sakai noted that we will need much more grain than farmers can currently produce. As a first step, Napigen has t
Read moreMilk Moovement Raises $20M to Streamline and Modernize the Dairy Industry Supply Chain
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media For all the advances and penetration of tech in agriculture and its supply chains, the $600 billion-plus dairy industry remains largely in the wings - strange given the rapidly perishable nature of milk. However, it is this exact finite delivery window and constantly shifting consumer prefere
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