SCiFi Foods Brings Price and Taste Parity – Raises $22M for Hybrid Plant-Based-Cellular Meat
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bay Area food tech startup Artemys Foods has rebranded under its new name, SCiFi Foods, and has closed on $22 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). This round brings total funding to-date for the company to $29 million, which has been committed from a cadre of inv
Read moreStrella Biotechnology Closes $8M Series A to Monitor Freshness Along the Fruit Supply Chain
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Millennium New Horizons has led an oversubscribed $8 million Series A for Strella Biotechnology, the developer of a proprietary sensor technology designed to reduce food waste and improve quality in the fresh produce supply chain. Also participating in the round were Google Ventures, Rich
Read morePotlatchDeltic, CatchMark to Merge Creating Consolidated 2.2M Acre Timber Portfolio
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media PotlatchDeltic and CatchMark, two leading U.S. timberland investment managers, announced their agreement to merge through an all-stock transaction, forming a consolidated portfolio amounting to approximately 2.2 million acres across the U.S. This deal, which has been unanimously approved b
Read moreDSM, Firmenich Merge in Deal Valuing DSM at $23B
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Following an announcement last year by Royal DSM that it planned to divest its materials division to re-focus its energies on the production of sustainable food and health products, the Dutch specialty chemical ingredients leader is merging with Swiss peer Firmenich to create DSM-Firmenich in
Read moreJoywell Closes on Oversubscribed $25M Series B For Commercialization of Sweet Proteins
Photo: Joywell Foods By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Food tech and consumer goods company Joywell Foods announced it has closed on an oversubscribed $25 million Series B in support of unlocking the potential in sweet proteins to revolutionize today’s modern diets. This round follows a $6.9 million Series A announced
Read morePSP Investments Acquires 75 Pct. Stake in Peru Farming Operation From Hortifrut
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media A wholly owned subsidiary of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), Canada’s largest pension fund manager with US$204.5 billion in AUM, has acquired a 75 percent stake in HFE Berries Perú SAC - owner of 100 percent of the Olmos field farming operation which has a pla
Read moreEndless LLP Acquires Leading UK Edible Oil Supplier
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media British private equity investor Endless LLP announced it has agreed to acquire K.T.C (Edibles) Limited (KTC) - one of the largest suppliers of edible oils in the UK. In addition to cooking oils and fats, the company also produces canned vegetables, fruit, pulse, coconut milk, sauces, ric
Read moremoa Technology Closes $44M Series B to Drive New Generation of Crop Protection
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Spun out from Oxford University’s Plant Sciences Department in 2017, moa Technology was launched to address the increasing rate of resistance by weeds to herbicides. In support of its mission to revolutionize the evolution of crop protection, the startup closed on a $44 million Series B co-
Read moreHyfé Foods Raises Pre-Seed Funding to Upcycle Wasted Sugar Water Into Flour
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media I’m amazed on a daily basis by the ingenuity and creativity presented by food tech entrepreneurs as they work to address some of the most pressing challenges in today’s food system. And it’s good to see when investors step in to support the advancement and growth of food technologies t
Read moreRegenerative Ag Company Wide Open Agriculture to Supply Lupine Protein to Monde Nissin Australia
photo credit: Wide Open Agriculture By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Wide Open Agriculture, Australia’s leading ASX-listed regenerative food and agriculture company, has entered into an agreement with Monde Nissin Australia (MNA), the owner of multiple popular food brands including Nudie, Black Swan, Peckish, and Wattle
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