Australia’s Regal Partners Takes Minority Stake in Water Rights Manager Argyle Group
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Consolidation is afoot in Australia's water entitlement market. In its second acquisition in a matter of weeks, ASX-listed Regal Partners has announced it will take a 40 percent stake in Argyle Group, which invests in a diverse portfolio of water entitlements, combining two of the country's bigges
Read moreVCs Flock to Agtech Startup Farmblox in $2.5M Oversubscribed Seed Round
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Agtech startups have proven to be the rainmakers in the current dealmaking environment, including Boston-based Farmblox. The company is behind a farm automation system and just raised $2.5 million in a seed round to bring AI and automation to North American farms. Farmblox connects equipment and i
Read moreLAWD Oversees Sale of Queensland’s Flagship Moorabinda Beef Production Property
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media LAWD, a national Australian real estate firm that specializes in the agriculture industry, is overseeing the sale of Moorabinda, one translation of which is "foot of the hill" and which it describes as the "jewel in the crown of Queensland's finest beef production region". The property, which is c
Read moreGrowUp Secures £38 Million From Generate Capital for Vertically Farmed Leafy Green Production
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media GrowUp, a London-based vertical farm startup, has secured a £38 million (US$49.1 million) investment from Generate Capital, a San Francisco-headquartered sustainable infrastructure platform, to produce locally grown, pesticide-free greens. GrowUp will direct the proceeds, which represent Generate
Read moreJapan’s SMTB Builds on Local Trend to Back Aussie’s Laguna Bay Fund 2
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Building on a trend set in motion by the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (SMTB) has committed to invest in Laguna Bay Fund 2, overseen by Brisbane, Australia-based Laguna Bay Group. Tokyo's SMTB has signed on as an impact equity investor as part of a broader strategy in
Read moreLaxey Secures EUR 6 Million Private Placement to Advance Land-Based Salmon Hatchery
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Iceland-based Laxey, a sustainable operator of land-based fish farms in Vestmannaeyjar, also known as the Westman Islands, has successfully completed an EUR 6 million equity private placement to finance the construction of phase two of its head-on gutted (HOG) land-based salmon production facility
Read moreFiera Comox and New Zealand’s Ngāi Tahu Form JV for Softwood Forest Production
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Montreal-based Fiera Comox Partners, an affiliate of Fiera Capital Corporation with $3.3 billion-plus in assets under management, has entered into a joint venture with Ngāi Tahu Holdings for the development of a forestry estate on the West Coast of New Zealand, South Island. According to the term
Read moreAlgeria Lands $455 Million Deal With Italy’s BF for Regenerative Ag Development
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In what Bonifiche Ferraresi (BF) has dubbed "the most important Italian agro-industrial project on the Southern shore of the Mediterranean," the nation of Algeria and BF have partnered for a $455 million agriculture initiative. The deal, which is designed to strengthen food security in the North A
Read moreeAgronom Attracts €10 Million to Its Coffers Amid Sustainable Farming Push
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Estonia-based eAgronom, an agtech company specializing in climate technology, has attracted EUR 10 million to its coffers in a Series A2 equity round led by Swedbank AB. Of the total investment, eAgronom netted EUR 4.2 million from a booster round that took place last year, which has since been co
Read moreHutanBio Expands Seed Round to £3M With Backing from UKI2S
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Indicative of decarbonization’s role in tackling climate change, HutanBio announced it has expanded its Seed funding to £3 million (US$3.84 million) with additional funding committed by UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S).This development follows the company’s announcement in Fe
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