Laxey 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
Read moreCal-Maine Expands Egg Production Footprint in US Northeast with $110M Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cal-Maine Foods, the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the U.S., is continuing to expand its national footprint with the acquisition of ISE America for approximately $110 million in cash. Eggs are one of the most commonly used animal proteins. Global egg produc
Read moreUNCAGED Innovations Gains $5.6M Seed Funding for Alternative Leather From Grains
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UNCAGED Innovations (UNCAGED), the world’s first leather alternative company making sustainable leather from grains at scale, has closed on an oversubscribed $5.6 million Seed round co-led by Green Circle Foodtech Ventures and Fall Line Capital. Ponderosa Ventures, Golden Seeds, and e
Read moreIDeA Agro Fund Completes Investment Cycle With Sicilian Citrus Fruit Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media IDeA Agro, managed by DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR and the first private equity fund in Italy to focus on agribusiness and farmland, has completed its investment cycle with its tenth investment - the acquisition of a majority stake in S.P.O. Zentrum, the Sicily-based leading platform in
Read moreACCESS Pool Appoints Stafford Capital, J.P. Morgan as Timber Managers
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ACCESS Pool, a £40 billion (US$50.56 billion) UK pension fund vehicle overseeing the pooled assets of 11 administering authorities consisting of a collaboration of Central, Eastern, and Southern Shire Councils, has selected Stafford Capital Partners (Stafford) and J.P. Morgan Asset Manageme
Read moreInverness Graham Green Light Fund Targets My Yield for Third Investment
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Inverness Graham Green Light Fund has made its third investment, executing a major recapitalization for My Yield, a direct provider of specialty and integrated seed treatment formulas, application systems, and agronomic support to growers. Active as a lower middle market buyout stra
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