Hancock Ag Sells Riveren and Inverway Stations to Hughes Pastoral
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In March 2021, Hancock Agriculture, the second largest producer of beef in Australia, and its joint venture partner S. Kidman and Co. appointed Elders to market a portfolio of seven of its Northern Australia beef production assets. This move led to more than 1.8 million hectares (about
Read moreAustralia’s AgriDigital Raises $17.65M to Digitize Grain Value Chain
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Australia, AgriDigital has just raised $17.65 million in a combination of debt and equity funding in support of its mission to grow the value of grain through its combined inventory management software and finance platform. Co-founded by farmers Bob McKay, Ben Reid, and Emma Wes
Read moreYamaha Motors Leads $7.5M Series A for Precision Ag Startup Verge Ag
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The strategic business development and investment arm of Yamaha Motor Co., Yamaha Motor Ventures, has led a $7.5 million Series A for Verge Ag. Additional participants in the round included Fall Line Capital, SP Ventures & Artesian/GrainInnovate. Headquartered in Alberta, Canada, V
Read moreWarakirri Acquires Chromy Estate Vineyard and Winery
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Warakirri Asset Management (Warakirri), a multi-boutique management firm that is one of the largest ag investment managers and operators in Australia, announced that its Warakirri Diversified Agriculture Fund has made its fifth investment - the acquisition of the Chromy Estate Vineyard and Wi
Read moreBunge, Chevron Commit C-1 Funding to CoverCress, Form Farm-to-Fuel Supply Chain
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bunge and CoverCress Inc. (CCI) announced a unique, long-term commercial partnership to bring a new renewable oilseed and animal feed crop that is ideal as a lower carbon intensity feedstock for renewable fuel production to market. Cover crops have generally been background noise in agri
Read moreInseco Raises One of the Largest Seed Rounds in S. Africa’s History
photo credit: Inseco By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media South African startup Inseco closed on $5.3 million in Seed funding led by Futuregrowth Asset Management via its Futuregrowth Development Equity Fund. The round, which is one of the largest Seed rounds closed in South Africa's history, also included E4E Africa, Oak Dri
Read moreAnuvia Raises $65.5M Series D to Scale U.S. Production of Sustainable Fertilizer
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Riverstone Holdings and Piva Capital have co-led a $65.5 million Series D for Anuvia Plant Nutrients (Anuvia) in support of commercialization of the company’s SymTRX™ XP line of field-ready bio-based fertilizers for large-scale agriculture. Also participating in the round were Morgan S
Read moreRed Sea Farms Raises $18.5M for Zero Freshwater Food Production
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Saudi Arabian agtech startup Red Sea Farms announced it has raised $18.5 million in strategic growth capital in support of its one-of-a-kind technology that enables commercial scale farming using a sustainable low energy, zero freshwater, climate-controlled model. This round, which bring
Read moreNorfund Makes $8M Growth Investment in South African Raisin Company Redsun
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund) has made an $8 million growth capital investment in South Africa-based raisin processor and distributor Redsun Dried Fruit and Nuts (Redsun). Majority owned by One Thousand & One Voices (1K1V), a Denver-based private eq
Read moreUPSIDE Foods Raises $400M to Commercialize Cultivated Meat at Scale
photo credit: UPSIDE Foods By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats) has raised the largest funding round in the cultivated meat space to-date, closing on a $400 million Series C co-led by Temasek and Abu Dhabi Growth Fund (ADG). This round, which brought UPSIDE Foods’ valuation to more
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