Oxley Capital, JLL List One of Australia’s Largest Privately Owned Farming Enterprises
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Oxley Capital Partners, led by managing director Ben Craw together with JLL’s directors of agribusiness Clayton Smith, Chris Holgar, and Geoff Warriner, have been appointed to list for sale on behalf of the Reardon family, Worral Creek Aggregation, one of the largest irrigated cotton enterp
Read morePaine Schwartz, Mitsui, Rabo Complete 50 Pct Ownership Deal With Hendrix Genetics
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In December 2021, Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund V (Fund V), together with its affiliate investors Mitsui and Rabo Investments, agreed to acquire a 50 percent stake in Hendrix Genetics, giving NPM Capital, which had been an investor in Hendrix since 2015, an exit opportunity. Hendrix Gen
Read moreWarakirri Makes Two Foundational Investments for Warakirri Farmland Fund
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 two foundational investments for its Warakirri Farmland Fund that align with a stone fruit category strategy with fresh fruit market
Read moreMycoTechnology Raises $85M to Bring its Platform Global
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media GAI News has been writing about MycoTechnology since its $9.2 million Series A in 2015 led by S2G Ventures with participation from Middleland Capital and Seventure Partners. Since that time, the company has gone on to greatly expand its investor base without losing valuation. The company
Read moreContinental Grain’s Conti Ventures Leads $33M Series B for Protein Designer Arzeda
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Continental Grain’s venture arm Conti Ventures has led a $33 million Series B for protein design company Arzeda. Others who participated in the round include Lewis & Clark Agrifood, Bunge Ventures, and Circulate Capital, among others. Series A investors OS Fund, Casdin Capital, UMI, and
Read moreLeaf Agriculture Secures $5M Led by S2G Ventures To Remove Data Infrastructure Barriers
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agtech is booming. Last year saw a record $5 billion invested in the space across 440 funding deals, according to data from Crunchbase. This activity is creating intense momentum that is driving demand for new tools to help power applications that help farmers make more informed decisions in
Read moreBeewise Raises $80M Series C to Save Bees From Climate Change
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Climate tech precision robotics company Beewise Technologies has closed on an $80 million Series C led by New York-based venture capital and private equity house Insight Partners. Fortissimo Capital, Corner Ventures, lool ventures, Atooro Fund, Meitav Dash Investments Ltd, and Sanad Abu
Read moreSALIC Acquires 35.4 Pct Stake in Olam Agri for $1.24B
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has acquired a 34.5 percent stake in Olam Agri, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olam Group Limited (OGL) focusing on the trade and processing of gr
Read morePaine Schwartz-Backed AM Fresh Partners with Rio Blanco on Mexico Grape JV
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media AM FRESH Group and leading Chilean table grape producer and exporter RIO BLANCO announced the formation of Terramara Fresh, a joint venture to develop innovative table grape varieties produced in a sustainable way in Mexico. It was in October 2019 when sustainable food chain investor Pai
Read moreFirst Molecular Dairy Startup in APAC Region Emerges From Stealth With $2.4M Seed Funding
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Miruku, an innovative New Zealand-based startup developing advanced dairy proteins in plants, has emerged from stealth with an oversubscribed $2.4 million Seed round in-hand. This funding was led by New Zealand venture capital fund Movac, and included Asia Pacific investors Better Bite Ve
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