Domain Timber Expands Portfolio in U.S. Southeast
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Atlanta-based Domain Capital Group announced that its subsidiary, Domain Timber Advisors, has acquired 1,672 acres of timberland, called Whitewater Creek, in the western region of the state of Georgia. This deal serves to expand Domain’s holdings in the U.S. Southeast, following two ac
Read moreLewis & Clark Leads $24M Series B for IUNU
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On a global scale, the world has lost a third of its arable land over the past 40 years to the effects of pollution or erosion at a rate that far outpaces the natural rate of soil replacement, according to a team at the Grantham Center for Sustainable Futures at the University of Sheffield. T
Read moreAcreTrader Expands Series B to More Than $60M With Addition of Drive Capital
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was only in January of this year that AcreTrader announced it had raised $40 million through a Series B to fuel its strategic expansion. Little more than two months later, the company is back in the news, having expanded its latest funding round to be oversubscribed at more than $60 millio
Read moreBioceres, Marrone Bio Announce Merger Forming Global Leader in Sustainable Ag Solutions
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bioceres Crop Solutions and Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI) announced their definitive agreement to merge their companies through an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $236 million. In connection with the deal, Bioceres has agreed to terms for a capital commitment between $37.5
Read moreReGen, Trailhead, and MassMutual Lead $6M Series A for Clean Crop Technologies
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ReGen Ventures, Trailhead Capital, and MassMutual Catalyst Fund have led a $6 million Series A for Clean Crop Technologies, a startup using electricity to boost yields, improve food safety, and reduce food waste in not just crops such as nuts, seeds, vegetables, and fruits, but for also meats
Read moreThree Top Investors Back Australia’s Perfection Fresh to Grow CEA Platform Through Australasia
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Equilibrium Capital, Temasek, and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), which is an existing shareholder, have come together to invest in Perfection Fresh, one of Australia’s largest privately owned fresh produce companies. Founded in 1978 by the Simonetta famil
Read morePSP and Warakirri’s Daybreak Cropping Acquires Yarrabee Park in Deal Exceeding AUD$60M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Daybreak Cropping, an investment fund backed by PSP Investments - Canada’s largest pension fund with $204 billion in AUM on behalf of the Canadian Public Service, Canadian Armed Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Reserve Force - and managed by Warakirri Asset Management, has
Read moreFinless Foods Nets $34M Series B to Advance Cellular Tuna
photo credit: Finless Foods By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched through the IndieBio accelerator in 2017, Finless Foods is the first cellular aquaculture company to create fish cakes ever served to be eaten in the U.S. (video). It went on to secure backing from Hatch - the first aquaculture-focused accelerator in th
Read moreGlobal PE Firm Cinven to Acquire Bayer Environmental Science Business in $2.6B Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In a move toward streamlining its Crop Science portfolio, Bayer has agreed to sell its Environmental Science Professional business to international private equity investor Cinven for $2.6 billion. The decision to divest the business was originally announced in February 2021. “This div
Read moreNewLife Forest Restoration Secures First-of-its-Kind $200M Green Bond
photo credit - New Life Forest Restoration By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Reflecting a first-of-its-kind transaction in the emerging “green bond” market, NewLife Forest Restoration, the leading forest products business in the U.S. Southwest, has secured $200 million in bond funding from the Arizona Industrial Develo
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