Incofin Backs 100 Percent Woman-Owned Peruvian Hot Pepper Trader Exportables
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As many categories within the global food system have been severely negatively affected by COVID-19, a steady increase in popularity of Latin America and Asian cuisines in Western countries has buoyed the hot pepper sauce market. The global hot sauce market reached a value of $4.3 billio
Read moreFarmers Business Network Closes $300M Series G, Gains $4B Valuation
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Farmers Business Network (FBN), the pioneering direct-to-farm and farmer-to-farmer tech platform, announced a $300 million Series G led by Fidelity Management & Research Company. Also participating in this round, which earned the company a valuation of $4 billion, were LN Mittal Famil
Read moreCDPQ, Westervelt Partner on Sustainable Timberland, Acquire 76,000 Acres in Georgia
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global investment group Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and The Westervelt Company announced the creation of a new strategic partnership and the acquisition of 76,000 acres of high-quality pine timberland in Georgia from family-owned Superior Pine Products. Founded by Herb
Read moreGladstone Acquires Two Farms, Facilities in Georgia for Approximately $2.9M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Gladstone Land is making a name for itself in the blueberry category, completing its fifth blueberry or blueberry-adjacent deal this year. The company’s latest announcement details its acquisition of 230 gross acres of farmland, including 175 acres of blueberry bushes and a fresh packi
Read moreFarmland Partners Acquires Murray Wise
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Farmland Partners (FPI) announced it has acquired 100 percent of Murray Wise Associates (MWA) through a deal valued at $8 million, creating an unparalleled platform for farmland investing. FPI is an internally managed real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and seeks out high-quali
Read moreNew Forests, CDC Group, FinnFund, Norfund Partner on $500M to Invest in Sustainable Forestry in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australian global forestry investment manager New Forests has partnered with CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution; Finnfund, the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation; and Norfund, the investment fund of the Norwegian government for developing nations, to raise $500 millio
Read moreRural Funds is on a Tear, Snapping up Cattle, Cropping, and Macadamia Assets
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Rural Funds Management (RFM), manager for the ASX-listed Rural Funds Group (RFF), an owner of a diversified portfolio of high-quality Australian agricultural assets, has been on a tear, rapidly acquiring multiple assets spanning cattle, cropping, and macadamia production. Activity such a
Read moreAqua-Spark Makes First Investment in Public Company, Plans to Invest in African Catfish Production
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable aquaculture and related tech investor Aqua-Spark has made its first investment in a public company, investing €10 million (US$11.5 million) in exchange for a significant stake in Hofseth Biocare ASA (HBC), a Norwegian biotech company developing high-value ingredients and finis
Read moreTHF Portfolio Acquired by Multiple Fund Managers, Local Buyers
Photo credit: Oxley Capital Partners By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was on August 23 that GAI News shared that Ben Craw, managing director of Sydney-based Oxley Capital Partners, had been tasked by a European family office with the divestment of the ‘THF Portfolio’ – a 21,900-hectare (54,117-acre) beef cattle a
Read moreIGS Announces Oversubscribed Series B at £42.2M
Photo credit: IGS By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Scottish agribusiness Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) announced the close of its Series B funding round, oversubscribed at £42.2 million (US$57.2 million). Although the round was supported by a gathering of new investors, for lead investor COFRA AG of Zug, Switzerl
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