New Foodtech Company True Essence Launches With $5.25M in A2 Funding
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media True Essence, a new foodtech company, announced it has raised $5.25 million in capital through an A2 Series funding round that included Elevate Ventures, among other unspecified private investors. The company also concurrently announced the finalization of its first industrial licensing
Read moreCIBO Technologies Closes $30M Series C to Advance The Adoption of Regenerative Farming
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded by Flagship Pioneer in 2015, CIBO began as a “Zillow for farmland”, generating proprietary insights including land and lease valuation (including a price for every single parcel of farmland in the continental U.S.), productivity, stability, elevation, and environmental impact data
Read moreRegenerative Farming Startup reNature Secures Investment from Avocet Holdings
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media reNature, a startup that develops and scales regenerative farming and agroforestry projects, announced it has secured backing through Avocet Holdings. The entirety of the equity capital being invested is provided by James Atkins - an active investor who gains control stakes and works side-by-
Read moreCEFC, Kempen SDG Farmland Fund Commit A$100M to New Sustainable Farming Platform Managed by Gunn Agri
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On behalf of the Australian government, the Clean Energy Finance Fund (CEFC) has committed a cornerstone investment of A$50 million, (US$37.6 million) alongside another A$50 million (US$37.6 million) investment made by the ag impact investor, Kempen SDG Farmland Fund, in the Transforming Farm
Read moreAAM Acquires Beef, Timber Asset for A$100M, Looks to Raise Another A$70M For Diversified Ag Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As the Australian ag sector continues to experience positive growing and market conditions, fund manager AAM has executed multiple deals totaling A$100 million, including the acquisition of the Mount Harden beef aggregation for A$24.8 million (US$18.6 million) and two timber businesses - N.F.
Read moreUK’s CDC Group Invests $100M in African Development Partners III
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The British impact investor and development finance company CDC Group announced its investment of $100 million in African Development Partners III (ADP III), leading the fund to close at $900 million, making it one of the largest funds dedicated to investment on the continent. Advised by Devel
Read moreEcto Emerges From Stealth With $7M Series A From Rabo, Seventure, and Aqua-Spark
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Launched in 2013 as a Harvard Innovation Lab as Cryoocyte, a high-precision technology fish breeding project, Ecto has admittedly kept a low profile over the ensuing years. But during its work gathering data to reflect the high success rates of its breeding process, the founding team came to the re
Read moreGladstone Land Acquires Pistachio, Almond Orchard, Water Rights For $43M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It hasn’t been long since we’ve heard from Gladstone Land. Less than two months after the company’s last flurry of acquisitions, Gladstone announced it has acquired 1,284 gross acres of farmland, including more than 1,200 acres of planted (partially organic) pistachio and almond orchar
Read moreKingdom Supercultures Scores $25M to Revolutionize Food With Natural Microbes
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Kingdom Supercultures, a Brooklyn-based biodesign startup targeting the development of a new class of natural ingredients called “Supercultures”, has closed on a $25 million Series A led by Shine Capital. Joining Shine Capital were Valor, Tao, Lux, SALT, Reference, Digitalis, and existing i
Read moreBushel Acquires GrainBridge Tech JV From ADM and Cargill
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bushel, an independently owned software and software technology solutions provider to grain growers, buyers, protein producers, and food companies, has acquired GrainBridge - a technology platform providing grain marketing decision support, and e-commerce and account management software for f
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