Advanced Farm Technologies Closes $25M Series B to Expand Robot Picking From Strawberries to Apples
photo credit: Advanced Farm By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agricultural robotic tech startup Advanced Farm Technologies (Advanced Farm) has closed on a $25 million Series B round led by Catapult Ventures, with all of the company’s Series A investors: Kubota Corporation, Yamaha Motors Corporation, and Impact Ventures r
Read moreCarbon Robotics Closes on $27M For Autonomous Weed Killing Robot
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Seattle-based agtech innovator Carbon Robotics is dedicated to eradicating one of the biggest problems facing farmers - weeds. In support of this mission, Anthos Capital, Ignition Partners, Fuse Venture Capital, Voyager Capital, Bolt, and Liquid2 Ventures have invested a combined $27 million
Read moreDBJ First Japanese Investor to Back a Food-Focused PE Fund Through Proterra Investment
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) continues to break ground as an investor, becoming the first in Japan to agree to invest in a food-focused private equity fund by backing a fund managed by Proterra Investment Advisors (Proterra Asia). Spun off from Cargill’s Black River Asset Manageme
Read moreIron Ox Raises $53M Series C For Robotic Greenhouses
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Robotics and AI-driven farming startup Iron Ox has closed on a $53 million Series C led by a new investor to the company - Breakthrough Energy Ventures. This round follows a $20 million Series B raised by the company in September 2020, and brings total funding to-date to $98 million.
Read moreDomain Timber Advisors Makes Two Timberland Acquisitions in Georgia and Kentucky
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Timberland is rapidly gaining credibility as a prime alternative investment for gaining environmental, social, and governance (ESG) benefits for portfolios. As such, demand for these kinds of sustainable alternatives continues to strengthen among the pension and institutional investor space a
Read moreRipple Foods Raises $60M, Outpacing Alt Dairy Category by 3X
photo credit: Ripple By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ripple Foods, a producer of plant-based dairy alternative beverages and foods made from pea protein, has closed on a $60 million Series E led by Rage Capital, Ajax Strategies, and S2G Ventures. Additional investors who joined the round were OurCrowd, GV, Prelude Ventur
Read moreLeonardo DiCaprio Invests In Mosa Meat and Aleph Farms to Advance Cultivated Meat
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Consumers are more closely engaged with their food supply chains and retail choices than ever. In recent years, concerns associated with animal protein production have increasingly come to the fore, including antibiotic resistance, sustainability, animal welfare, food-borne illnesses, and per
Read moreArdian Acquires Majority Stake in Florida Food Setting Valuation Over $1B
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The U.S. Buyout team of private equity investor Ardian has acquired a majority stake in Florida Food Products (FFP) from MidOcean Partners, setting the enterprise value of FFP in excess of $1 billion. “Ardian’s investment in FFP is a testament to the platform we have built with our t
Read moreGOOD Meat Raises Additional $97M, Bringing Latest Round to $267M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media GOOD Meat, a division of Eat Just, Inc., has raised an additional $97 million in new funding, bringing its $170 million round announced in May to $267 million. With this capital, GOOD Meat stated that it plans to increase capacity and accelerate its R&D supporting real meat made from ani
Read moreCalysta Eyes Global Expansion With Completion of $39M Funding Round
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Innovative biotechnology company Calysta announced it has completed its $39 million Series D-1 round in support of the global expansion of its natural, sustainable, and traceable feed ingredients for fish, livestock, and pets. Led by bp ventures, the round was also joined by Aqua-Spark, Adis
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