IntelliCulture Targets Strategic Growth with $3.5M in Funding
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media IntelliCulture, an equipment management software platform for specialty and high-value crops, has secured $3.5 million in new funding led by Serra Ventures and including Emmertech and Tall Grass Ventures. Regulatory and environmental pressures continue to mount for growers, but espe
Read moreFrontier Agriculture Backs CCm Technologies’ Carbon Negative Fertilizer
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Crops utilize only about half of the synthetic nitrogen applied to fields, and a portion is emitted as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide and other nitrogen gasses. This has resulted in nitrogen becoming the top source of crop-related greenhouse
Read moreEcosystem Integrity Fund Leads $16M Series A for iyris
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was just in March of this year that RedSea - a company advancing commercial farming for low-to-mid-tech farmers in arid climates through its proprietary technologies that increase crop yields, reduce input costs and risk, extend growing seasons, and reduce water and energy consumption by
Read moreRegal Partners Agrees to Acquire Merricks Capital in A$235M Deal
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ASX-listed Regal Partners has agreed to acquire Merricks Capital, a hard asset investment specialist executing private credit and alternative investments in Australia and New Zealand and the manager of the A$470 million (US$313.55 million) Merricks Capital Agriculture Credit Fund. The
Read moreAllozymes Gains $15M Series A to Develop Most Comprehensive Enzyme Data Library
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biotech company Allozymes has closed on a $15 million Series A co-led by Seventure Partners and Xora Innovation. New investors who joined the round include Thia Ventures, and NUS Technology Holdings, the investment arm of the National University of Singapore, from where the companyâ
Read moreStandard Nutrition Collaborates with New Investment Partners, Introduces Passel Farms, Acquires Cactus Family Farms
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Standard Nutrition Company (SNC), a privately held agricultural holding company in business since 1886, announced its launch of the newly formed Passel Farms, a reorganization of SNC’s investments, resources, and partnerships dedicated to pork production that will carry forward from SNC’
Read moreEnifer Closes on €36M for its Proprietary Mycoprotein PEKILO
Image credit: Enifer By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Finland-based mycoprotein company Enifer announced the completion of a €36 million (US$38.9 million) funding package comprising:~ €15 million (US$16.2 million) in Series B funding led by the Finnish private equity fund Taaleri Bioindustry Fund I and follow-o
Read moreCox Farms Expands Operations as Mucci Farms Acquires Hacienda North Farms (so many farms!)
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mucci Farms, a leading grower and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, announced it has expanded its operations through the acquisition of Hacienda North Farms, a 159-acre, state-of-the-art greenhouse facility in Coatsworth, Ontario. Mucci Farms is part of Cox Farms, a new business ann
Read moreNEC X Invests in Verdi to Advance Farm Automation Platform
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvestment Media Silicon Valley innovation accelerator NEC X announced its latest investment in Verdi Expeditions, the world’s first scalable farm automation and personalized plant healthcare platform.Through this investment, NEC X joins an impressive list of Verdi’s existing investors including SVG Ven
Read moreDomain Timber Completes Full Placement of Committed Capital with Acquisition of Five New Assets
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Private investment management services firm Domain Capital Group announced that its subsidiary Domain Timber Advisors has completed the full placement of committed capital with the acquisition of five new assets totaling 5,800 acres on behalf of its timberland portfolio. The newly acquire
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