Fashion Label Chanel Commits Anchor Investment of $25M For The Landscape Resilience Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media French fashion label Chanel has committed $25 million as an anchor investment in The Landscape Resilience Fund (LRF) - a new climate adaptation fund looking to raise $100 million by 2025 to support sustainable agriculture, protect forests, and to support smallholder farmers in developing coun
Read moreEquinom Closes on $20M Series C To Advance Non-GMO Seed Breeding Technology
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Israel-based plant-based nutrition company Equinom announced it has closed on a $20 million Series C led by The Phoenix, and including Fortissimo, BASF Venture Capital, Trendlines, and Maverick. Indeed, in February of last year, Trendlines chose Equinom as its first investment, committing
Read moreInnerPlant Closes on $5.6M to Turn Plants Into Living Sensors
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media InnerPlant, a company pioneering the development of genetically adapted living plant sensors, has closed on $5.6 million in pre-Seed funding led by MS&AD Ventures, the investment arm of Japanese insurance giant MS&AD Insurance Group. This round marks one of the first strategic in
Read moreArable Capital Acquires Royal Ridge Fruits Through Partnership With Dorsing Family
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Food and ag investor Arable Capital Partners has expanded its fruit holdings, announcing that it has acquired Royal Ridge Fruits, Dorsing Farms, and related entities, through a partnership with the Dorsing family. Under the terms of the deal, Arable Capital is acquiring the farming opera
Read moreMiranda Downs “Under Offer”
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Miranda Downs hasn’t been on the market long. Stanbroke Pastoral Co. owners, the Menegazzo family, placed the property on the market in April with the window for expressions of interest closing on June 3. Located in Normanton, Queensland, Miranda Downs is noted as being exceptional.
Read moreOntario Teachers’, BlackRock Lead $226M Series B For Motif FoodWorks
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Motif FoodWorks began its existence not too long ago - launched by Boston-based Ginkgo Bioworks in March 2019 with a mission to develop next-generation alternative proteins and ingredients for global companies. “We started putting Motif together around February or March of 2018,” Jas
Read moreAgri-Vie Fund I Exits One of The Largest Olive Suppliers in South Africa
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media EXEO Capital has announced that its Agri-Vie Fund I has exited from its 62.7 percent stake in Cape Olive Holdings, one of the largest table olive suppliers in South Africa, selling its stake to Imibala, a subsidiary of the Lona Group and co-shareholder in Cape Olive. The Fund originally
Read moreTerraClear Raises $25M For Rock-Picking Robotics
photo credit: TerraClear By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Robotic tech startup TerraClear has closed on a $25 million Series A for an automated robotic solution capable of clearing as many as 400 rocks per hour, including moving rocks that weigh as much as 300 pounds. Having lived in rocky New England for the majorit
Read moreS2G Leads $4.3M Round for Aquaculture RNA-Particle Health Platform
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media S2G has led a multinational $4.3 million round through its S2G Oceans & Seafood Fund for ViAqua Therapeutics, an Israeli developer of an orally delivered RNA-particle platform to improve the health of aquaculture animals. Other investors participating in the round included new invest
Read moreJBS Acquisition of Rivalea to Make JBS Largest Pork Processor in Australia
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media JBS SA has signed an agreement to fully acquire Rivalea - comprised of Rivalea Holdings and Oxdale Dairy Enterprise - from Singapore’s QAF Limited for an enterprise value of A$175 million (US$135 million). As a vertically integrated hog breeding and processing company in Australia - wi
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