HNRG Enters New Ag Market With Acquisition of Chilean Fruit Producer, Exporter
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Boston-based Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG) announced the acquisition of a majority stake in David Del Curto S.A. (DDC) - a leading Chilean fruit production, packing, and exporting company, on behalf of third party clients, for an undisclosed amount. The stake was acquired from The Cors
Read moreWave Hill and Cattle Creek Stations Acquired for A$104M
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media An investor consortium consisting of the MacLachlan family trading as Jumbuck Pastoral Co., and three silent partners, has acquired Wave Hill and Cattle Creek Stations located in the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory for A$104 million (US$80 million). The Jumbuck Pastoral consor
Read moreThe Craftory Invests $50M in Hippeas, CAVU Exits, Leadership Shifts
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Chickpeas continue to gain popularity as a plant-based protein - a trend that is being reflected in the size of the most recent investment in Hippeas, a pioneer in the chickpea snack category. The Craftory, a $375 million global investment house that is “notably counter-corporate and anti-tr
Read moreFarmers Edge Partners with Google Cloud to Launch Global Co-Sell Initiative
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Launched in 2005, Farmers Edge has leveraged the potential to transform agricultural production to increase yields, efficiency, and sustainability for the long-term, becoming the most comprehensive data management platform on the market and transforming the industry with disruptive technologies and
Read moreGrieg Seafood First Global Salmon Producer to Invest in Land-Based Salmon Farming
photo credit: Grieg Seafood By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Grieg Seafood is now one-third owner, along with smolt and post-smolt company Vest Havbruk and investor group Omfar, in Årdal Aqua - a joint venture to produce at least 3,000 tons of harvest-sized salmon per year in a new land-based facility in Rogaland, in Southern
Read morePremium Brands, Coalition of Mi’kmaq First Nations Close Landmark Seafood Acquisition
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Premium Brands Holdings Corporation and a coalition of Mi’kmaq First Nations led by Membertou and Miawpukek, and including Sipekne’katik, We’koqma’q, Potlotek, Pictou Landing and Paqtnkek communities, have closed the largest investment in the seafood industry ever undertaken by an Indigenou
Read morePaine Schwartz Exits Verdesian Upon AEA Investors Deal
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Paine Schwartz Partners established Verdesian Life Sciences in 2012. Since then, the portfolio company has completed six add-on acquisitions and has developed best-in-class patented biological, nutritional, fertilizer enhancement, seed treatment, and inoculant technologies for the high-value specia
Read moreInsight Returns to Lead $95M Series D for Imperfect Foods
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Eight months after leading a $72 million Series C, Insight Partners has returned to lead a $95 million Series D for Imperfect Foods in support of the company’s goal of improving the food supply chain and reducing food waste. Up to 40 percent of food produced, processed, and transported in th
Read moreBlue Horizon Closes Flagship Vegan-Focused Fund Oversubscribed at EUR183M
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Germany-based Blue Horizon Ventures announced that it has closed its flagship fund at EUR183 million (US$222 million), nearly doubling its initial funding target of EUR100 million (US$122 million). Founded in 2018 by investors and entrepreneurs Roger Lienhard and Michael Kleindl, Blue Horizon is
Read moreKey Vegetable Seed Distributor in Mexico and Central Am Acquired by Israeli Investment Partnership
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Ahern Agribusiness, a key vegetable seed distributor across Mexico and Central America, has been acquired by an Israeli investment group consisting of private equity fund Tene Investment Funds and agribusiness investor Pulse Agri Investments. Tene Investment Funds is an Israeli private equity
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