Nature’s Fynd Raises $45M, Adds List of High-Profile CPG Execs to Team
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Born as a research project under NASA, and based out of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago, the original aim for the founders of Nature’s Fynd was to study extremophile organisms – microbes that can live and thrive under extreme conditions, accord
Read moreApisProtect Announces U.S. Launch of Commercial Honey Bee Monitoring Platform
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Following successful trial monitoring more than 20 million honey bees worldwide, Irish bee monitoring innovator ApisProtect (Apis is the Latin word for bee) announced the U.S. launch of its commercial honey bee monitoring platform. Founded by preeminent researchers, including CEO Dr. Fiona Edwar
Read morePaine Schwartz Sells FoodChain ID to Berkshire Partners, Launches New Investment Platform with Investment in Urban Farms
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable food chain investor Paine Schwartz Partners has made multiple moves this week. The first, an exit. An announcement has been made that Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund IV (Fund IV) has completed the sale of FoodChain ID - a platform for a holistics suite of tech-driven food safety,
Read moreNZ Super Fund Acquires Four Vineyards from Yealands Wine Group for NZ$34M
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media New Zealand Super Fund has acquired four vineyards - Confluence, Brackenfield, Willow Flat, and Medway - from Yealands Wine Group for NZ$34 million (US$24 million). The four properties total approximately 187 hectares (462 acres) planted primarily in Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, and will no
Read moreBenson Hill Builds Supply Chain Infrastructure Through Partnership With Rose Acre Farms
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Crop biotech and food innovation company Benson Hill has announced a collaboration with Rose Acre Farms, the second largest egg producer in the U.S., that will build out the supply chain for Benson Hill’s high-protein, high-oleic, low anti-nutrient soybeans. Headquartered in Indiana and with
Read moreS2G Ventures, Ceres Partners Lead $7M Series A For iUNU to Scale LUNA Platform
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Commercial greenhouse operators are tasked with steep challenges – to balance a wide range of conditions such as temperature, humidity, crop diseases, and pests, for example, while needing to produce a large, uniformly standard crop of fresh produce for buyers who await a future harvest. It is
Read moreRoc Partners Enters Australian Grain Sector With Acquisition of Emerald Grain from Sumitomo
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media After owning a 50 percent stake in the company since 2010, and fully owning it since 2014, Sumitomo has agreed to sell Emerald Grain to Sydney-based investment manager Roc Partners. Based in Melbourne, Emerald Grain controls the Melbourne Port Terminal, the only bulk grain terminal at the city
Read moreSolar Foods Secures Another US$5.1M in Funding From Business Finland to Make Protein From Thin Air
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in Helsinki in 2017 as a spin-off from a VTT and LUT research program, Solar Foods uses a unique bioprocess similar to that used to make beer or wine to create natural protein using only air and electricity as raw materials. Using renewable energy and air-captured carbon dioxide (CO2) in
Read moreADM Capital’s Cibus Enterprise Fund One of Eight Cornerstone Investors for Yellowtail Fish Farmer The Kingfish Co.
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media With a feed conversion ratio (FCR) of 1.2:1, seafood is one of the most efficient means of meeting the nutritional demands of a global population. In regard to environmental impact, as demand for protein continues to climb, seafood production has a significantly lighter footprint compared to poultr
Read moreNew INVL Sustainable Timber and Farmland Fund II Makes First Investment
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media On November 12 GAI News shared the launch of the INVL Sustainable Timberland and Farmland Fund II (STAFF II) by Lithuania’s INVL Asset Management. With a targeted goal of EUR100 million (US$118 million), the fund’s initial offering has raised EUR32.45 million (US$38.3 million) to-date from
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