New C$100M Fund Launched by Canadian Partnership to Back Food Processors
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Claridge, a Montreal-based family office, is partnering with Investissement Québec and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ to launch a C$100 million (US$78.5 million) investment fund with the goal of transforming food processing companies in Québec with growth potential into North American leader
Read moreMarubeni Announced Sale of Gavilon’s Grain Business to Viterra With Expectations of $3.5B
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As part of a reorganization, Japan’s Marubeni announced it has agreed to sell the U.S. grain business of its subsidiary Gavilon to Viterra, the Dutch unit of global giant Glencore, through a deal that Marubeni expects to be worth as much as $2.6 billion to $3.5 billion (300 billion to 400
Read morePlenty Raises $400M Series E, Names Finistere’s Kukutai as New CEO, Partners With Walmart
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It remains true that vertical farming is not yet at the point of replacing traditional agriculture. However, the technology continues to mature, the funding rounds continue to grow, and the facilities continue to scale, allowing vertical farming to forge relationships that give it meaningful
Read moreFCL Investing $2B to Construct Integrated Ag Complex; Partners with AGT Foods on $360M Canola Crush Facility
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Saskatchewan-based oil company Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) has made multiple announcements touching upon its commitment to cut its greenhouse gases by 40 percent by 2030, and to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Bringing together transportation fuel and agriculture, FCL is inve
Read moreFBN, Environmental Defense Fund Launch FBN Regenerative Agriculture Finance Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Farmers Business Network (FBN) and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced the launch of the FBN Regenerative Agriculture Finance Fund (RAFF) - a novel financing program designed to reward U.S. farmers who meet certain benchmarks on factors, such as soil health and nitrogen efficiency,
Read moreNew Partnership Model Sees Wheatsheaf Rebrand as Grosvenor Food & AgTech
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Wheatsheaf Group, the investment unit of the UK’s Grosvenor Estate and international investor in food and agtech, announced a new partnership model that will carry the investor through its next phase of growth and evolution, and with it, a new identity as Grosvenor Food & AgTech. Cre
Read moreTHF Portfolio Acquired by Multiple Fund Managers, Local Buyers
Photo credit: Oxley Capital Partners By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was on August 23 that GAI News shared that Ben Craw, managing director of Sydney-based Oxley Capital Partners, had been tasked by a European family office with the divestment of the ‘THF Portfolio’ – a 21,900-hectare (54,117-acre) beef cattle a
Read moreFarmland LP’s Vital Farmland REIT Surpasses $100M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Farmland LP is the largest asset manager focused on converting conventional farmland to sustainable organic production in the U.S. - a strategy in which investors are certainly demonstrating their confidence. And the potential is huge - while speaking at Global AgInvesting On The Green 2021Â
Read moreBuilders Private Capital Launches $300M Clean Energy Platform
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was only last week that Agtech Intel News shared that Lukas Walton, Walmart heir and key financial backer of S2G Ventures, launched Builders Vision- a new investment vehicle designed to be a platform for social change on a systemic level. As part of the launch, S2G Ventures joined Build
Read moreJBS Secures FIRB Approval for Huon Aquaculture Acquisition
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Already a dominating presence in the global beef, poultry, pork, and lamb categories, and despite having a hand in trading seafood in select markets through its Seara subsidiary, JBS announced in August of this year a deal that marks the first foray into direct seafood production for this SÃ
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