Coca-Cola, Eight Bottling Partners Launch $137.5M VC Fund Focused on Sustainability
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Coca-Cola Company, together with eight other worldwide bottling partners, announced the launch of a new venture capital fund focused on investments centered on sustainability with a first close at $137.5 million. The new fund called Greycroft Coca-Cola System Sustainability Fund
Read moreArkeon Raises Over EUR10M; Plans Pilot Production Plant to Convert CO2 Into Functional Protein
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Vienna, Austria, Arkeon is an ingredients company leveraging ancient microbes to convert CO2 into amino acids and functional peptides as a regenerative way to produce food and lifestyle products. Built upon more than a decade of research by co-founders Dr. Simon R
Read moreLast Year Walmart Invested in Sustainable Beef; Now It’s Committing $257M to Build Out The Supply Chain
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On August 26, 2022 I wrote an article titled The Shifting Landscape of U.S. Meat Processing in which I outlined the long history of consolidation in the industry, eventually resulting in a market dominated by only four major meat packers – Cargill, JBS USA, Tyson, and National Beef Packing
Read moreUPL, Radicle Growth Launch the Radicle Natural Plant Protection Challenge
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Company-building platform and early stage investor in ag and food technologies Radicle Growth, has a history of forging partnerships and launching platforms that create challenges designed to identify and grow startups advancing technologies that drive the evolution of our food systems.
Read moreBunge, Viterra Merge Creating $34B Global Powerhouse
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Through a deal with an overall value of approximately $18 billion, Bunge, one of the original A-B-C-D giants of grain trading, has agreed to a merger with Glencore, CPP Investments, and BCI-backed Viterra, creating a global powerhouse. Glencore acquired Viterra in 2012 for CAD6.1 bi
Read moreLAWD Partners with Bricklet to Democratize Ownership of Australian Farmland
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading Australian real estate and advisory firm LAWD has partnered with fractionalization platform Bricklet to launch LAWD Bricklet, a venture designed to democratize ownership of farmland and provide a new way for farmers to plan for succession or draw capital from their agricultural asset
Read morePlenty Officially Opens World’s Most Advanced Vertical Farm in Compton, California
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was in January 2022 that AgInvesting Weekly shared the news that indoor vertical farming company Plenty closed on a $400 million Series E - the largest funding round to-date for an indoor farming startup. Concurrently, Plenty also announced a new strategic commercial partnership with
Read moreCargill Continues Investment in Expansion on Three Continents
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Over the past month, Cargill has made a series of announcements detailing the investments it is making in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, Australia, and Brazil to expand and enhance its grains, oilseed, and feed business. The company’s most recent disclosure outlines its plans to buil
Read moreAgricover Abandons Plans to List on BVB Following Failed IPO
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading Romanian agribusiness Agricover has abandoned its plans to list on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, after it failed to raise sufficient capital during its IPO earlier this month. With a target of raising EUR 85 million (US$93 million), the IPO was one of the largest ever pursued on
Read moreTidal Grow® AgriScience Emerges From Stealth With New Technologies
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global agriculture is being challenged on multiple fronts - all equally important, but unique in how they need to be addressed. From weather and climate change, to labor issues, nutrient runoff, or regulatory difficulties, the power of agtech lies in its ability to forge a more resilient and
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