By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media La Maison Younan, a subsidiary of Younan Company, a global private equity firm specializing in the acquisition and management of a range of assets and companies in the luxury consumer space, has acquired its third vineyard in the renown Grand Cru region of Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux, France, for an undisclosed […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Conti Ventures has led a $35 million Series B for PatternAg Inc. in support of the company’s breakthrough metagenomics platform. Conti was joined by Bidra Innovations and existing investors The Production Board, Valor Capital Group, Founders Find, iSelect, LAUNCH, and Ospraie Ag Sciences. Just as genomics is rapidly being […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media New Forests, a global manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, the second largest forestry investment manager in the world, and the largest in the timber and plantation sectors in Asia-Pacific, is expanding through the formation of a new ag investment business division. Headquartered in Sydney since […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Thai Union, Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods (a wholly owned subsidiary of Thai Union Group), and leading plant-based seafood brand The ISH Food Company have announced a North American alliance in support of the advancement of a regenerative, nutritious food system. As The ISH Food Company continues to […]
By Dr. Shaun Passley, Founder, ZenaTech The call for sustainable practices in the field of agriculture is not new, but it becomes more urgent with each passing year. Those who answer the call commit to tackling a complex challenge. In essence, sustainable farming demands more work be done with less energy. It requires a greater […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Neutral Foods, the first carbon neutral food company in the U.S., announced it closed on a $12 million Series A led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a fund co-founded by Bill Gates, which also led one of the company’s early-stage Seed funding rounds in October 2021. Additional participants in this […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On August 26 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. This […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Israel-based cellular meat company Aleph Farms – the company that unveiled the world’s first cellular ribeye steak grown from non-genetically engineered animal cells in February 2021 – has been recognized by the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate) as an Innovation Sprint Partner. As part of this […]
Global AgInvesting (GAI) is excited to share a future of opportunities with our valued network of sector-focused investors, asset managers, farmland owners, and industry colleagues. As the newest partner of UK-based Arc Network, a global events, data, and media platform, Global AgInvesting will benefit from an expanded reach and additional resources spanning a footprint active […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Considering it launched its official memorandum in mid-2020 during the worst of a global pandemic, Calgary-based Veripath Farmland Partners (Veripath) has rapidly grown, operating on the conviction that global demand for agricultural products, including food, feed, fiber, and fuel, make farmland – particularly Canadian farmland with compelling valuation discounts […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media South Korean B2B agrifood platform Tridge closed on a $37 million Series D led by DSAsset, bringing total funding to-date to nearly $120 million, and lifting its valuation from $500 million when it raised its $60 million Series C in 2021 to $2.7 billion today. Founded by commodity investor Hoshik […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media There are multiple types of “good” fungi that establish relationships with plants that are mutually beneficial – these relationships are called mycorrhizae, and the microorganisms are called mycorrhizal fungi. However, over time these naturally occurring and beneficial microbes have been destroyed by modern farming practices including tilling, pasteurization, and […]
