By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media From its very inception, the FarmTogether mission was steadfast and simply put: to radically democratize farmland investing. And its shared common vision – to ensure long-term environmental and economic prosperity for all – was the fibrous thread weaving the founders of the company together. Five years later, under […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agtech is booming. Last year saw a record $5 billion invested in the space across 440 funding deals, according to data from Crunchbase. This activity is creating intense momentum that is driving demand for new tools to help power applications that help farmers make more informed decisions in areas […]
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 2021 Craig Wichner, CEO of […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Climate tech precision robotics company Beewise Technologies has closed on an $80 million Series C led by New York-based venture capital and private equity house Insight Partners. Fortissimo Capital, Corner Ventures, lool ventures, Atooro Fund, Meitav Dash Investments Ltd, and Sanad Abu Dhabi also participated in this round which […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has acquired a 34.5 percent stake in Olam Agri, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olam Group Limited (OGL) focusing on the trade and processing of grains, oilseeds, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media AM FRESH Group and leading Chilean table grape producer and exporter RIO BLANCO announced the formation of Terramara Fresh, a joint venture to develop innovative table grape varieties produced in a sustainable way in Mexico. It was in October 2019 when sustainable food chain investor Paine Schwartz announced its […]
Bonifiche Ferraresi Spa (“B.F. Spa” or the “Group”) is an agro-industrial holding listed on Italian Stock Exchange, the largest Italian agricultural company in terms of Utilized Agricultural Area. B.F. has developed a business plan with the aim of positioning the Group as the reference point within the Italian agricultural ecosystem and as consequence a leading […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Miruku, an innovative New Zealand-based startup developing advanced dairy proteins in plants, has emerged from stealth with an oversubscribed $2.4 million Seed round in-hand. This funding was led by New Zealand venture capital fund Movac, and included Asia Pacific investors Better Bite Ventures, Colorado-based Ahimsa Foundation, and NZ Growth […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Atlanta-based Domain Capital Group announced that its subsidiary, Domain Timber Advisors, has acquired 1,672 acres of timberland, called Whitewater Creek, in the western region of the state of Georgia. This deal serves to expand Domain’s holdings in the U.S. Southeast, following two acquisitions in Georgia and Kentucky (undertaken for […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As FarmTogether continues to work to democratize agricultural investing for all investors, farmland investment platform FarmTogether announced the launch of its Sustainable Farmland Fund. Historical data shows that over the past five decades, ROI on farmland investments have outperformed the CPI by 7.74 percent on average, while generating both […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media They are the company that “gives a cluck about fighting food waste”. They are Do Good Foods, and they have created a circular system that recaptures some of the 43 billion pounds of healthy grocery store food that gets thrown out annually. How do they do this? They […]
photo credit: LAWD By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Following the recent and very successful divestment of its 22,386-hectare (55,317-acre) Corinella Group in December 2021 for more than AUD360 million (US$269 million), Proterra Investment Partners has placed its remaining three aggregations on the market at a collective value of AUD400 million (US$295 million). Record-breaking sale […]
