By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Impact and socially responsible investing has gained serious traction in recent years, however, it is estimated that there remains a $2.5 trillion (with a “t”) gap between current impact investing levels and what is needed to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As a specialist investor in early-stage […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Finland-based cellular ag startup Onego Bio announced it has successfully closed on EUR10 million (US$11.2 million) in Seed funding through a round involving venture capital investors Agronomics Limited, and Maki VC. Eggs are one of the most commonly used animal proteins. Global egg production has almost doubled over the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Co-founded by Francisco Roque de Pinho and Joaquín Labella in 2016 in Uruguay – an unassuming country with vast unexplored agricultural potential wedged between Argentina and Brazil – TLG Management Partners works to implement improvements on, and then manage, underperforming farmland properties in South America. The timing of the […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media (NOTE: Below is a transcription of the video interview done last week with Mark Barber, head of agribusiness investment service for Elders Real Estate in Australia. Barber spoke to their recent property for sale: Macadamia Enterprises.) GAI News: Good day and thank you for listening in for this […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Better Bite Ventures is a new venture capital investor launching with its first fund – a $15 million alternative protein fund with a dedicated focus on the Asia Pacific region. The first-of-its-kind vehicle comes to light with a portfolio already including 10 Asia Pacific startups leveraging plant-based and cellular […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Tim McGavin, founder and CEO of Laguna Bay, told GAI News in a former 2020 interview, “I would say that Laguna Bay’s origination edge comes from our strong reputation and broad networks amongst the agricultural community. We are a private, staff-owned firm with long-term patient capital, so we control our […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Norway’s Mowi ASA, the largest salmon farmer and producer of Atlantic salmon in the world, has made an offer of 13.8 billion kroner (US$1.55 billion) to acquire rival NTS ASA. Mowi alone meets 20 percent of the global demand for farm-raised Atlantic salmon. The company has 12,000 employees, and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ANZ, the largest bank serving institutional and large-scale customers across Australia and New Zealand, has agreed to invest US$50 million in Australian specialist climate change advisory and investment firm Pollination in exchange for a minority stake. This investment is part of Pollination’s Series B, and will be the foundation […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media CNH Industrial – the name behind some of the most recognized agricultural equipment brands including Case IH, New Holland Agriculture, and STEYR – announced it is launching CNH Industrial Ventures, its own strategic investment arm. This vehicle is being seen by the company as a next step in its role […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media San Francisco-based Wildtype certainly has come far since it raised $3.5 million in Seed funding in 2018. Just approaching four years later, this pioneer of sushi-grade, cultivated salmon has broken funding records in its category, announcing the completion of a $100 million Series B led by L Catterton, and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, 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 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Copenhagen, Agreena is a carbon market startup that originates, verifies, and sells carbon credits generated by farmers through the integration and adoption of regenerative production practices. Today, 34 percent of the publicly traded companies in the world have already made commitments to achieve net-zero targets, indicating that […]
