By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media You could say that Full Harvest Founder and CEO Christine Moseley has made good on the motto “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” especially evident by the $23 million the company secured in late December 2021 to reduce on-farm food waste by digitizing the produce supply chain. […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bowery Farming announced it has secured $150 million through a credit facility led by private credit accounts managed by global investment firm KKR, bringing the company’s total funding to-date to $647 million. Based in New York City, Bowery Farming is the largest vertical farming company in the U.S. Founded […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In September 2021, Dutch sustainable aquaculture and related tech investor Aqua-Spark released AquaInsights, An Introduction to Tilapia in Sub-Saharan Africa – an in-depth, 92-page report exploring the current geography and the potential for Tilapia farming in sub-Saharan Africa. By 2050 the population of the sub-Saharan region is expected to […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Indonesian aquaculture tech startup eFishery has broken records, successfully closing on a $90 million Series C and becoming the world’s largest aquaculture tech startup in the world. The round was co-led by Temasek, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and Sequoia Capital India, and included existing investors Northstar Group, Aqua-Spark, Go-Ventures, […]
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, by employing regenerative production practices. […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media In this new GAI News feature, Three Questions With…, we provide a “quick view” into innovative agtech companies and startups working to change the trajectory of agricultural production in an effort to feed the growing global population in ground-breaking and innovative ways. Today, we highlight AQUA4D® of Switzerland. […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media AcreTrader, a tech-driven platform that connects investors, land, and farmers, announced it has raised $40 million through a Series B that the company stated will fuel its strategic expansion. Founded by Carter Malloy in 2018, AcreTrader uses crowdfunding to remove the traditional barriers to farmland investing. Its proprietary technology […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Manulife Investment Management announced the launch of the Manulife Real Asset Investment Fund – a vehicle through which accredited Canadian investors can gain exposure to a mixture of global private and public real asset investment opportunities. Managed by Manulife’s Multi-Assets Solutions Team, headed by Eric Menzer, senior portfolio manager, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It is a universal truth that smallholders and family-sized farmers produce the bulk of the food consumed globally. However, despite being key to our collective future, these farmers are often excluded from access to financing, with the world’s financial institutions not yet recognizing and appraising these growers as valid […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Shenhua aggregation, located on the Liverpool Plains and owned by Chinese mining giant Shenhua, had been earmarked for the development of Watermark, an open cut coal mining operation. The mine was estimated to have a working lifespan of 30 years, over which time it had the potential to […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading Israeli biotech company Pluristem Therapeutics and Tnuva Group, the largest food producer in Israel, announced their collaboration to develop, manufacture, and commercialize cultured cell-based food products. “Our collaboration with Pluristem is part of the execution of Tnuva Group’s strategy and vision,” said Haim Gavrieli, chairman, Tnuva Group. “Tnuva […]
photo credit: Mitsui By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Japan’s Mitsui & Co. announced it has invested in an Australia-based carbon offset fund jointly developed with New Forests, which will manage the fund. This New Forests and Mitsui initiative is where investment has arrived,” said Dayne Johnson, partner with HWL Ebsworth, advisor to New Forests […]
