By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UAE-based sustainable, tech-driven agribusiness Pure Harvest Smart Farms (Pure Harvest) has closed on $64.5 million in funding led by IMM Investment, the leading private investment firm in Korea, which was joined by existing investors and management. “We are delighted to welcome IMM as the latest global institutional investor to […]
Image credit: Twiga Foods By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Twiga is a Kenyan agtech startup that uses mobile technology to align supply and demand in Africa’s large but fragmented fruit and vegetable markets. In 2019, the company had its eye toward a pan African expansion by Q3 2020, however, like in so many cases, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Bezos Earth Fund announced its pledge of an additional $2 billion to drive its three-part agenda: conservation, restoration, and food systems transformation, as part of its $10 billion commitment to fight climate change, improve nature, and advance environmental justice and economic opportunity. This commitment adds to a previous […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Not even a year after raising $30 million led by Prosus Ventures, online end-to-end agribusiness services platform DeHaat has closed on the largest agtech funding round in India, securing a $115 million Series D. Led by Belgium-based Sofina and Lightrock India, Temasek also was a co-investor in this round […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media (NOTE: This article was originally published in our sister news, Women in Agribusiness Today blog.) Krysta Harden has long been a trailblazer for women in ag, having spent decades advocating for women’s place in the sector, all the while working her way up and across the industry […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media London and San Francisco-based Generation Investment Management, chaired by former Vice President Al Gore, was launched 17 years ago in 2004, at the very dawning of sustainable investment when few believed that financial returns could co-exist with a value-driven mandate. At its inception, Generation Investment was launched with a […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Did you know that 1-800-flowers.com controlled a large portfolio of food brands? I didn’t. Currently the owner of brands including Harry & David, Shari’s Berries, Cheryl’s Cookies, Moose Munch, The Popcorn Factory, and Wolferman’s Bakery, among others, 1 800-Flowers has expanded into the better-for-you protein category with the acquisition […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Soli Organic, formerly known as Shenandoah Growers, has raised $120 million through an agreement with leading developer-led investment management firm Decennial Group, and has relaunched with a new corporate name and brand. Founded in 1989, Soli Organic is the first leader in the produce category to transition from field […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was only last week that Agtech Intel News shared that Lukas Walton, Walmart heir and key financial backer of S2G Ventures, launched Builders Vision– a new investment vehicle designed to be a platform for social change on a systemic level. As part of the launch, S2G Ventures joined […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media In this new GAI News feature, we will highlight up and coming agtech companies and startups as they embark on new journeys to change the trajectory of agricultural production in an effort to feed the growing global population in ground-breaking and innovative ways. We hope you enjoy these […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Innovative investment platform CULT Food Science Corp. is targeting its capital commitments exclusively to clean, lab-grown food and the novel technologies behind them that provide sustainable, environmental, and ethical solutions mitigating the pressures caused by global factory farming and aquaculture. Conventional methods of beef production require 3,500 square feet […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Already a dominating presence in the global beef, poultry, pork, and lamb categories, and despite having a hand in trading seafood in select markets through its Seara subsidiary, JBS announced in August of this year a deal that marks the first foray into direct seafood production for this São Paulo-based […]
