By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital Almost two years to the date of Beyond Meat’s initial public offering (IPO), Oatly, a plant-based dairy replacement company, went public on May 19, 2021. Just like Beyond Meat’s IPO, Oatly was well received by investors as its stock price rose when trading began, reaching an equity value […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media From apples to almonds to alfalfa grown for cattle feed, every year crops valued at $20 billion depend on bees, which also produce $150 million in honey every year, for survival. It’s widely known that bees have been having a hard time of it for decades. There has been […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Gladstone Land continues to expand its holdings in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S., announcing its acquisition of 116 gross acres of farmland, including 100 acres of blueberry bushes along with a fresh packing and shipping facility in Hammonton, New Jersey, for approximately $2.2 million. In accordance with the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone Tenacious Ventures, the first and only specialist agrifood tech venture capital firm, announced it has closed its first fund oversubscribed at A$35 million (US$27 million). Tenacious Ventures Fund I announced its first close in March 2020 at just over A$20 million (US$15.5 million) with cornerstone A$8 million (US$6.2 million) investments from the […]
By Joseph Byrum It takes hundreds of millions in research and development funding to create a world-beating germplasm pool that meets the individual needs of growers facing a variety of tough conditions. Not surprisingly, only a handful of companies have the financial clout to develop elite genetic traits. The seed industry’s top four firms spend […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Australian Ruth Moloney has traveled her way across the supply chain, from being a buyer and trader and now, an independent cocoa and vanilla producer in Belize – a position she has held since 2017 when she founded Corridgeree Belize Ltd along with her business partner Tino Cota. […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media SBI Ven Holdings, the overseas private equity firm of Japan’s SBI Holdings, has committed a $2 million in exchange for a 11 percent stake in investment in Watawala Dairy Farm, one of the leading agribusiness companies in Sri Lanka. Begun as a pilot project called Lonach Farm in March […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Chicago-based Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p) announced that it has closed on $423 million for its inaugural fund Entrepreneurial Equity Partners I (e2p I). Focused on control-oriented investments, e2p I will target investments in companies across the food and CPG sectors with a minimum revenue of $50 million specializing in […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Ninety percent of the fertilizer used today – a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions – remains synthetic. Not only harmful to the atmosphere, these synthetic fertilizers also have detrimental effects on local water supplies and environments. However, “Consumer concerns over food provenance and safety – where food […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The Yield Lab Europe announced a second close of nearly €50 million (US$61 million) for its sustainable agrifood tech venture capital fund that included new investors the European Investment Fund through the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), Invest-NL, Allied Irish Banks, and new family office investors. St. Louis-based […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media There’s a gold rush underway in Saskatchewan – however, this gold is the golden fields of canola – and it may be due to climbing demand for biofuel, and environmental pressure. In little more than a month, three major companies have announced plans to build massive canola crushing plants […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media High-tech, indoor, vertical farming startup Bowery Farming has raised the largest private funding round to-date in the indoor farming category – a $300 million Series C led by Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC that brings total funding to-date for the company to $472 million, and gives it a […]
