By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Multi-faceted venture capital firm AVAC has launched Carrot Ventures Fund I – a fund taking a novel approach in how it plans to drive agtech commercialization. Created with financial backing from AVAC and Farm Credit Canada (FCC), the mission of Carrot Ventures is to address the systemic challenges being […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Los Angeles-based private equity investor Butterfly takes a “seed to fork” approach when building out its portfolio of agriculture, aquaculture, food and beverage, food distribution, and food service investments. Its latest investment within this framework gained Butterfly a majority stake in Pete and Gerry’s Organics – the top producer […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Imagine the ability to keep organic blueberries in perfect condition for eight weeks after harvest, or being able to keep hops fresh for an additional six weeks until they are used. This is the exact achievement that RipeLocker is bringing to food production supply chains. In support of this […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Amsterdam-based Goodwell Investments announced it has launched Goodwell V – a new US$60 million multi-sector private equity fund focused on supporting high-growth SMEs and sustainable development in Africa. With more than 20 investments already deployed across Africa through its teams in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa (include Tomato Jos, […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media For a global animal protein giant, Cargill has been pivoting to grab a share of the plant-based and alternative foods markets. In 2017 the company entered into a strategic partnership with Delacon – the pioneering global leader in plant-based feed additives. The year 2018 opened with the company investing […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Paine Schwartz-backed Prima Wawona, the largest grower and marketer of conventional and organic peaches, plums, nectarines, and apricots in the world, announced its plans to expand its acreage by 2,600 acres. Further cementing the company’s standing as the top grower, the new acreage will be committed to growing stone […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Wasatch is investing $100 million in Bespoke Capital Acquisition Corp (BCAC), a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) soon to be acquiring Vintage Wine Estates (VWE) – one of the fastest growing U.S. wine producers with wineries throughout Napa, Sonoma, California’s Central Coast, Oregon, and the state of Washington. This […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Ecovative employs modern technology to unlock the natural potential of mycelium (the vegetative root structure of fungi that look like fine white filaments, and contain the same polymer as crab shells) to create next-generation materials stemming from mushrooms. Now having mastered the science of mycelium to grow custom solutions […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Singapore’s Temasek, Chinese agrifood tech VC Bits x Bites, and CITIC have led a $30 million Series C for Chinese agricultural drone technology company EAVision Technologies. Also participating in the round were a range of global investors, including Germany-based BASF, U.S.-based Continental Grain Company, China-based fresh fruit retailer Pagoda, […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), a global asset manager with more than $200 billion in assets under management, has made an undisclosed investment in four family-owned orchards in the Goulburn Valley in the state of Victoria, Australia. This investment, which is being conducted through Ontario Teachers’ Australian subsidiary […]
By Aline Glick, Head of Product, Aspiring Universe Precision agriculture has become increasingly sophisticated, with smart sensors available to monitor crop conditions in the field at the level of a single peach. However, local sensing devices are prohibitively expensive and cumbersome for row crop monitoring, and AI-based extrapolations from remote sensing have lacked the scientific […]
By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners & Consultant, HighQuest Partners The current market for farmland can be accurately described as one where there is a shortage of land for sale and a larger than normal number of potential buyers in many areas. While this article is not intended to be a deep dive into the reasons […]
