By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG), a company of Manulife Investment Management, has acquired 12,874 hectares (31,812 acres) of eucalyptus plantations in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, through its affiliate Sempre Verde Florestas e Agricultura Ltda, from AMATA, through AMATA subsidiary APEI Plantio de Floresta Exotica S.A. (APEI). Concurrently, Manulife […]
photo credit: Just Eat Inc. By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Industry-leading food tech startup Eat Just has closed on $200 million in new funding led by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Additional investors included Charlesbank Capital Partners and Vulcan Capital, the investment arm of the estate of Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media With offices in New Hampshire in the U.S. and in Saudi Arabia, Waterfund is a global water investment and trading firm that invests in, operates, and manages water treatment solutions and technologies. Together with Israeli global venture investor OurCrowd, the pair have announced a partnership to build a dedicated […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Jane Cummings, chief technology officer at Dublin-based Cainthus, knows a thing or two about how things work – she has worked on one of the most advanced engineering undertakings to understand the fundamental nature of the particles that comprise the building blocks of our universe – so putting […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media In a deal marking the biggest evolutionary step in North American railways since 1996 when CSX merged with Conrail, Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced their agreement to merge, creating the first rail network to connect the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. The combination has already received […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media UAE-based tech-driven agribusiness Pure Harvest Smart Farms (Pure Harvest) announced that it has secured $60 million in growth funding through a first-of-its-kind Islamic financing solution. Led by SHUAA Capital, the leading asset management and investment banking platform in the region, this funding was secured through a highly structured Sukuk […]
Photo courtesy of Elders By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Prefer to hear this conversation? Listen to the interview here. Elders, a leading agribusiness throughout rural and regional Australia, has been appointed by Hancock Agriculture, the second largest beef producer in that country, to market a portfolio of seven of its Northern Australia beef […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media VMG Partners has raised $850 million (in only three months!) to close its VMG Growth Fund V at its target and hard cap, and bringing its total AUM to approximately $2.6 billion. The firm closed VMG Partners Fund IV at $550 million in August 2018, with an additional $150 […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Israeli company Ilsar announced it has raised $5 million in funding led by AP Partners to commercialize rare black winter truffles on the international market. Almost universally considered a luxury, challenging to cultivate to the point of frustration, and traditionally only found during the winter in France, Italy, or […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Gladstone Land has further diversified its portfolio with the acquisition of 108.000 square-feet of cold storage and supporting facilities in Stockton, California, for an undisclosed amount. In connection with the deal, Gladstone has entered into a 10-year lease agreement with the seller (who is an existing tenant of the […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Tech-driven online farmland investment marketplace FarmTogether announced that it has closed on the largest single-asset crowdfunding farmland investment to-date – $22 million for Galaxy Organic Apple Orchards – a 201-acre organic redevelopment property in Franklin County, Washington. Through its end-to-end platform, FarmTogether allows individual investors to view carefully vetted […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media A fairly new player in the agtech and food tech sector, yet one with big visions and bold strategies and purpose, Germin8 Ventures prides itself on using technology intervention to provide food security and productivity with a focus on optimizing environmental sustainability and human health. Put more simply, […]
