By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Eight months after leading a $72 million Series C, Insight Partners has returned to lead a $95 million Series D for Imperfect Foods in support of the company’s goal of improving the food supply chain and reducing food waste. Up to 40 percent of food produced, processed, and transported […]
By Susan Payne, Holistic Agricultural Investments Group From its early stages only 10 to 15 years ago, large-scale agriculture in Africa continues to develop each year to include many burgeoning operational projects, frequently supported by international investment and often in previously unproductive regions. While this growth has happened at not-quite-ox-pace speed, the development of agriculture on […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Germany-based Blue Horizon Ventures announced that it has closed its flagship fund at EUR183 million (US$222 million), nearly doubling its initial funding target of EUR100 million (US$122 million). Founded in 2018 by investors and entrepreneurs Roger Lienhard and Michael Kleindl, Blue Horizon is deploying capital to achieve more sustainable […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Ahern Agribusiness, a key vegetable seed distributor across Mexico and Central America, has been acquired by an Israeli investment group consisting of private equity fund Tene Investment Funds and agribusiness investor Pulse Agri Investments. Tene Investment Funds is an Israeli private equity fund managing more than $1 billion in assets […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media IDeA Agro Fund, the first private equity fund in Italy focusing on investment opportunities in agricultural businesses, has announced its final close at EUR110 million (US$133.5 million). Since its launch in 2018, and working with advisory company Ettore Fieramosca, IDeA Agro has deployed capital across seven deals with the […]
Photo credit: BlueNalu By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media San Diego-based cellular seafood startup BlueNalu has raised the largest funding round to-date in the global cellular seafood space, closing on a $60 million Series A led by Rage Capital. The round (which included a wide range of existing and new investors) also listed additional notable […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Gurugram and Patna, India-based online end-to-end agribusiness services platform DeHaat, announced it has closed on $30 million in funding led by Prosus Ventures. The round also saw participation from RTP Global and existing investors Omnivore Partners, Sequoia India, the Dutch development bank FMO, and AgFunder. This capital follows a […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Private equity investor Alantra has acquired a majority stake in Surexport, one of the largest independent berry producers in Europe, through Alantra Private Equity III, which closed at EUR450 million (US$547 million) in 2018. Founded in 1994 in Huelva, Spain, Surexport is a leading fully-integrated producer of strawberries, blueberries, […]
photo credit: Square Peg Capital By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media If you could try alpaca, or water buffalo without the guilt of slaughtering wild animals, or any of the ethical questions that would normally come to mind, would you? Only four animals account for nearly all the meat humans eat (representing only 0.02 percent […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The global flavors segment has seen its fair share of consolidation and dynamic activity within the past few years, resulting in a string of big money deals. Global players have been positioning themselves to expand beyond commodities and up the production chain in order to gain a foothold in […]
By Eric Hewitson, Wyld Networks, Ltd. The agriculture sector is turning to the Internet of Things (IoT) for help. And little wonder, as the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has predicted that global food production in 2050 will need to be 70 percent higher than in 2009, with the world population and calorie per capita intake continuing […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Pioneer natural capital investors HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management, Lombard Odier, and Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers have announced themselves as the three founding members of the Natural Capital Investment Alliance established by HRH The Prince of Wales as part of his Sustainable Markets Initiative. The Alliance was […]
