By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media U.S. agbiotech startup and global crop nutrition company Boost Biomes announced that Japanese investor Universal Materials Incubator (UMI) has extended the company’s Series A round with an additional $2 million commitment. The equity round, which was led by Yara International and included existing investors Viking Global Investors and Y […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The food crisis of 2007 brought food security to the forefront for the United Arab Emirates. In response, a Food Security Committee and the Food Security Centre – Abu Dhabi were created, and investments were deployed into overseas ventures to ensure steady imports. COVID-19, however, added a new dimension […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Capital One has made its first impact investment through Capital One Ventures, the financial services’ venture arm, in Goodr, a food waste specialist that believes in order to remedy the food waste problem in America, it’s the supply chain ecosystem that must be fixed. Goodr is working to unravel […]
By Greg Mellinger, CEO, HighQuest Partners, LLC Twenty-twenty has seen expanded offerings from agricultural investing powerhouses with assets over $1 billion AUM, smaller funds, and new entrants. More than 100 follow-on and newly-formed farmland, infrastructure, PE/VC, credit, REIT, commodity, and natural capital funds were introduced and/or closed this year as reported in GAI News. Last […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Following a year in which Gotham Greens doubled its revenue and doubled its capacity, the company announced the raising of $87 million in capital that includes its recent Series D led by existing investor Manna Tree. The funding was also backed by The Silverman Group and additional existing investors, […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media EXEO Capital was launched in March 2016 through a 50/50 joint venture between the founders of the South African private equity fund, Agri-Vie, and pan-African asset manager, STANLIB, as an entity through which to manage private equity vehicles formed to invest in strategically selected sectors. The partnership planned to […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media As one of the world’s largest agri-commodities merchants, Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has stood the test of time throughout its nearly 170-year history. The global merchant is involved in food, feed, fibers and ingredients processing, citrus juice production, international shipping and trade finance, and is the world’s largest […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Indiana-based Teays River Investments has agreed to acquire family-owned Grimmway Farms – the self-proclaimed largest carrot producer in the world – for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered in Bakersfield, California, and founded in the 1960s by Rod and Bob Grimm, Grimmway is the force behind the popularity of baby carrots. […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Born as a research project under NASA, and based out of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago, the original aim for the founders of Nature’s Fynd was to study extremophile organisms – microbes that can live and thrive under extreme conditions, according to […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Following successful trial monitoring more than 20 million honey bees worldwide, Irish bee monitoring innovator ApisProtect (Apis is the Latin word for bee) announced the U.S. launch of its commercial honey bee monitoring platform. Founded by preeminent researchers, including CEO Dr. Fiona Edwards Murphy, ApisProtect has a critical and […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable food chain investor Paine Schwartz Partners has made multiple moves this week. The first, an exit. An announcement has been made that Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund IV (Fund IV) has completed the sale of FoodChain ID – a platform for a holistics suite of tech-driven food safety, […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media New Zealand Super Fund has acquired four vineyards – Confluence, Brackenfield, Willow Flat, and Medway – from Yealands Wine Group for NZ$34 million (US$24 million). The four properties total approximately 187 hectares (462 acres) planted primarily in Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, and will now be run by FarmRight, […]
