By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Nearly two years after selling its organic soy and corn business to Pipeline Foods for $66.5 million, SunOpta continues to slim down with the sale of Tradin – its global ingredients business – to commodities trader Amsterdam Commodities (Acomo) in a deal worth $390 million. Based in Canada, SunOpta […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Pure Salmon, the land-based salmon farming company backed by 8F Asset Management, is investing $228 million in its Virginia production facility, marking one of the largest private equity investments in the region. Singapore-based 8F Asset Management is an impact investor with a pure-play framework, managing private equity funds that […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Finance Earth, in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund and Sky Ocean Rescue, has just launched Blue Impact Fund, the UK’s first fund focused on improving and protecting the resilience and recovery of the world’s oceans by targeting investments in enterprises producing sustainable seafood and aquatic plants. Since 2018 Finance […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Although still somewhat nascent, the growing awareness of sustainable investing reflects an increasing need that has been demonstrated by the ever-greater capital being committed to the space. Driven by the belief that climate change and environmental degradation can be reversed through the regenerative powers of agriculture, Belgian venture capital […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Hancock Prospecting is undertaking a bit of house cleaning and is planning to divest as many as six cattle stations in the Northern Territory and Western Australia with plans to pivot toward other agricultural and cattle investments. Reports are that the reason behind such a move is the difficulty […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Israeli chickpea protein producer InnovoPro announced it has secured $18 million in funding through a second round led by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), and included the Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund, part of Rabobank’s investment arm Rabo Corporate Investments, leading Israeli VC fund ICOS Capital, and early-stage investment […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Lewis & Clark AgriFood announced it has allocated a $7.7 million investment through their Rural RBIC Fund in irrigation tech company Hortau Corp. Based in St. Louis, Lewis & Clark is a food and agriculture-focused investment firm targeting land and growth stage businesses through its AgriFood Growth Fund and […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Research being conducted by Finistere in partnership with PitchBook examining global financing activity across both the agtech and foodtech sectors finds that agrifood investment continues to go from strength to strength so far in 2020. This year has seen more than its share of economic and socio-political turmoil. And […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has made an undisclosed investment in Equilibrium Capital’s Controlled Environment Foods Fund II, becoming the first regional Asian investor to do so. Once overlooked as a viable alternative to the growing issue of providing food for an ever-populous world, Controlled Environment Agriculture […]
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By Roza Gazizova, Founder and Managing Director, Sogdiana Advisory Growing global population (from 7.8 billion (1) as of March 2020 to 9.1 billion by 2050 (2)) drives the growth of the global demand for food. It is estimated by various sources, that the global demand for food will increase between 50-100 percent (3) by 2050. Such growth may increase ecological and social issues […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Independent ag and food investor Unigrains announced that it has secured EUR250 million (US$296 million) in revolving credit facility (RCF) financing from a collective group of banks. Co-leading the financing were Crédit Agricole Ile-de-France which acted as agent and coordinator with Société Générale, Caisse d’Epargne Ile-de-France, La Banque Postale, […]
