By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Less than one year after closing an impressive A$35 million (US$24 million) Series A, Aussie vegan meat brand v2food has closed on more significant funding. New investors ABC World Asia Altitude Partners, China Renaissance, Esenagro, Novel Investments, and Temasek have joined founding investment partner Main Sequence Ventures in a […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media At the 2020 Women in Agribusiness Summit, Liz Harrison and Tamara Charm of McKinsey & Company spoke about the big shifts in sales through the eyes of consumers, B2B decision makers, and farmers, based on the results of McKinsey’s global research and surveys done throughout this year. […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Next-generation hydroponic greenhouse farming company BrightFarms announced it has secured more than $100 million in debt and new equity capital through a Series E round led by Cox Enterprises. This round now makes Cox a majority owner in BrightFarms, and brings back Catalyst Investors, which made a follow-on investment […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Arbor Investments, a specialized private equity firm focused solely on investment opportunities in the food and beverage verticals and their related industries, has closed its fifth fund – Arbor Investments V (Fund V) at $1.5 billion. Not only has this impressive funding surpassed Fund V’s goal of $1 billion […]
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By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media It is now a well-told story that COVID-19 exposed the inefficiencies in the global food supply chain, but it is a fortuitous result that multiple businesses – agribusinesses, technology conglomerates, and entrepreneurs alike – are pushing the envelope on innovation to develop systems, products, and tools to recalibrate […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media W23, the venture capital arm of Australian retailer Woolworths, is the sole investor in an A$4 million (US$2.9 million) Series A for London-based, AI-driven health and wellness platform Spoon Guru. Co-founded by Markus Stripf, Tim Allen, and Simon O’Regan in 2015, Spoon Guru uses machine learning, AI, and nutritional […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media LIVEKINDLY is a multi-brand plant-based food platform launched in March of this year with $200 million in founders’ funding committed by a consortium of founders, entrepreneurs, and global industry leaders, and a mission to transform the global food system. Only seven months later, the LIVEKINDLY Collective has announced the […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Green Plains Inc. announced it has sold its remaining 50 percent stake in Green Plains Cattle Co. (GPCC) to an investor group that includes AGR Partners and StepStone Group, among others, for $80 million. It was in September 2019 that Green Plains Inc., AGR Partners TGAM Agribusiness Fund Holdings-B, […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Leading vertical farming pioneer Plenty and top fresh berry producer and brand Driscoll’s have announced a joint development agreement to grow Driscoll’s proprietary strawberries year-round in Plenty’s vertical indoor farms. It is also being reported that as part of the deal Driscoll’s is making an unspecified, but ‘major” investment […]
By Jeanae DuBois, Executive Director of Growth Marketing, Shift3 Technologies The ag industry traditionally has been slow to adopt new technologies into long-standing processes, but with the spread of COVID-19, businesses can lean on technology to help keep operations running safely, remotely, and accurately. When it came to managing employees who work directly in the […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Although still far from being mainstream in Western cultures, the numerous benefits of sourcing protein from insects – namely, high conversion rates, the need for less processing compared to plant protein, and being more palatable compared to algae – paired with the EU Commission’s approval of insect-derived protein for […]
