NOTE: This article ran in our sister publication, WIA Today, at the conclusion of the businesses’ annual Women in Agribusiness (WIA) Summit last week. Learn more about WIA at www.womeninag.com. By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness We hope you joined us last week for our 9th annual Women in Agribusiness Summit, where we welcomed […]
photo credit – Hungry Harvest By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Paris-based private equity firm Creadev has returned to lead an oversubscribed $13.7 million Series A for Hungry Harvest, a company focused on making an impact on the food space by reducing food waste and ending hunger. Both existing and new investors rounded out the […]
photo credit: Iron Ox By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Robotics and AI-driven farming startup Iron Ox announced it has closed on a $20 million Series B that was led by various family offices and Pathbreaker Ventures, which led Iron Ox’ Pre-Seed round four years ago. The round, which brings total funding to-date to $45 […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Australian agricultural land and water asset investor, developer, and manager, Alterra Limited, announced that it has completed a A$1.72 million placement with Emanuel Exports and Sandon Capital Investments Ltd. The funds secured by Alterra will be used as working capital to complete feasibility studies and advance Phase I plantings […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Israel-based Phytolon, a food tech portfolio company of the Trendlines Group, has raised $4.1 million through a round led by Millennium Food-Tech – a new R&D partnership launched to invest in food tech companies. This marks the second investment for Millennium, which committed $1.8 million to the round, and […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Fortune Agribusiness is planning to invest A$150 million (US$115 million) to develop a high-value, 3,500-hectare (8,649-acre) irrigated fruit and vegetable farming operation at its 294,000-hectare (726,490-acre) Singleton Station in the Western Davenport region of Australia’s Northern Territory. Made up of a small group of investors, Fortune acquired Singleton Station […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Lewis & Clark AgriFood is in the news again, having led a $27 million round of growth capital funding for AI-driven biosciences company Brightseed. A 2020 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, Brightseed is the developer of Forager™, the first and only AI technology for phytonutrient discovery in the world. […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Israeli smart farming, soil-sensor, and cloud-based analytics company CropX has expanded its global reach in Oceania with the acquisition of New Zealand-based precision effluent and irrigation services company Regen. Founded in 2015 and with offices in both Tel Aviv and San Francisco, CropX integrates the full range of farm […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Muttaba Station had been owned by business partners Ken Harris and Ron Greentree as part of their Greentree Farming partnership. However, plans developed in 2017 to dissolve the partnership and Muttama was listed for sale in November of that year as the pair worked to split the remaining assets. […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media GAI News has learned that Homestead Capital USA Farmland Fund III has secured a $60 million commitment from the $19.5 billion State Universities Retirement System of Illinois (SURS). This investment, which was approved during the SURS Investment Committee meeting held on September 10 following a closed session presentation, marks […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media St. Louis-based Lewis & Clark AgriFood Growth Fund has led a $7.7 million Series A for BinSentry, a Canadian sensor tech company. BDC Capital’s Industrial Innovation Venture Fund also participated in the round along with existing investors Garage Capital and Chilligo Investments. As part of the funding round, Jonathan […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Boulder, Colorado-based Good Karma, the first dairy alternative company to make a flax-based milk alternative, announced it has secured a “significant new investment” from Valor Siren Ventures (VSV) – a fund established to act as an early-stage innovation engine for food and retail technology startups. Existing investor 2x Consumer […]
