By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media As AppHarvest prepares to open the world’s largest indoor farm in Morehead, Kentucky, the high-tech, climate-controlled greenhouse developer has made a series of significant announcements. These announcements are being made as the company prepares to unveil its 2.76-million square foot controlled environment agriculture facility, which will in time create […]

By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Stray Dog Capital, a venture capital investor focused on emerging plant-based brands, has led separate funding rounds for two plant-based food startups. These two new additions join Stray Dog’s portfolio of more than 30 investments including Kite Hill, Beyond Meat, Miyoko’s, and Good Catch. Barvecue® Stray Dog has led […]

By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The world loves bananas. However, the banana as we know it is threatened with extinction by Fusarium TR4 – a soil-borne, pathogenic fungus that is decimating banana plantations on a global scale.  First identified in the 1990s in Taiwan, and after years of battling the fungus across the Eastern […]

This article will be featured in the next GAI Gazette, Volume 7, Issue 1, which will be distributed digitally in conjunction with the annual Global AgInvesting flagship conference, which will be held virtually on August 25-27, 2020. Join us for this three-day event and gain valuable insight and learn best practices from the expert speaking faculty. Learn more and register. By Daniel Serna, […]

By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Farmers Business Network (FBN), the pioneering direct-to-farm and farmer-to-farmer tech platform, announced it has closed on a $250 million Series F led by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.  Existing investors who took part in this round include DBL Partners, Temasek, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price […]

By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Royal DSM of the Netherlands has partnered with Avril Group, France’s fourth largest agro-industrial group, to launch Olatein, a new joint venture to produce canola proteins for the global plant-based market.  This venture is in direct response to growing global demand. As the global population continues to grow, and […]

By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital Agriculture in the U.S. has been transformed over the last 50 years as small family farms have been swallowed up or replaced by large corporations.  The resulting economies of scale have led to farming on an industrial level, with crops optimized for output, and livestock raised for size and milk […]

By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Agricultural investment manager NewAg Partners (“NewAg”) announced the appointment of Russell Read, CFA, Ph,D. to its Board of Directors, and to the role of Chairman of its Investment Committee.  Founded in 2019 by Detlef Shoen, NewAg aims to be a catalyst for shifting traditional agriculture to regenerative production systems […]

By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Bell Food Group has increased its investment in Dutch cellular meat startup Mosa Meat, the company name behind the development of the first cultivated hamburger in 2013, by contributing EUR 5 million (US$ 5.9 million) to Mosa Meat’s next funding round.  This investment follows a EUR 2 million (US$2.3 […]

By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The Riverside Company’s latest addition to its Riverside Flavor Platform is GSB & Associates (GSB) – a flavor house specializing in bespoke flavor development. Founded in 1988, The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focusing on investing in growing businesses valued at up to $400 million. Over […]

By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media A new study – the 2020 State of the Industry Report – released by Agribusiness Australia, presents an examination of the opportunities for the industry to gain investment and increase growth toward its target of reaching A$100 million in farm gate production value by 2030. Ag is the fastest growing […]

Cover photo courtesy of Geltor. By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media British protein investor CPT Capital has led an impressive $91.3 million Series B round for Geltor, a biodesigner of animal-free, sustainable cultured proteins. Taiwan-based WTT Investment Ltd. was also a significant contributor to the round, which also included Cultivian Sandbox, SOSV, Blue Horizon Ventures, […]