By Lynda Kiernan Bringing vast experience, Mitchell Presser, a founding partner of leading food and agriculture investor Paine Schwartz Partners, has joined New York-based global law firm Morrison & Foerster as a partner in its M&A and Private Equity Investments + Buyouts practices, as well as as co-chair of the firm’s Global Corporate Department alongside […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media The Manna Tree Partners team, under the direction of CEO Gabrielle “Ellie” Rubenstein, has established a culture based on 3W’s: Wilderness, Wellness, and Well-Fed. A strong focus on these tenets in life and work sets the investment office – based in Vail, Colorado, and established in 2018 – firmly […]
By Lynda Kiernan The Trendlines Group announced that the Trendlines AgriFood Fund has made its second investment in Singapore-based agbiotech startup Insectta. In October 2019, Israel and Singapore-based Trendlines Group secured up to $22 million in conditional capital for its Singapore-based Trendlines Agrifood Pte Ltd (Fund), which is managed by Trendlines via its wholly-owned subsidiary, […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media Boston-based Peritia Capital Management may be less than a year old, but its three co-founders are industry veterans who have 45-years-plus of collective experience in the private natural resources asset class. Danielle Jankowich, Avtar Vasu, and Qinhai Xia joined forces in July 2019 – after working together at Liberty […]
By Lynda Kiernan Australian property investor Primewest has entered agricultural investment with the launch of a new agricultural investment vehicle, and has acquired its first ag acquisition toward what will be a $100 million plan in the asset class. Already with a presence in commercial, industrial, retail, residential, and tourism, Primewest has launched the Primewest […]
By Lynda Kiernan Bee Vectoring Technologies (BVT), an agtech startup pioneering a natural, precision method of delivering biological pesticide alternatives to crops using commercially-reared bees, announced its agreement with Alumina Partners for a commitment of up to $6 million through an at-will financing facility. BVT was incorporated in January 2012, however the technology and IP […]
By Lynda Kiernan Vail, Colorado-based asset manager Manna Tree Partners announced the successful raising of $141.5 million for its first fund Manna Tree Partners Fund I. The capital was committed from 131 investors from 18 countries including private wealth managers, corporate venture partners, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals, of whom 30 percent are women. Manna […]
In January of this year, GAI News featured Tim McGavin, CEO and founder of Laguna Bay of Australia, which was founded in 2010, in a 15 Minutes With… profile. McGavin provided a more detailed look at Laguna’s sale of the largest almond portfolio in Australia to Canadian pension fund giant Public Sector Pension Investment Board […]
By Lynda Kiernan Laird Superfood, a producer of all-natural, functional superfood products, announced that it has secured a $10 million investment from Danone Manifesto to support its growth objectives. This funding follows little more than a year after Laird Superfood raised $32 million through a private funding round led by co-working startup WeWork in January […]
By Lynda Kiernan San Diego-based accelerator Radicle Growth and Syngenta jointly announced the launch of The Radicle Protein Challenge by Syngenta. Through this challenge, together, Radicle and Syngenta will identify two novel protein solutions in which the companies will invest $1.25 million. Data from UBS indicates that growth in plant-based proteins and alternative meats is […]
By Lynda Kiernan Based in Nunavut, Canada, Province Brands has raised C$2.2 million (US$1.6 million) in bridge funding, led by a San-Francisco-based private investor, to advance its first-of-its-kind technology to brew beer from plant material that had never previously been able to be fermented. This funding is the fifth successful round for the startup since its […]
By Lynda Kiernan It’s true that the world is collectively being faced with unprecedented ecological, environmental, and societal challenges. Climate change, pollution levels, soil degradation, species extinction and loss of pollinators, drought and overexploitation of water resources, as well as economic inequality, are threatening not just specific regions, but due to globalization, the world as […]
