By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As autonomous robots gear up to transform sustainable farming, Saga Robotics’ latest capital infusion signals momentum in the agtech and agricultural automation sector. Saga Robotics, a Norwegian developer behind Thorvald, an autonomous platform for grapevines and strawberries, has secured $11.2 million in equity funding to scale its commercial operations […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a cross-border agreement poised to elevate sustainable forestry, a Swiss natural capital firm is channeling its global expertise into U.S. timberlands. Silvania, a Geneva-based natural capital investment platform backed by commodity trader Mercuria, is partnering with Alder Point Capital Management, a real assets investment firm specializing in U.S. […]
By Artem Milinchuk, Founder of FarmTogether Over the past few months, I’ve noticed tokenization becoming a recurring theme in conversations about farmland investing. It’s a topic I’ve witnessed move from niche fintech circles into mainstream discussions among investors and institutions. Recent headlines only reinforce that momentum: blockchain-based lender Figure Technology, which built its platform around […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media John Deere is renowned for its iconic green tractors that have powered farms for generations, and now the agricultural giant is channeling its efforts into high-value crops (HVCs). The company has entered into a strategic partnership with the Reservoir, a California-based on-farm incubator platform that connects grower networks with […]
U.K.-based agtech company SugaROx, a spin-out from Oxford University and Rothamsted Research, is bringing precision biostimulants to farmers around the world. The company has locked in £1 million (US$1.35 million) in an extension of its seed round, adding further validation to its disruptive technology for crop biostimulants. Proceeds will be directed toward hastening the rollout […]
Fractal Agriculture has received a ringing endorsement from Big Tech, bolstering its mission to scale regenerative farming. The Cisco Foundation’s Regenerative Future Fund is investing in Fractal Ag’s Farmer Agriculture Regenerative Management (FARM) Fund, an investment vehicle that provides critical equity financing for the growth of farming operations. This backing serves as a testament to […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a boost for Canada’s agtech and food-tech sectors, the investment arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), BDC Capital, has launched the $200 million Industrial Innovation Venture Fund II. The fund is aimed at fueling early-stage innovations that bolster productivity and resilience across key industries, including […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The Mastercard Foundation is stepping up its commitment to smallholder farmers across sub-Saharan Africa. Through a fund managed by the Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), the Foundation has committed $10 million to the Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA), a private equity impact vehicle overseen by Lagos, […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Zeist, Netherlands-based Achmea Investment Management, in partnership with Neuberger Berman Private Markets, has launched a private equity impact fund, with a strategy centered on advancing sustainable agriculture and food systems. With a target size of €250 million (US$275 million), the fund will invest in companies that contribute positively to […]
One of the single-biggest, multi-generational landholdings in the U.S. is changing hands. The family behind D.R. Horton, the Arlington, Texas-based homebuilding giant, has sold their sprawling Great Western Ranch in western New Mexico, according to Hall and Hall, which marketed the property. While the name of the buyer has not been disclosed, the property was […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Lyme Timber Company, a Hanover, New Hampshire-based timber manager, has increased its exposure to natural capital in the Appalachian corridor. One of Lyme Timber’s affiliates has teamed up with the Kestrel Land Trust and The Trustees of Reservations to purchase 2,864 acres of timberland in western Massachusetts from family-owned […]
By: Artem Milinchuk, Founder & Head of Strategy at FarmTogether Over the past month, several high-profile moves in the farmland investment space, alongside a potential shift in U.S. retirement policy, have signaled that the asset class is entering a new phase. Traditionally the domain of institutional investors such as pension funds and endowments, farmland is […]
