By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Canadian private equity firm Fulcrum Capital has made an investment into Sunco Foods through its Fund VI, a middle-market-focused investment vehicle. Burnaby, British Columbia-based Sunco Foods is known for making nut-based butters, snacks and value-add food ingredients as well as importing processing and distributing organic and naturally sourced nuts, […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a landmark ag industry deal, Olam Group, a Singapore-domiciled food and agri-business company, is offloading the remaining stake of its agriculture products business to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. There are several moving parts to the deal. Saudi Arabia’s ag and livestock investment firm SALIC, owned by the […]
The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) has revealed its year-end 2024 Farmland Index returns. In response, Boston, Massachusetts-based AgIS Capital, which invests in permanent cropland on behalf of institutional investors, has published an analysis of the permanent cropland asset class. With a total value of approximately $16.3 billion, the NCREIF Total Farmland […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Warakirri Asset Management, a Melbourne, Australia-based asset manager, has expanded its Diversified Agriculture Fund (DAF) with the addition of a horticulture aggregation, buoying the strategy beyond the A$150 million (US$95.1 million) portfolio value threshold. As the maiden NSW investment for this portfolio, and with an A$15 million (US$9.5 million) […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Big Tech is increasingly muscling its way into the ag industry. The Cisco Foundation, which was gifted by networking giant Cisco Systems in 2021, has rebranded its climate investments program as the Regenerative Future Fund as it seeks to redefine its impact in climate investing. At the onset, the […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Ranchbot, which is behind remote water monitoring solutions that solve real problems for ranchers, has launched a new trough monitor that will work anywhere on the planet. Trough Direct, as it’s called, is a standalone trough monitor harnessing Globalstar satellite data to support near real-time water level monitoring and […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Agteria Biotech, a Stockholm, Sweden-based startup whose mission is to make the ag industry net-zero, has raised €6 million (US$6.2 million) in a seed round for its cattle-feed supplement, a potential game-changer in methane reduction. The company believes it’s important to reduce methane emissions from agriculture to effectively combat […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Maharlika Investment Corp (MIC), the sovereign wealth fund of the Philippines, and Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group of Thailand are partnering to launch a private equity fund with a strategy that includes the agri-food sector. The fund, which boasts a massive target size of as much as $1 billion, will […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Phoenix, Arizona-based soil health company MyLand has raised $23 million in its latest fundraising, a Series-B Preferred round. Led by Proterra Investment Partners, the round supports MyLand’s sustainable mission with both new and existing growers amid a company expansion across the U.S. and international markets. The latest round comes […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Lever VC, which invests across the food and agtech sectors, has achieved first close of its Fund II, amassing $50 million to back agri-food-tech startups. In conjunction with this milestone, the VC firm, with dual headquarters in the U.S. and Hong Kong, has also announced Fund II’s first handful […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Manulife Investment Management, a global timberland investment manager boasting over 5 million acres under management, has announced the third and final close of its forest climate fund. The Manulife Forest Climate Fund has amassed a massive $480.1 million in commitments. Investors flocked to the climate solutions strategy, including corporates and global […]
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based seed phenomenon Inari just inched closer to the commercialization of its agtech solution. Inari has clinched $144 million in a Series G fundraising round at a reportedly massive valuation of $2.17 billion, up from a previous valuation of $1.65 billion just a year ago, thrusting the company into the coveted unicorn club. The latest round […]
