By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media FMC Corporation’s venture capital arm, FMC Ventures, has suffered a setback. The firm is facing a restructuring in the face of a disconnect between VC funding and agtech’s potential. Formed in 2020, FMC Ventures was launched to invest in startups and early-stage companies developing emerging technologies in the ag […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Formo, a Berlin, Germany-based food biotech company, has clinched EUR 35 million (US$36 million) in a quasi-equity venture debt loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The funding, which was provided as part of the InvestEU program, will help the company to scale its fermentation processes for alternatives to […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The ASR Dutch Farmland Fund, which oversees close to 39,000 hectares (96,371 acres) of Dutch agricultural land worth €2.1 billion (US$2.15 billion), has clinched a follow-on investment from an ag-industry pension fund. BPL Pensioen, a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based fund that oversees the pensions of employees who work for companies in […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Baden Capital, a San Francisco, California-based private investment firm specializing in food, ag and water in the Western U.S., has set its sights on the farming community. Founded in 2022, Baden Capital has acquired plant protection specialist ORCAL, a Junction City, Oregon-domiciled company that designs and manufactures proprietary crop […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Clive, Iowa-based Peoples Company is continuing its growth-by-acquisition strategy, kicking off the new year with a deal. In a strategic acquisition, Peoples Company, an integrated land management, brokerage, appraisal and energy solutions firm, has acquired Lincoln, Nebraska-based United Farm and Ranch Management (UFARM), a competitor with a century of […]
2024 was a year of unprecedented dealflow within the agriculture industry. From the surge of new funds and strategic investments to the flurry of M&A activity, cropland and carbon innovations, and rapid geographic expansions, the sector has been a hotbed of activity. Deals unfolded at a breakneck pace across the spectrum, from agtech innovations and […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media FarmTogether, an investment firm specializing in U.S. farmland, has added a pair of illustrious vineyards to its expanding portfolio, bolstering its wine grape offerings. The firm has announced successful closings on Josephine Vineyard and Pearl Vineyard in transactions totaling nearly $6 million. FarmTogether, which oversees $200-plus million in assets […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Swedish agtech startup Cerve has moved closer to its goal of revolutionizing the world’s food supply chain. In its latest seed round, Cerve has secured £3.5 million (US$4.4 million), the proceeds of which it will direct toward eradicating inefficiencies in the world’ s food supply chain through its proprietary […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Swiss agtech giant Syngenta Crop Protection alongside partner Enko, an AI-informed crop health company, has reached a key milestone toward sustainable weed control solutions. Through a multi-year weed-control collaboration, Syngenta and Enko have advanced new molecules, building on the success of fungal control research unveiled earlier this year. With […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media After overhauling its venture capital arm earlier this year, Mondelēz International is making moves. The company’s venture capital arm, Mondelēz’s SnackFutures Ventures, has reportedly joined in the latest fundraising round for cocoa-tech startup Celleste Bio. Based in Misgav, Israel, Celleste Bio is behind a proprietary cocoa technology designed to […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media AMERRA Capital Management, a U.S.-based asset manager specializing in food and agribusiness encompassing sustainable agribusiness and renewable bio-energy investments, has experienced a change in its ownership structure. The firm has completed a successful management buyout by co-founding partners Craig Tashjian and Nancy Obler, who together are acquiring 50 percent […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As a fifth-generation rancher, Jen Livsey knows a thing or two about cattle ranching. Her family has been ranching in Colorado since 1907. Their operation, the Flying Diamond Ranch, runs beef cattle across 200,000 acres, 30,000 of which they own. Livsey and her brothers were raised on the ranch […]
