By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Venture capitalists have been flocking to the crop protection space of late, and apparently there’s plenty to go around. North Carolina-based Micropep Technologies has clinched a $40 million Series B round, propped up by its latest pair of backers. Micropep’s latest commitments, worth a combined $11 million, came from […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With U.S. farmers busy harvesting their fields while also setting the wheels in motion for next season, Total Acre, a Kentucky-based program that fosters growth among a community of U.S. farmers, is doing its part to make things better for them. Through a partnership with agtech innovator Precision Planting, […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media FarmWise, a U.S.-based smart-farming company behind an AI-driven weeding solution, has partnered with RDO Equipment, a dealer of intelligently connected ag equipment from brands like John Deere. The collaboration is designed to expand FarmWise’s precision weeding and cultivation footprint to vegetable farmers throughout the Southwestern U.S. FarmWise’s flagship product […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As Hurricane Helene unleashed its wrath throughout the Southeastern U.S. in recent days, the American farming community was caught right in the middle of the devastation. The damage was widespread, reaching from Florida’s Gulf Coast to Georgia, Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee and beyond. While the losses are still […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Against a challenging private market fundraising backdrop, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM)’s inaugural 1GT climate fund has reached a final close, albeit a little short of the Wall Street firm’s original finish line. MSIM has achieved the final close of its climate private equity fund — dubbed 1GT — […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Domain Timber Advisors, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based investment management firm Domain Capital Group, has scored a new mandate for forestland assets. London-based Fulcrum Asset Management has chosen Domain Timber to oversee sustainable natural capital investments on its behalf as part of its recently launched illiquid assets strategy that is […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media SVG Ventures has partnered with Tokyo-based Kagome, a global fruit and vegetable company specializing in all things tomatoes, to launch the $50 million Sunrise Agrifood Tech Fund. With a vision to catapult innovation in agri-food tech, the fund will back cutting-edge technologies around the world at the forefront of […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As Climate Week unfolds in New York, carbon credits are swirling. Big Tech play Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook, has joined the fray, betting big on BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group for the delivery of 1.3 million nature-based carbon removal credits over the next decade-plus and the option […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Australian agtech and food-tech venture capital firm Mandalay Venture Partners is extending its winning streak with artificial intelligence (AI) across the food value chain. Representing its maiden downstream investment in the agri-food tech sector, Mandalay Venture Partners is backing Restoke.ai, an AI-powered management platform whose software solution helps restaurants […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Private equity firm Manna Tree has commenced a Latin American expansion push by striking a strategic partnership with Grupo Herdez, a leading food company in Mexico. The companies are interested in scaling health and wellness-based brands along the food value chain. Overseeing more than $600 million in AUM, Manna […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Through its sustainable land management strategy, Canada’s Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is targeting forestland in the lower 48. The investment group, which manages funds for public pensions and insurance plans, has launched a new investment platform while concurrently taking a minority position in Chinook Forest […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Global Mind Australia (GMAA), the venture capital division of Vietnam-based agribusiness TTC AgriS, has invested A$1.5 million (US$1.02 million) into Australian cold-brew tea producer East Forged. The deal marks an expansion for the ready-to-drink tea maker from Queensland into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) markets and makes […]
