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 […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As the summer gives way to fall, it can only mean one thing: the Global AgInvesting Asia event is drawing near. This year’s gathering, set to take place at the Tokyo American Club on October 17-18, brings leading institutional investors together with seasoned asset managers, paving the way for […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media U.K.-based ag-biotech startup Solasta Bio, which helps growers protect crops with nature and peptide-based insecticides, has secured $14 million in an oversubscribed Series A fundraising round. Led by Forbion through its BioEconomy fund strategy, the round also included an investment from sustainable ag-focused FMC Ventures, the corporate VC arm […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a bullish sign for dealflow in the ag industry, Indianapolis-based seed company Corteva has partnered with Pairwise, a Durham, N.C.-domiciled gene-editing play, to accelerate the delivery of advanced gene editing solutions to farmers from Nepal to Nebraska. The deal involves a $25 million strategic investment made by Corteva […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Mandalay Venture Partners, which backs agri-food tech companies, is making an expansion push in Australia. The firm has announced dual investments into Queensland’s Nbryo and Haelen Technology/Wholey Milk Company, each specializing in livestock genetics and milk processing, respectively. The deals, the value of which Mandalay is keeping close to […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Amid an urgency for water supply and sanitation infrastructure investment, Kansas City, Missouri-based asset manager WaterEquity has raised over $100 million for its Water & Climate Resilience Fund. WaterEquity, whose sole focus is to finance water and sanitation solutions in emerging and frontier markets, has attracted a high-profile roster […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Blue Forest, a conversation finance non-profit dedicated to forest restoration, has captured the attention and capital of financial institutions of late. Earlier this month, the organization received a $25 million capital injection from California’s Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank’s (IBank’s) Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund. The funds, which technically […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Toronto-based not-for-profit Convergence, a global network for blended finance, has awarded Vietnam-based Mekong Capital a proof-of-concept grant for an impact initiative. The proceeds are being directed to the private equity firm’s Mekong Earth Regeneration Fund (MERF), a $200 million impact project supporting growth-stage funding for regenerative ag and sustainable […]

By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners LLC Earlier this year, I wrote a couple of articles that addressed some issues that I believe to be essential topics for the evaluation of natural capital investments. They were the facts that (a) since the start of this century, the world has added some 398 million acres of […]

By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Number 8 Bio, a Sydney, New South Wales-based startup whose tagline is ‘changing feed, feeding change,’ has received a ringing endorsement from the VC community. The company has raised A$7 million (US$4.7 million) in a seed round led by existing backer Main Sequence, a NSW-domiciled technology-focused VC firm and […]