By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media After seven years at data and technology platform Farmers Business Network (FBN), Devin Lammers has taken the helm of TerraClear, a Bellevue, Washington-based robotics company specializing in automated rock removal on U.S. farms. Lammers, who was named CEO a few weeks ago, joins to lead TerraClear and its rock-clearing […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Japanese brokerage giant Daiwa Securities Group has set its sights on investment and lending opportunities in Australia’s agriculture industry. According to a Bloomberg report, the Japanese bank is considering Australian ag as part of a broader expansion push into the country’s property and renewable energy sectors. Daiwa is targeting […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Root Global, a Berlin-based software platform helping companies across the food system get to net zero, has raised €8 million (US$7.1 million) in a seed round. Led by seed-stage VC Point Nine, the fundraising also extended to Project A, HelloWorld and Zurich-based Arc Investors as well as a number […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Tokyo-based Creattura, a carbon credit trading platform, has secured JPY 350 million (US$2.4 million) in a Series A first-close financing from Japanese venture capital powerhouses DBJ Capital and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital. Creattura plans to direct the capital injection toward an expansion push including project development and technology product […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media PHT Investment Group, a Greenwich, Conn.-based investment firm owned by JL White Investments, has introduced a new fund to support its targeted mission of transforming the post-harvest infrastructure sector. PHT Growth Fund LP, the firm’s PE platform, was formed to make strategic acquisitions and investments into temperature-controlled food supply […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Silva Capital, a Sydney, Australia-based joint venture between private markets investment manager Roc Partners and C6 Investment Management, has lined up a trio of heavy hitters for its carbon credits fund. Mining groups Rio Tinto and BHP as well as airline Qantas have committed $80 million (US$53.8 million) to […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Stafford Capital Partners, an investment firm with $8.1 billion in AUM and global locations including Austin and London, has closed on a pair of deals for its carbon offsets fund. The investments, the first of their kind for the Stafford Carbon Offsets Opportunities Fund, are worth more than $70 […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Now that Seattle-based agtech Terrantic’s $3.5 million oversubscribed seed round is behind it, the startup is ready to take more ground. Despite an uncertain economic backdrop in which investors are demonstrating caution, Terrantic, in its latest fundraising, was able to secure not only backers but partners whose values align […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media, & Scott Reaves, Domain Timber Advisors The investment in land that produces timber is often seen as a good portfolio diversifier that can hedge against inflation and generate low volatility, risk-adjusted returns compared to most other asset types. It also is gaining traction as a prime alternative investment […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media UK pension giant Nest — in a move to add diversification to its funds — has selected Campbell Global for a high-profile timberland investment mandate. Campbell Global, a J.P. Morgan company, was enlisted to provide the pension scheme with a global portfolio of direct investments focused on core traditional […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Family-owned ag and food giant Cargill has teamed up with Australia’s Goanna Ag for a pilot project aiming to bolster irrigation efficiency on cotton fields in the Mississippi Delta. Through the collaboration, the companies will bring cutting-edge technology designed to overhaul the way growers water their fields with a […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Seattle-based agtech startup Terrantic, which is digitizing the ag supply chain, has secured $3.5 million in a seed round that was oversubscribed. Led by Supply Change Capital, the round extended other backers including York IE and Vitalize VC as well as Array Ventures, the latter of which is an […]
