By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nebraska-based agtech startup HerdDogg has officially closed on its $6 million Series A4 fundraising round led by Serra Ventures and Wonder Fund North Dakota. Lever VC Fund II and other unspecified investors also contributed to the round.  HerdDogg explained that intensive cattle systems are efficient at producing high volumes […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Specialist investment firm Pollination has launched the A$150 million (US$99 million) Climate and Nature Impact Venture Fund to deploy capital into Australian climate and nature solutions. With a cornerstone investment already committed from Queensland Investment Corporation, the fund seeks to make Series A and Series B investments between A$4 […]

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media, with John Brenard of Southview Timberland Investments As the global economy becomes increasingly focused on sustainability and climate resilience, investing in timberland has emerged as a compelling option for investors seeking both financial returns and environmental impact. Southview Timberland Investments, operating in the Southeast United States, exemplifies this […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Italy’s Orsero SpA, a leading importer and distributor of fresh fruit and vegetables in Mediterranean Europe, has signed a strategic partnership with Cercchia Holding, represented by Matteo and Luca Molari, specialists in varietal selection and the propagation of berries, to form Frutti di Gil Srl, a joint venture in […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media IntelliCulture, an equipment management software platform for specialty and high-value crops, has secured $3.5 million in new funding led by Serra Ventures and including Emmertech and Tall Grass Ventures.  Regulatory and environmental pressures continue to mount for growers, but especially for those producing high-value crops. However, IntelliCulture noted that […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Rubicon Carbon, a vertically integrated carbon credit management firm, and YvY Capital, a leading Brazilian asset management firm targeting a transition to the green economy, have announced a partnership for the purpose of scaling up carbon investments in Brazil.  Carbon markets have the potential to be a powerful tool […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Crops utilize only about half of the synthetic nitrogen applied to fields, and a portion is emitted as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide and other nitrogen gasses. This has resulted in nitrogen becoming the top source of crop-related greenhouse gas […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was just in March of this year that RedSea – a company advancing commercial farming for low-to-mid-tech farmers in arid climates through its proprietary technologies that increase crop yields, reduce input costs and risk, extend growing seasons, and reduce water and energy consumption by up to 90 percent […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Building upon the initial endowment provided by the UK government that helped establish AgDevCo, the specialist early-stage investor announced it has secured $90 million of new funding. Broken down this includes: ~ $50 million of equity that was committed from the UK’s development finance institution (DFI), CDC Group.  ~ […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ASX-listed Regal Partners has agreed to acquire Merricks Capital, a hard asset investment specialist executing private credit and alternative investments in Australia and New Zealand and the manager of the A$470 million (US$313.55 million) Merricks Capital Agriculture Credit Fund.  The deal, valued at A$235 million (US$156.77 million) (approximately 6.5x normalized […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biotech company Allozymes has closed on a $15 million Series A co-led by Seventure Partners and Xora Innovation.  New investors who joined the round include Thia Ventures, and NUS Technology Holdings, the investment arm of the National University of Singapore, from where the company’s founders earned their Ph.D.’s and […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Standard Nutrition Company (SNC), a privately held agricultural holding company in business since 1886, announced its launch of the newly formed Passel Farms, a reorganization of SNC’s investments, resources, and partnerships dedicated to pork production that will carry forward from SNC’s Pork Holdings established in 2004.  This business shift […]