By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Stafford Capital Partners announced that a major Korean pension fund has invested $200 million in its flagship SIT X timberland fund, and has agreed to a further $100 million co-investment sidecar vehicle. Stafford Capital has a track record of 24 years of success investing in sustainable managed timber plantations […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media AgriWebb, an agtech software platform for the livestock industry that provides farmers the ability to track animal location and manage forage rations, grazing, and animal wellbeing, announced it has secured AUD$11 million (US$7.3 million) in funding from existing investors Germin8 Ventures, Grosvenor Food & AgTech, and Telus Ventures, and new […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ocean 14 Capital Fund I was created to act as a tidal surge to supercharge the blue economy – an investment channel using ocean resources for economic growth and preservation that is forecast to have a value of $3 trillion by 2030, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ArkeaBio, a bio-agtech startup working to develop a safe, user-friendly, and cost-effective vaccine to reduce ruminant methane emissions, announced it has successfully closed on $26.5 million in Series A funding led by founding investor Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV). The round also attracted new investors: The Grantham Foundation for the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Berjé, a leading supplier to the flavor and fragrance industries, announced it has acquired Global Citrus International (GCI) and Acelim del Peru – two citrus growers and producers of essential oils and fruit products with extensive operations in Peru and strong collaborations with Citrolim SA de CV in Mexico. […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media PeakBridge announced that PeakBridge Growth Fund II has exceeded expectations, closing at $187 million and bringing total AUM for the firm to more than $250 million. Active in food tech investing since 2000, PeakBridge is a pioneering global impact fund manager in the agrifood tech space focusing on scalable, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media hexafarms, an agtech startup developing software for indoor commercial food production, has closed on €1.3 million (US$1.4 million) in pre-Seed funding led by European early-stage investor Speedinvest and including Mudcake and techstars. The potential benefits of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) – year-round production, adaptability, input efficiency, land use maximization, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media AgDevCo is deepening its ties with Agris, the agriculture division of investment company Maris, by making an investment that ensures them a significant minority position in the company. Founded in 2020, Agris has three operating companies: Evergreen Fresh, Evergreen Herbs, and Evergreen Avocados, and this capital commitment will help […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Omnivore, a pioneering agtech investor backing breakthrough technologies for agriculture, food, climate, and the rural economy in India with over $300 million in AUM across three funds, has invested $2.2 million of Seed funding in Cornext, a startup solving the fodder deficit for dairy cattle farmers through its patented […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Peoples Company announced it has acquired the Atkins Group’s Farmland Management portfolio comprising holdings totaling 14,000 acres of farmland, and will consequently be opening an office in Urbana, Illinois, after years of sustainable growth in the region. “The Champaign-Urbana area has some of the richest farmland in the country, […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media We hear plenty about the crops that make the world go round – wheat, corn, and oilseed crops such as soybeans, canola, cottonseed, sunflower and more – but alternative crops are proliferating at boutique farms around the U.S. and the globe and becoming more and more prevalent in […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Farmland LP, the largest asset manager specializing in organic farmland in the U.S., announced it has expanded access to its $250 million Vital Farmland III fund through large brokerage platforms and through a partnership with iCapital, the leading global fintech platform driving alternative investing for the asset and wealth […]
