By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Custom Agronomics (“Custom Ag”), the second of three active portfolio companies of Inverness Graham Green Light, the environmental sustainability-focused, lower-middle market buyout strategy of Inverness Graham, announced it has acquired BioTek Ag, a Florida-based provider of solutions that improve and protect crops yields from corn, soybean, and cotton fields […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ginkgo Bioworks announced its acquisition of AgBiome’s platform assets including more than 115,000 sequenced and isolated strains, more than 500 million unique gene sequences, associated functional data and metadata, and AgBiome’s development pipeline.  These newly held assets will be integrated into Ginkgo Ag Biologicals Services – a platform established […]

Brent McGowanManaging Director, Global Head of Agricultural Operations Weiyi Zhang, Ph.D.,Associate Director, Agricultural Economics Hannah BarkanManager, Impact Investing & Natural Climate Solutions Feeding a growing population in a world of increasingly scarce natural resources will require sustainable solutions, which is where regenerative agriculture could play a critical role. For investors, building and sustainably managing a […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Methane-to-value solutions startup Windfall Bio has raised $28 million in Series A funding led by Prelude Ventures with participation from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Global Brain (through its Norinchukin Innovation Fund L.P.), Incite Ventures, Positive Ventures, and existing investor B37 Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Mayfield, and UNTITLED – a […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Although farmland is a fairly new asset class – not playing a role in institutional asset allocation strategies in any major way prior to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008 – market conditions, global socio-economic and political developments, and the inherent risk-return benefits associated with farmland, among others, have […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media King Ranch was founded over 170 years ago in Kingsville, Texas, by Captain Richard King. Today, the historic 825,000-acre King Ranch is not only a founding figure in American ranching still owned by the founder’s descendants with operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, and California, but has diversified into other […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ceres Imaging, the first and only agtech company on the market that states it has a track record of developing data and analytics that benefit both growers and financial services, announced the launch of Portfolio Insights (PI) – a new AI-enabled platform to simplify agricultural asset management. Managing a […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Veripath Farmland Partners has brought its total acreage under management to approximately 120,000 acres through its latest acquisition of 1,246 acres of farmland in the Province of Alberta.  Veripath was launched during the pandemic in mid-2020 on the predilection that global demand for agricultural products, including food, feed, fiber, […]

Photo credit: TerraClear By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Robotic tech startup TerraClear announced it has raised $15 million in new funding from its existing investors to better position the company to dominate the $2.7 billion rock management market.  As long as there’s been agriculture, there’s been a rock problem. I live in New England, […]

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media You know all about it…our 16th annual Global AgInvesting event in New York City next week, April 15-17, that hosts the world’s largest gathering of allocators, fund managers, and industry executives focused on the food and agriculture sectors. But did you know during the two-and-a-half-day conference you’ll hear […]

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Beyond Farming… this is Semper Fund Management (“Semper FM”), a diversified team with 70-plus years of combined expertise in global agricultural commodities and real asset management. Committed to growing farmland values while at the same time conducting detailed due diligence on supply/demand dynamics and return on investment, Semper […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Often when discussing agricultural production and agtech innovation, the conversation focuses on the challenges associated with crop yields, inputs, and climate change – all valid and important considerations. However, although much more nebulous, labor issues are also a critical pain point in the food production process. But headway is […]