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 […]
Image credit: Enifer By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Finland-based mycoprotein company Enifer announced the completion of a €36 million (US$38.9 million) funding package comprising: ~ €15 million (US$16.2 million) in Series B funding led by the Finnish private equity fund Taaleri Bioindustry Fund I and follow-on investments from Nordic Foodtech VC, Voima Ventures, and […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media French ag-biotech leader Elicit Plant announced it is successfully expanding internationally, and is currently laying the groundwork for its entrance into the U.S. market in 2025. Climate is rapidly becoming a global emergency. Rising temperatures and volatility in the form of severe droughts alternating with severe rainfall is negatively […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Chicago-based Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p) announced it has closed its second fund – Entrepreneurial Equity Partners II – with $546 million in aggregate capital commitments. The close of e2p II follows the close of the firm’s inaugural fund – e2p I – at $423 million in May 2021. Concurrent […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mucci Farms, a leading grower and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, announced it has expanded its operations through the acquisition of Hacienda North Farms, a 159-acre, state-of-the-art greenhouse facility in Coatsworth, Ontario. Mucci Farms is part of Cox Farms, a new business announced by Cox Enterprises in early […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvestment Media Silicon Valley innovation accelerator NEC X announced its latest investment in Verdi Expeditions, the world’s first scalable farm automation and personalized plant healthcare platform. Through this investment, NEC X joins an impressive list of Verdi’s existing investors including SVG Ventures, which is part of NEC X’s growing partner ecosystem […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australian-owned, mission-driven ag investor, developer, and manager GO.FARM announced it has launched a A$300 million (US$198.4 million) capital raise, part of which is the additional launch of the Responsible Agriculture Fund to elevate natural capital assets to their highest value and best use. The fund launch is happening at […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Private investment management services firm Domain Capital Group announced that its subsidiary Domain Timber Advisors has completed the full placement of committed capital with the acquisition of five new assets totaling 5,800 acres on behalf of its timberland portfolio. The newly acquired holdings are located in Mississippi (2,530 acres), […]
