By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Green Climate Fund (GCF) has backed its first climate venture fund in India, marking a collaborative effort to advance climate resilience and sustainable development in the country by committing $24.5 million to Avaana Capital’s Avaana Climate and Sustainability Fund.  Recognized as the largest climate fund in the world, GCF […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded by Tom Spier (co-founder of EVOL) in 2014 in Boulder, Colorado, BFG is a food and beverage-focused venture centered on backing disruptive, better-for-you, innovative, and socially-conscious food beverage and supplement brands. Following the success of their first Fund, which closed at $54 million, and Fund II, which closed at […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Elevated Signals announced a new collaboration with mission-driven Vertical Harvest to drive the digital transformation of its vertical farming operations and to act in support of its impending expansion.  Using food as a medium for meaningful change, Vertical Harvest is a hydroponic, vertical farming company that not only is […]

Photo credit: ProteinDistillery By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Berlin-based impact food tech venture fund Green Generation Fund has led a Seed round exceeding €15 million (US$16.39 million) for ProteinDistillery, a food tech company looking to redefine protein ingredients by leveraging the powers of nature and cutting-edge technology.  Joining Green Generation Fund was the Startup […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global fresh fruit leader Unifrutti has had a big start to 2024. At the end of January the company announced it had agreed to acquire Verfrut, a prominent grower and exporter of fresh produce with a presence in Chile and Peru.  Now, the company is continuing its expansion strategy, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Southwest Airlines is investing $30 million into a partnership with LanzaJet, a top sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, for the development of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility and to advance the operations of SAFFiRE Renewables, a corn stover-to-ethanol tech company in which Southwest is invested.  […]

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media You’ve joined GAI News on the “Three Questions With…” journey before. Today, we expand beyond agtech in our coverage to showcase the movers and shakers in ag investing. As with our first “Three Questions With…” we will provide a quick peek inside some of the sectors’ most creative […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading food, feed, and fiber agribusiness Olam Agri has completed the acquisition of Avisen SARL (Avisen), the second largest poultry feed supplier in Senegal, for US$24.8 million, through a deal funded by a combination of existing cash and debt facilities.  Olam Agri was one of the operating groups formed […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting As the company evolves from the R&D stage to market entry, Swiss food tech startup Cultivated Bioscience announced it has closed on $5 million in Seed funding to boost the development of its yeast-derived cream in collaboration with the food industry, and to position the company for a U.S. market […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Within weeks of nature-based real asset and natural capital strategies manager New Forests making its first investment through its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), New Forests has now made its final capital investment for its A$866 Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 3 (ANZFF3). Marking its final deployment, New […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cultivate Next, the $50 million venture capital fund of Chipotle Mexican Grill, is now a $100 million venture fund after Chipotle announced it doubled its capital commitment to mark the fund’s two-year anniversary.  Originally launched in 2022, Cultivate Next makes early-stage investments in strategically aligned startups with the potential […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Dole announced it has agreed to sell its 65 percent majority stake in Progressive Produce to PFT Holdings, the parent company of Pacific Trellis Fruit, and a portfolio company of Arable Capital Partners, in a $120 million deal.  “We are pleased to announce the sale of our equity interest […]