By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Colliers Agribusiness is managing the sale of Bridgewater Poultry Farm, a large-scale, commercial egg farm located at Bridgewater on Loddon in north central Victoria, Australia.  The extensively developed 88.85-hectare (219.55-acre) asset comprises three certificates of title and has total capacity for more than 300,000 laying hens. The bulk of […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Israeli molecular farming company PoLoPo has emerged from stealth to introduce its SuperAA platform with the ability to turn a simple potato into a biofactory. Currently deployed in potatoes at greenhouse scale, this technology is capable of producing both patatin – a native potato protein – as well as […]

Photo credit: MyGug By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Irish agtech startup MyGug announced a successful fundraising led by BVP with participation from Enterprise Ireland in support of their innovative and pioneering food waste management solution. Located in West Cork, MyGug’s food waste system creates a circular economy for the user by converting food waste […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Understanding that ag investment has long been a compelling asset class that has traditionally been inaccessible to individual investors, Harvest Returns has quickly become a disruptor by providing growers a streamlined, flexible source of capital, and offering qualified financiers and agribusiness entrepreneurs a curated, diversified portfolio of farms, ranches, […]

Photo credit: Cauldron By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Located in New South Wales, Cauldron was created to unlock the potential of precision fermentation. And as it continues on its growth trajectory, has closed on a A$9.5 million Series A led by Horizons Ventures, with participation from SOSV, In-Q-Tel, and existing investor Main Sequence.  Precision […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Oxley Capital Partners, led by managing director Ben Craw, has been retained as financial advisor and is overseeing an invitation of offers for up to 100 percent of the issued shares in Australian Soil Management (ASM or “Project Alpha”) through a Non-Binding Expressions of Interest (NBOI) process.  Founded in […]

Photo credit: Poseidon Ocean Systems By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Poseidon Ocean Systems (Poseidon), a company delivering innovative solutions that improve fish welfare and reduce the carbon footprint of aquaculture operations, announced the completion of a $20.75 million Series B led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF). Joining EIF were InBC Investment Corp. and Export Development […]

photo credit: Agrovision By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Headquartered in the U.S., Agrovision is a vertically integrated global superfruit platform with world-class operations in the world’s most optimal micro climates. In less than 10 years, the company has become a global leader in the premium blueberry category, is currently scaling up in premium raspberries, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mad Capital has launched its $50 million Perennial Fund II (PFII) with early capital commitments from Builders Vision, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Schmidt Family Foundation, Zellis Family Foundation, Zarpet Family Foundation, Matthew Zell Family Foundation, Lacebark Investments, and nine other unnamed investors.  Launched in 2019, Mad Capital has been […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Corteva Inc. announced it has launched Corteva Catalyst, an investment and partnership platform created to identify and bring to market agricultural innovation with the potential to drive value creation and advance the company’s R&D priorities. The initial focus will be to access opportunities across four strategic verticals: genome editing; […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Lithuania, HeavyFinance operates as a connecting investor with European farmers in need of external funding for the expansion of their operations and shift to regenerative production.  With the goal of removing one gigaton of CO2 emissions through ag financing, to-date, the team has facilitated financial support for […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media We are still only just beginning to understand the potential that synthetic biology holds for the future of humanity and global food production systems. However, Tierra Biosciences (Tierra), the company that developed the world’s first predictive AI-guided, cell-free technology with the power to enable high-throughput, on-demand, custom protein synthesis, […]