By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media This is the second time in a matter of weeks that we hear news of investments being made to advance bacteriophage technologies. Santiago, Chile-based PhageLab announced it has closed on $11 million in funding from Nazca, Collaborative Fund, Water Lemon Ventures, and individual investor Kevin Efrusy, in support of […]

By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners One of the memories that will forever be etched in my mind from a 40-year career in agriculture was selling wheat for $1.85 per bushel in the midst of the 1980s farm crisis. Although it was apparent at the time that there was no way for even the most […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Toronto-based venture capital ArcTern announced it has surpassed its target of $300 million, and closed its third fund oversubscribed with $335 million in capital commitments including new investments from flagship limited partners TD Bank Group, Allianz, Church Pension Group, OPTrust, Credit Suisse Asset Management and other large institutional investors. […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ingredion Ventures, the venture investment arm of specialty food and beverage ingredients leader Ingredion, is leading the Series A funding round for Better Juice to fast-track the penetration of its breakthrough sugar reduction solution in the U.S. market.  Joining Ingredion in this Series A are returning investors, including Connecticut-based […]

By Claude Flueckiger, Flueckiger Consulting Throughout my career in the agricultural industry, the impact of agriculturalpractices on bees has been an important consideration. Discussions in theindustry often focus on honey bees (Apis mellifera). However, mounting scientificevidence has shown the importance of wild bees as pollinators safeguardingcrop yields and as critical contributors to biodiversity. For biodiversity […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Robotics and AI startup farm-ng announced it has closed on a $10 million Series A led by Acre Venture Partners and including Xplorer Capital, Hawk Tower, and ten other institutional and individual investors, to advance and scale affordable and adaptable robotic and AI solutions for small to medium-sized farms.  […]

photo credit: American Unagi By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Impact investor RuralWorks, which is a joint venture between Community Reinvestment Fund USA and Conduit Capital, announced a strategic investment in American Unagi Inc. the only producer and processor of locally sourced and harvested American Eel (also known as unagi) in the U.S.  Eel is […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Illinois-based Serra Ventures announced it has partnered with leading Netherlands-based regenerative farming asset management company Grondex International to launch the Serra-Grondex Ag & Food Tech Fund II.  This partnership represents a collaboration between two teams with more than 150 years of collective experience that will work in tandem on […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2014 by bioengineers Ryan Pandya and Perumal Gandhi, Perfect Day has a mission to reimagine food production for a more sustainable future by producing animal-free proteins through fermentation that are nutritionally identical to proteins derived from animals. Over the past 10 years, the company has completed numerous […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has been making overseas investments in food and agriculture funds since 2020 and acquiring advanced knowledge to solve agricultural issues along the way.  In November 2020, the bank was the first regional Asian investor to make an undisclosed investment in Equilibrium Capital’s Controlled Environment […]

Contributed Content by Michael Swanson, Ph.D., Chief Agricultural Economist, Wells Fargo, Agri-Food Institute NOTE: This article first appeared in our sister publication, Women in Agribusiness Today.   There is an old saying in systems analysis about the problem of your thinking. It goes like this: “It isn’t what you don’t know, but it’s what you […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Homestead Capital USA Farmland Fund IV is nearing its target of $500 million with $460 million in capital commitments, according to an SEC filing. Led by co-founders Gabe Santos, a former executive with Goldman Sachs’ natural resources group, and Daniel Little, previous head of a global portfolio management team at […]