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, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Combining impact with innovation, iyris (formerly RedSea) is advancing commercial farming for low-to-mid-tech farmers in arid climates through its patented and proprietary technologies that reduce water and energy consumption by up to 90 percent. Launched in 2018 with a mission to reduce food insecurity, the carbon footprint, and water […]
By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners LLC In considering the mega trends that have emerged in recent years in the agricultural world, two that stand out are sustainability and carbon. Those topics are part of a broader discussion that is occurring in the private and public sectors as the world grapples with climate change, reductions […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Five months after Treetoscope announced $7 million in Seed funding, the company returns to announce the extension of the round with additional investments from Stray Dog Capital (US), ECG (Thailand), and The Food Tech Lab (Spain), alongside other strategic investors Leon Recanati, GlenRock fund, SeedIL, YYM-Ventures, Agrovision, NEOME, GN-Z11, […]
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 […]
