By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Only months after the inauguration of its new cocoa fruit factory in Ghana, Swiss-Ghanaian start-up Koa announced the completion of its Series B fundraising at $15 million committed from both existing and new investors. Led by the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund from global asset manager Mirova, an affiliate […]

Photo credit: Chipotle Mexican Grill By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cultivate Next, the $50 million venture capital fund of Chipotle Mexican Grill, makes early-stage investments in strategically aligned startups with the potential to advance the company’s aggressive growth plans and further its mission to cultivate a better world.  The two latest companies to join […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Wide Open Agriculture (WOA), Australia’s leading ASX-listed regenerative food and agriculture company, has been a pioneer in the use of Buntine Protein – a proprietary high-value, plant-based protein concentrate made from regeneratively grown Australian Sweet Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius). Grown in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia this crop was developed […]

Photo credit – Lithos Carbon By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded by Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify, Meta, McKinsey and the many businesses using Stripe Climate, Frontier Climate is an advanced market commitment to buy an upfront $1 billion-plus in permanent carbon removal between 2022-2030.  Toward this goal, it has recently been announced that Frontier has […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Africa-focused ag investor specialist AgDevCo has invested $10 million in Dowson Limitada, a primary agriculture producer of macadamias and avocados in Mozambique.  With a current portfolio of $183 million of committed funds in 41 companies, UK-based AgDevCo explained that its vision is a thriving commercial agriculture sector benefiting both […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UAE-based sustainable, tech-driven agribusiness Pure Harvest Smart Farms (Pure Harvest) and climate smart tech developer RedSea have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for Pure Harvest to acquire RedSea’s existing six-hectare controlled environment agriculture (CEA) production facility in Saudi Arabia.  As part of the transaction, Pure Harvest will also […]

photo credit: African Agriculture By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media African Agriculture focuses on harnessing the vast agricultural potential in Africa to secure food and protein for the coming century. The continent is home to 60 percent of the world’s remaining arable land, and the company’s mission is to leverage its untapped resources, fertile soil, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Started in 1900, Weyerhaeuser Company is a real estate investment trust (REIT) and one of the largest private owners of timberland in the world, controlling about 11 million acres in the U.S. and managing additional timber assets under long-term licenses in Canada. It also is one of the largest […]

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting News (Note: This interview was first published in our sister publication, Unconventional Ag News) What’s the best way to make progress? Test the parameters of your current situation and adjust accordingly. And how best to do that in the grain industry? Look to the expertise of a business like […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After three years of record appreciation with the farmland asset class surpassing a total value of $4 trillion, the third annual National Land Values report released by Peoples Company in April 2023 predicted a leveling out of farmland values. As prices and interest rates rapidly rose, there was an […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading European asset manager Amundi has launched the Amundi Ambition Agri-Agro Direct Lending Europe (AAAA) institutional investment strategy with a first close at €130 million (US$140.12 million) following a capital commitment from Crédit Agricole Group. With nearly 1.3 million farmers, Amundi explained that the European Union is the third-largest […]

Contributed by  Citi GPS: Global Perspectives & Solutions  “Too often we fail to mention the role that subsidized water plays in underestimating the threat that the farming sector is facing, given that 70 percent of freshwater withdrawals annually are used by the agriculture sector,” said Adam Bergman, Managing Director, Citi Clean Energy Transition Group, Global […]