By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After a year-long review process, Elanco Animal Health announced it has agreed to sell its aqua business to Merck Animal Health for approximately $1.3 billion in cash. Generating about $175 million in revenue and an approximate $92 million in adjusted EBITDA, the business includes products aligned with both warm […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Chocolate is almost universally loved. But the cocoa industry has been long-beset with challenging issues – economic, environmental, and social – including climate change, deforestation, child labor issues, and smallholder producers earning barely the price of a candy bar per day. In 2022, consumers spent EUR$180 billion (US$190.5 billion) […]
Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After six years being owned by The Carlyle Group, Accolade Wines, a global premium wine and spirits company and the second largest wine company in Australia, announced it has agreed to a recapitalization plan that will result in a change of control of the company. Under the terms of the […]
photo credit: Saga Robotics By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As agtech steps up to develop and provide sustainable solutions for the future of agriculture, Norway-based Saga Robotics has successfully closed on $11.5 million in growth capital. This funding was committed by existing investors Nysnø Climate Investment, Aker, Rabo Ventures, Hatteland, Melesio Capital, and Sanden, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund has partnered with Nuveen to make its first natural capital investment by backing Nuveen’s flagship Global Timberland strategy, while noting the potential for future allocations across Nuveen’s Natural Capital platform in both forestry and farmland. “The Pension Fund’s core objective is to provide […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has agreed to acquire the remaining 83 percent it already doesn’t own in Australia’s Namoi Cotton by way of a Scheme of Agreement that is expected to be implemented in mid-2024. Namoi is a pioneer in the Australian cotton industry. In business since 1962, the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Tall Grass Ventures, a Canadian investment firm with a focus on early-stage agri-food tech startups, announced it has welcomed Farm Credit Canada (FCC) as one of the largest investors in its inaugural fund – Tall Grass Fund I. “Tall Grass is excited to have the support of FCC as […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media I have been sharing the successes of mission-driven seed breeding technology company Inari for about six years, and now I get to share that the company has closed on $103 million in Series F funding, bringing total equity raised to-date to over $575 million. In a show of enduring confidence, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global private equity investment firm Bregal Investments announced its first venture into impact investing with the launch of Bregal Sphere Nature Strategy, a dedicated natural capital platform with a focus on agricultural supply chains. Headquartered in London and New York, Bregal Investments has a family of funds geared toward […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Less than a year after food tech company Elo Life Systems (Elo) closed on a $24.5 million Series A, the company announced it has now closed on an oversubscribed $20.5 million A2 round led by DCVC Bio and Novo Holdings, bringing total capital raised to-date to $45 million. Other […]
photo credit: NZL By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australian specialist private markets investment manager Roc Partners has agreed to acquire a 25 percent equity interest in New Zealand Rural Land Company’s (NZL) portfolio in a cash deal of approximately NZ$44.2 million (US$26.84 million) that values NZL’s 75 percent equity share in the LP at […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In recent years, concerns associated with animal protein production and consumption have increasingly come to the fore, including antibiotic resistance, sustainability, animal welfare, food-borne illnesses, and perhaps most pressingly, the environmental impact of such production systems. These factors, combined with greater health and wellness awareness and engagement on the […]
