By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sumitomo Forestry and Eastwood Forests (EF), a U.S.-based forestry asset management company co-founded in October 2022 by Alex Finkral, Glenn Wallace, and Sumitomo’s Forestry’s wholly-owned subsidiary Sumitomo Forestry America Inc., have launched Forestry Fund I with an initial contribution of 60 billion yen (US$427 million) from 10 Japanese companies.  […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Located in Ghent, Belgium, Aphea.Bio is a fully integrated microbial product developer with a mission to build a sustainable, reliable, and profitable future for agriculture. With a mission centered on its novel high-throughput APEX R&D platform capitalizing upon the untapped microbial space, the company has been successful in building […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UNCAGED Innovations, a biomaterials startup founded in 2020, explains that today’s eco-conscious leathers rely heavily on plastic-based materials –  a fact it aims to address through its mission to redefine the use of leather in consumer and automotive goods.  To do this, UNCAGED is developing a platform of biomimetic […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Native to North America, blueberries were first commercially cultivated for sale in 1916. Now, one hundred and seven years later, the U.S. is the largest blueberry producer in the world, commercially growing the crop in 26 states. However, it’s only 10 U.S. states: Oregon, Washington, Georgia, Michigan, California, New […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Vienna, Austria, Arkeon is an ingredients company leveraging ancient microbes to convert CO2 into amino acids and functional peptides as a regenerative way to produce food and lifestyle products.  Built upon more than a decade of research by co-founders Dr. Simon Rittmann, Dr. Guenther Bochmann, and Dr. Gregor Tegl, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Malteries Soufflet, one of the world’s top three maltsters and a subsidiary of leading European agricultural group InVivo Group, announced it has come to an agreement to acquire Australia’s United Malt Group – the fourth largest maltster in the world – through a deal valued at approximately $1 billion.  […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Manulife Investment Management (MIM) has made its first farmland-plus investment on behalf of its Manulife Permanent Cropland Plus Fund (MPCPF) and other investors. What is a farmland-plus investment? MIM explained that it refers to investments in companies and assets that combine farm production with processing and marketing, and sustainability, […]

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media Kaitlin Fitzgerald is vice president of sustainability for Sound Agriculture, a startup on a mission to create crop inputs and traits that lead to more sustainable, healthier, and tastier food. With headquarters in Emeryville, California, the company has 140+ employees across the U.S., and has enjoyed steady […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media By leveraging technology, Amsterdam-based Source.ag intends to democratize access to sufficient fruits and vegetables through AI-driven greenhouses, which the startup stated is a safer, more reliable, and climate-resilient method of production. Founded in November 2020 by CEO Rien Kamman and CTO Ernst van Bruggen, the startup’s proprietary algorithms generate […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Newly formed, early-stage VC platform Joyful Ventures explained that it offers a compelling value proposition for the climate crisis by driving climate solutions through sustainable protein and food technology, citing a recent study by Boston Consulting Group that found that investing in plant-based protein is eleven times more impactful […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bio-manufacturing has great potential for decarbonization, but it also faces a range of hurdles. If successfully harnessed for key industrial sectors such as foods, fuels, materials, and chemicals, it is estimated to have the ability to mitigate at least 3 GT of carbon emissions per year by 2030.  However, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), a green bank owned by the Australian government, and global investment group CDPQ have formed a strategic partnership with leading Australian farmland manager Gunn Agri Partners that will focus on agricultural land in Australia. Under the terms of the agreement an initial sum […]