By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nuveen, the investment arm of TIAA with $1.1 trillion in AUM as of March 31, 2023 and operations in 27 countries, has expanded its partnership with global fintech platform iCapital, essentially providing greater access to alternative investments for the wealth management industry by offering investors and financial advisors an […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Flora Ventures’ new fund is taking a unique approach by being the first VC fund to tap what the firm stated is the world’s original innovative agriculture pioneer – the Israeli Kibbutzim – as anchor investors and partners. Not only that, but with a launch of an $80 million […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Anchor Capital is looking to raise between 1.5 billion – 3.5 billion South African rand (approximately US$84 million – US$200 million) for its Anchor Ndalo Fund – a newly launched investment vehicle designed to give investors exposure to niche elements of the agricultural sector. Created as a joint venture […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media BeeHero’s groundbreaking hive monitoring technology is officially entering the Australian market through a newly announced partnership with Monson’s Honey and Pollination, a leader in the country’s beekeeping and pollination industry. BeeHero’s mission as explained by company CEO Omer Davidi is “…to deliver pollination accountability for commercial crop growers, by […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Many of us have seen documentaries in which scientists trace the ancient origins of individuals by analyzing the isotopes present in their teeth, determining the nearly exact location of where an individual was born and then lived. Now, a company called Oritain is bringing similar abilities to trace the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Coca-Cola Company, together with eight other worldwide bottling partners, announced the launch of a new venture capital fund focused on investments centered on sustainability with a first close at $137.5 million. The new fund called Greycroft Coca-Cola System Sustainability Fund will be managed by Greycroft, a seed-to-growth venture […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Oslo-based Kommunal Landspensjonskasse Gjensidig Forsikringsselskap (KLP), Norway’s largest pension fund manager, has partnered with Investinor, a widely experienced investment manager that manages the Norwegian state’s interests in seed capital and pre-seed funding scheme, to launch 3K6 – Norway’s first forestry investment fund. Each partner is committing an initial investment […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Today, every four out of 10 pounds of animal protein consumed on a global scale are fish, leading to 90 percent of the world’s marine fish stock to be either exploited, over-exploited, or depleted, creating a situation primed for the emergence and successful market adoption of cell cultured seafood. […]
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 […]
