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 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Having successfully completed its sixth acquisition, Warakirri announced that its Warakirri Diversified Agriculture Fund has surpassed a value of AUD100 million (US$66.14 million). Adding to its portfolio that contains existing high quality berry, citrus, soft leaf vegetable, vineyard, and agri-infrastructure assets, the fund has made its first foray into […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Co-founded in 2011 by partners Mark Kahn and Jinesh Shah, Omnivore operates across the Indian investment space focusing on impact venture capital commitments via Seed and Series A rounds for companies in the agtech, food, and sustainability sectors building the future of new systems. Omnivore has been a pioneer […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On November 15, 2022, the global population surpassed 8 billion on its way to breaching 10 billion by 2050. Connected with the expectation is the need to produce more food than has been produced in the past 10,000 years combined (staggering!). To accomplish this, it would require a 70 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media New Forests, a global investment manager of nature-based real asset and natural capital strategies, has acquired the 19,000-acre (7,654-hectare) McCloud Forest in the Mount Shasta region of California. This transaction marks the first for New Forests’ Forest Climate Solutions Fund (FCS), which seeks to generate dual channels of returns from […]
