By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched in October 2016, Milltrust’s first British Innovation Fund (BIF) was established to direct much needed international and domestic institutional capital into the UK University-originated venture sector to commercialize world-leading IP, with a strong inclusion of agri-science and technology. Following the broad success of BIF, Milltrust announced its launch of […]

By Ben Palen, Ag Management Partners In the course of a four-decade career in agriculture, I have gleaned information from a number of sources. The insights of others, along with my own experiences, have shaped my thinking about the nature of this business and its potential trends.   There are a small number of articles that have […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES) announced it has acquired 100 percent of MITRA Agro Equipments Private Limited (M.I.T.R.A) by increasing its holding from 47.33 percent to 100 percent. Consequently, in connection with this deal, Omnivore has been fully bought out of M.I.T.R.A, exiting its investment going […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Collaborative Sorghum Marketing Transformation Program (cSmart) announced the launch of the first-ever venture capital fund exclusively dedicated to attracting capital to projects, companies, and innovators that are creating opportunities for sorghum farmers and the industry.  Through this platform, cSmart will match private capital to support startups and established […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media PepsiCo announced it is investing $216 million in long-term, strategic partnership agreements with three farmer-facing organizations: Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI); Soil and Water Outcomes Fund (SWOF); and the Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) to drive the adoption of regenerative ag practices across the U.S.  Climate change could eliminate […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media When SWEN Capital Partners launched its Blue Ocean Fund in September 2021 at the World Conservation Congress, in scientific partnership with France’s leading oceanographic institute Ifremer, the fund had an initial target of €120 million (US$130.7 million). Now, the sustainable solutions investment manager announced a close for the fund […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Private investment management services firm Domain Capital Group announced that its subsidiary Domain Timber Advisors has assumed investment responsibilities for a timberland portfolio containing assets located in the U.S. Southeast and Northwest regions.  This transfer marks the ninth separately managed account to be assumed by Domain Timber since 2017, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Alternative investment manager Foresight Group has forged a strategic partnership with UK-based controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company Harvest London for the expansion of vertical farming in the country.  Founded in 1984, and now operating across seven countries in Europe and Australia, with AUM totaling £12.3 billion (US$15 billion), Foresight […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Israel-based Saffron Tech Ltd. announced a new investment agreement with Korea-based Dreamtech Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of innovative tech components including advanced mobile and medical devices. As a subsidiary of Sativus Tech Corp., Saffron Tech is rewriting the protocols for growing saffron with an aim to be the first […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Climate tech startup Andes has officially closed its Series A at $30 million, bringing total funding to-date to $38 million from a broad range of investors including Voyager VC, Yamaha Motor Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, Cavallo Ventures, KdT Ventures, Venturance, Germin8, and Accelr8. Andes’ approach entails leveraging millions of […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Only a week after announcing a new investment strategy, Veripath Farmland Partners is back on the acquisition trail, announcing its purchase of 640 acres of farmland in Saskatchewan through its Veripath Farmland (R) Fund.  Launched during the pandemic in mid-2020, Veripath has already amassed a total of 110,000 acres […]

By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Today, an estimated $26 billion of United States farmland is owned or managed by institutions, with institutional investments ranging between US$28-$35 billion. And, as HighQuest Consulting’s Philippe de Lapérouse explained in his “Ag Sectors to Watch” article in GAI News, given that the estimated size of the “investable” universe […]