By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2004 with an initial investment of $175 million from Vic Super, Kilter Rural is self-described as “a specialist manager, dedicated to investment in Australian real assets of farmland, water, and ecosystem services”. With 30 years of experience in sustainable farmland and water management, Rural Kilter’s core investment […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Over the past few years (and throughout the global pandemic) digital agronomic farm management leader CropX has been diligently pursuing growth through both innovation and acquisitions. Since January 2020, GAI News has shared the company’s acquisition of: Nebraska-based CropMetrics in the U.S.; precision effluent and irrigation services company Regen […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On November 15, 2021, the world 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 […]
Submitted by Richard Lane, Executive Director, Birdwood Capital London-based sustainable real assets manager, Astarte Capital Partners, with the help of their corporate advisors at Birdwood, have again put Paraguay on the map with the runaway fundraising success of Astarte’s Paraguay-focused ‘SA Impact Forestry Fund.’ Also known as ‘SilviPar,’ the single asset fund has crossed the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Less than a year after closing on a $27 million Series B, Seattle-based agtech innovator Carbon Robotics is in the news again, having closed on a $30 million Series C, bringing total funding to-date to $67 million. This latest round was led by new investor Sozo Ventures, who joined […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Apple is doubling down on its commitment to nature-based carbon removal by significantly expanding its Restore Fund. Originally launched by Apple in 2021 with $200 million in capital backing, the Restore Fund was created to invest in timber producing commercial forestry projects with the goal of removing carbon from […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Regenerative farming has shifted into the daily lexicon of growers and investors alike, but the term isn’t mentioned often yet in relation to animal agriculture or ranching. UK-based agtech startup Pastoral is here to transform the narrative. Co-founded by CEO Josh Thomas, who has more than a decade of […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media When it comes to insect and pest control, agriculture is in a tight spot. Tasked with feeding the world, it is critical to combat and control damage caused by insects and pests. Agricultural pests are the root cause of social, economic, and health damage that account for $70 billion […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Representing its largest fundraise to-date, Iowa-headquartered Midwest Growth Partners (MGP) announced the close of its third investment fund oversubscribed at $170 million. Established in 2013, and with an additional office in Nebraska, MGP’s investment mission is to provide opportunities that will advance rural and underserved lower middle market companies […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media S. Kidman & Co. has completed the sale of four stations located in Queensland and the Northern Territory as part of an ongoing portfolio sell-down. In March 2021, Hancock Agriculture, the second largest producer of beef in Australia, and S. Kidman and Co. – its joint venture with China’s […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Since its launch in 2014, S2G has backed pioneering entrepreneurs and cutting-edge technologies aimed at improving the health and sustainability of our food system, and has deployed capital across the food, agriculture, ocean, and clean energy supply chains in innovators looking to create better outcomes for people and the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Moroccan university Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) and fertilizer giant and the largest producer of phosphate fertilizer in the world, OCP Group, have made a $200 million capital commitment to Bidra Innovation Ventures – a $250 million venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California, and Ben Guerir, Morocco. […]
