By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading vertical farming pioneer Plenty and Realty Income, a REIT-structured real estate investor, announced their strategic alliance to provide up to $1 billion in support of the development of Plenty’s indoor vertical farms. “We are pleased to announce this strategic relationship with Plenty – whose sustainable business practices align […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UK-based private equity firm Exponent has entered into an agreement to acquire IFF’s Flavor Specialty Ingredients (FSI) business in an all-cash deal for $220 million. IFF’s FSI is a leading producer of specialty base aromas with a wide range exceeding 1,000 aroma chemicals and natural extracts, which provide inputs […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sustainable ag and food investor Cibus Fund II has acquired Alba Trees Limited, a sustainable forestry nursery founded in 1988, for an undisclosed sum.  Based in East Lothian, Scotland, Alba Trees is pioneering the supply of cell-grown trees for the forestry sector. Since its founding, through expansion and re-investment, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Located in Mandeville, Louisiana, ABADIE explains that it is a multi-disciplinary energy and midstream entity. Since 2013, the company has transformed from an engineering and consulting firm to being focused on the development, investment, operations, and management of midstream assets and energy-related portfolio companies.  Now, the company announced its […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Elo Life Systems was spun out of biotech company Precision BioSciences in late 2021.  At the time, Michael Amoroso, CEO of Precision BioSciences, commented, “Elo is now a separate food and agriculture business, with independent financial resources and focused core capabilities to support its essential mission to improve human […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mission Produce, a vertically integrated, global leader in the avocado business, has partnered with Criterion Africa Partners (CAP), a private equity firm developing assets in the forestry value chain in Sub-Saharan Africa, and ZZ2 Boerdery (ZZ2), one of South Africa’s largest farming companies, to launch the joint venture Selokwe […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Positioned at the nexus of agtech and fintech, U.S.-based tech startup GrainChain has closed on $29 million in funding to digitize the world’s grain supply chains.  After years of volatility in global commodity markets, the promise that a digital ag platform can provide farmers with higher returns per acre […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Congruent Ventures, an early-stage climate tech fund, has led $6.85 million in Seed funding for Robigo, a biomanufacturing company developing a microbial platform technology that leverages bioengineering and data science to precisely protect crops from diseases while being safe for pollinators, humans, and beneficial microorganisms.  The round also saw […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media With a focus on high-value and permanent crops, Farmland LP is the largest asset manager focused on converting conventional farmland to sustainable organic production in the U.S. – a strategy which is striking home for many investors as ESG and regenerative factors continue to play ever-increasing roles in capital […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Galway Sustainable Capital, an impact investor that targets companies, projects, and assets that promote environmental and social resilience through locally-based solutions, has made an undisclosed investment to facilitate the acquisition of Central Coast World Farm (CCWF) and its conversion to a state-of-the-art vermicompost facility by Yield RMG.  Every year […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media With expectations of fetching in the mid-A$30 million range, the iconic Emu Creek station in Petford, Australia, is on the market for the first time in 155 years. Emu Creek was originally acquired in 1868 by George Robert Gill for one pound per acre (the minimum price for rural […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Queensland-based SwarmFarm Robotics has secured A$12 million (US$8.3 million) in Series A funding to accelerate its SwarmBot platform and its breakthrough operating system network SwarmConnect.  This round was led by Emmertech, an agtech fund from Canada-based Conexus Venture Capital, and included new investors Tribe Global Ventures and Access Capital, […]