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 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The latest investment by Tyson Ventures, the venture capital arm of Tyson Foods, is in Athian, the world’s first cloud-based carbon marketplace dedicated to the livestock industry. This Seed-stage capital commitment joins previous investments in the company from Elanco Animal Health Inc. and Newtrient LLC to fast-track the launch […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sweetener brand Splenda and its parent company Heartland Food Products Group announced the official launch of Splenda Stevia Farm – a 1,465-acre fully integrated, eco-conscious farm now operating in Central Florida. Driven by the trend toward a more healthy lifestyle and diet, 72 percent of consumers have targeted sugar […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media McCain Foods is investing CAD$600 million (US$436 million) – its largest global investment in the company’s 65+ year history – to double the size and output at its facility located in Coaldale, Alberta, Canada. Up until now, McCain has operated a processing facility in Coaldale since 2000 that has […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biotech startup Tiamat Sciences explained that it is reinventing recombinant proteins by using the power of plants to provide animal-free growth factors with a reduced carbon footprint at a fraction of the cost. Consequently, the startup announced that it has secured $2 million in seed-extension funding led by 8090 […]
