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, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Israeli startup Meala FoodTech announced it has secured $1.9 million in Pre-Seed investments led by The Kitchen FoodTech Hub, a part of the Strauss-Group, and DSM Venturing, the corporate venture arm of the Royal DSM. The round also saw participation from Milk & Honey Ventures. This investment marks the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global agricultural company S&W Seed Co. and Equilon Enterprises (Shell) announced their agreement to establish a joint venture for the development of novel plant genetics for oilseed cover crops to be used as feedstocks for biofuel production. Under the name Vision Bioenergy Oilseeds LLC, the joint venture, which will […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Post Holdings announced its formation of a pet food platform after signing a definitive agreement to acquire select pet food brands from The J.M. Smucker Co. in a $1.2 billion deal consisting of $700 million in cash and approximately 5.39 million shares of Post Holdings common stock. Under the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Large-scale, sustainable indoor farming and certified B Corp, AppHarvest, announced it has commenced a $40 million underwritten public offering of its common stock. AppHarvest also stated it intends to grant the underwriters a three-day option to purchase up to an additional 15 percent of the shares of its common […]
