By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Global AgInvesting Media Over 100 years of management expertise in fixed income investing, fund management, capital allocation, underwriting, servicing, and workouts are behind the strength of new venture Lending Acres, LLC (Lending Acres), an alternative lending platform for American agriculture businesses. This creative company is a joint venture between ARMOUR Capital Management […]

By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media German cannabis company Sanity Group announced it has raised $37.6 million in Series B funding representing the largest investment round in the EU sector to-date.  Led by British American Tobacco (BAT), the round was also joined by existing Sanity Group investors including Redalpine and Snoop Dogg’s Casa Verde Capital, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Los Angeles, but with roots  firmly planted in Peru, Agrovision currently has farming operations growing blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and table grapes in Mexico, Morocco, and in the U.S. in the state of Oregon.  The company explained that the Humboldt Current flowing along the western coast of Peru […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media It was in March 2021 when Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) agreed to sell the business and related assets of Imperial Sugar Company to Clewiston, Florida-based U.S. Sugar for $315 million.  Founded in 1843 in Sugar Land, Texas, (which in 1959 based its name on the company), Imperial Sugar is […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Five years after the success of its first fund, Capagro I, the pioneer European agtech and food tech venture capital fund, Capagro announced the launch of Capagro Agri-Food Innovation Fund II (Capagro II) with €200 million (US$192.52 million) to support the growth of the most promising startups in the […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Paris-based insect protein leader Innovafeed has closed on a $250M Series D, bringing total capital raised by the company to-date to $450 million. Led by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the round also included agribusiness giants Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and Cargill, both of which have strategic partnerships in place […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Flow Equity has a successful business model. Mainly operating in Ethiopia via its subsidiary EthioChicken and Rwanda through its subsidiary Uzima Chicken, Flow Equity’s primary product is high-yielding, day-old chicks (DOC).  Taking a unique approach, the DOC are sold in a package including the necessary feed and vaccines to […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Next-gen biotechnology startup Prolific Machines has emerged from stealth announcing multiple “massively oversubscribed” funding rounds totaling $42 million.  Pre-Seed funding had been previously committed by Po Bronson, managing director, IndieBio and general partner, SOSV, who incubated the startup from IndieBio while they de-risked the early science. “Prolific was a […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Louis Dreyfus Company Asia Pte. Ltd. (LDC) has entered into an agreement with Longriver Farms, an associated entity of Roc Partners, for the acquisition of Emerald Grain – a leading grain handler in Australia – for an undisclosed sum.  Longriver Farms came into ownership of Emerald in late 2020, […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global cannabinoid leader Aurora Cannabis announced it has acquired a majority stake in Bevo Farms, one of the largest suppliers of propagated vegetables and ornamental plants in North America, for C$45 million (US$33.4 million). Under the terms of the deal, over the three years following the closing, an additional […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Although there is admittedly still much we don’t know about the connection and interaction between our genes and the foods we eat, personalized nutrition, and by proxy, functional foods and beverages, have been noted as being some of the key drivers in the evolution of the food industry. Perhaps […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the largest winery in the Pacific Northwest and third largest premium winery in the U.S., has made its first major acquisition since being acquired last year by private equity house Sycamore Partners Management for $1.2 billion in cash.  Ste. Michelle dominates the Washington wine industry, […]