By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agtech company Arable believes that the key solution to being able to sustainably feed the world while mitigating agriculture’s impact on the planet lies in digitizing the analog realities of food production. To advance this work, return investor Galvanize Climate Solutions, the investment vehicle launched by billionaire Tom Steyer […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Gladstone Land has diversified its portfolio by both crop type and geography through its latest acquisition of 1,317 gross acres of farmland in Washington and Oregon for approximately $37.3 million from Horizon Vineyards, an affiliate of Resource Land Holdings (RLH). In connection with the deal, Gladstone has assumed multiple […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Brinc, a venture accelerator with a global sustainability mandate, and DayDayCook, an Asian content-to-commerce culinary platform, are committing to invest $10 million through DayDayCook’s Good Food Accelerator – a collaborative project bolstered by Brinc’s investment of $500,000 in DayDayCook, cementing a long-term joint effort to support cutting-edge innovation. The […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agriculture is key to Zambia’s people, accounting for nearly half of all employment in the country. However, agriculture, forestry, and fishing account for only 3 percent of the country’s GDP, reflecting the significant potential there is for investment to drive growth for agriculture and its contribution to the country’s […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The new INVL Alternative Investment Fund launched by the INVL investment management and life insurance group has closed on EUR5.5 million (US$5.6 million) in funding from 572 investors. INVL is the leading investment management and life insurance group in the Baltic region managing pension funds, private equity and alternative […]
photo credit: Meati Foods By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mushrooms are the dark horse of the food world. Sure, there are foodies out there who can explain the nuances that mark one variety from another, but for the most part, it seems they have been quietly tolerated, but never widely embraced. But no longer. […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V (MIP V), an Americas-focused infrastructure fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management, announced an investment that will ultimately make Macquarie a controlling factor in the largest independent agriculture port terminals operator in Brazil. MIP V has entered into an agreement to invest 500 million reais (US$91.9 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In order to support the world’s booming population growth, and to mitigate the fallout to our food systems from geopolitical conflicts, Napigen CEO and co-founder Dr. Hajime Sakai noted that we will need much more grain than farmers can currently produce. As a first step, Napigen has targeted wheat […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media SVG Ventures is bringing its proprietary platform comprising its flagship THRIVE Accelerator Program, Corporate Innovation Program, development programs, and more to the state of Victoria, Australia. The leading global agtech investor has chosen to establish a new Australian and New Zealand headquarters in Melbourne in order to fast-track the […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media NOTE: This interview was originally published in our WIA Today blog. Canadian agriculture is no stranger to the struggles seen around the globe in the sector – climate change, supply chain dilemmas, economic issues related to pricing and availability of goods, and exchange rate and increasing competition […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Building upon the success of Valor Siren Ventures Fund I (VSV I), Valor Equity Partners announced that Valor Sire Ventures II (VSV II) closed oversubscribed on April 1, 2022 at $595 million. Founded in 1995 by managing partner and CIO Antonio J. Gracias, Valor Equity is a previous investor […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading sustainable food and agribusiness inventor Arable Capital Partners announced it has closed on $250 million in follow-on commitments for its fund Arable Capital LLC, bringing total combined AUM to more than $550 million. Aware that by its very nature, the food and agribusiness sectors require a long-term investment […]
