InnerPlant Raises $30M for Genetically Engineered Living Sensor Crops
July 31, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media InnerPlant, a Davis, California-based farmer-first seed-technology startup, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by an alliance of large North American farmers spearheaded by Coutts Agro, an ag operator and investor. Other participants in the round included Systemiq Capital, Deer
Read moreNatural Ventures Reveals Maiden Close of Inaugural Fund With $100M in Commitments
July 31, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Natural Ventures, an impact-driven investment firm with offices in the UAE and the Netherlands, has announced the first close of its inaugural fund with $100 million in commitments. The fund's roster of anchor investors includes Germany's Helm AG, Swiss-based family office Chemovarteq and a strate
Read moreAI-Powered Autonomous Tractor Maker Monarch Tractor Secures $133M in Latest Round
July 31, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Monarch Tractor, a Livermore, a California-based startup behind the first 100 percent electric, autonomous smart tractor on the planet, dubbed MK-V, has raised $133 million in a Series C round. The fundraising, which according to the company is the biggest of its kind in agricultural robotics hist
Read moreJBS-Owned Huon Aquaculture Earmarks A$110 M for Land-Based Salmon Production
July 30, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Australia-based Atlantic salmon producer Huon Aquaculture, which is 100 percent backed by Brazilian food giant JBS, has committed to invest A$110 million (US$71.8 million) to bolster land-based salmon production at its Whale Point site in southern Tasmania. Huon, Australia's No. 2 salmon producer
Read moreFarmland LP Secures Trio of California Almond Ranch Acquisitions Including Water Rights
July 29, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Farmland LP, a California-based investment firm dedicated to transforming conventional farmland into sustainable organic farms, has announced the acquisition of three properties in Northern California’s Sacramento Delta across 2,625 acres for a combined price tag of $35.6 million. The farms, all
Read morePE Firm Manna Tree Takes Majority Stake in Organic, Grass-Fed Beef Company Verde Farms
July 26, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Manna Tree Partners, a global private equity firm based in Vail, Colorado, and focused on nutrition, has taken a controlling interest in Verde Farms, a Woburn, Massachusetts, company that produces 100 percent grass-fed and pasture-raised beef. As a follow on to a minority $15 million stake taken i
Read moreAustralia’s Regal Partners Takes Minority Stake in Water Rights Manager Argyle Group
July 25, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Consolidation is afoot in Australia's water entitlement market. In its second acquisition in a matter of weeks, ASX-listed Regal Partners has announced it will take a 40 percent stake in Argyle Group, which invests in a diverse portfolio of water entitlements, combining two of the country's bigges
Read moreAgtech Startup Agrobiomics Secures €4M in Capital Raise for Climate Resilient Crops
July 24, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Agrobiomics, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based agtech startup, has raised €4 million (U$4.3 million) from NOON Ventures, a local deep-tech venture fund, in its latest funding round. The agtech company, which according to Crunchbase has raised a total of €6 million (U$6.5 million) since inception, pl
Read moreVCs Flock to Agtech Startup Farmblox in $2.5M Oversubscribed Seed Round
July 24, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Agtech startups have proven to be the rainmakers in the current dealmaking environment, including Boston-based Farmblox. The company is behind a farm automation system and just raised $2.5 million in a seed round to bring AI and automation to North American farms. Farmblox connects equipment and i
Read moreLAWD Oversees Sale of Queensland’s Flagship Moorabinda Beef Production Property
July 22, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media LAWD, a national Australian real estate firm that specializes in the agriculture industry, is overseeing the sale of Moorabinda, one translation of which is "foot of the hill" and which it describes as the "jewel in the crown of Queensland's finest beef production region". The property, which is c
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