HutanBio Expands Seed Round to £3M With Backing from UKI2S
July 8, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Indicative of decarbonization’s role in tackling climate change, HutanBio announced it has expanded its Seed funding to £3 million (US$3.84 million) with additional funding committed by UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S).This development follows the company’s announcement in Fe
Read moreTall Grass Closes Inaugural Fund Oversubscribed at CAD$32M
July 8, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Canadian investment firm Tall Grass Ventures (TGV) announced the oversubscribed final close of its inaugural fund - Tall Grass Fund I - at CAD$32 million. While there are myriad advancements on the horizon, the agricultural sector demands urgent attention due to the intensifying impacts
Read moreCal-Maine Expands Egg Production Footprint in US Northeast with $110M Deal
July 4, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Cal-Maine Foods, the largest producer and distributor of fresh shell eggs in the U.S., is continuing to expand its national footprint with the acquisition of ISE America for approximately $110 million in cash. Eggs are one of the most commonly used animal proteins. Global egg produc
Read moreUNCAGED Innovations Gains $5.6M Seed Funding for Alternative Leather From Grains
July 2, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UNCAGED Innovations (UNCAGED), the world’s first leather alternative company making sustainable leather from grains at scale, has closed on an oversubscribed $5.6 million Seed round co-led by Green Circle Foodtech Ventures and Fall Line Capital. Ponderosa Ventures, Golden Seeds, and e
Read moreIDeA Agro Fund Completes Investment Cycle With Sicilian Citrus Fruit Deal
July 2, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media IDeA Agro, managed by DeA Capital Alternative Funds SGR and the first private equity fund in Italy to focus on agribusiness and farmland, has completed its investment cycle with its tenth investment - the acquisition of a majority stake in S.P.O. Zentrum, the Sicily-based leading platform in
Read moreLAWD Managing Sale of Proterra’s One Tree Portfolio, Expecting A$250M-Plus
July 1, 2024
Photo credit: LAWD By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media With expectations of attracting both domestic and global interest, LAWD is managing the sale of Proterra Investment Partners’ (Proterra) One Tree Portfolio targeting collective returns of more than A$250 million million. Consisting of three aggregations across some
Read moreACCESS Pool Appoints Stafford Capital, J.P. Morgan as Timber Managers
June 28, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ACCESS Pool, a £40 billion (US$50.56 billion) UK pension fund vehicle overseeing the pooled assets of 11 administering authorities consisting of a collaboration of Central, Eastern, and Southern Shire Councils, has selected Stafford Capital Partners (Stafford) and J.P. Morgan Asset Manageme
Read moreInverness Graham Green Light Fund Targets My Yield for Third Investment
June 28, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Inverness Graham Green Light Fund has made its third investment, executing a major recapitalization for My Yield, a direct provider of specialty and integrated seed treatment formulas, application systems, and agronomic support to growers. Active as a lower middle market buyout stra
Read moreBeZero Carbon Launches First Regen Ag Credit Rating System, Publishes First Rating
June 27, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Despite being a contributor, agriculture is also one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change. But regenerative growing practices, which work with nature to optimize the health of the entire ecosystem, offer growers the ability to build healthy soils that can protect crops from uncer
Read moreDownforce Technologies Raises $4.2M to Revolutionize Soil Organic Carbon Measurement
June 26, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The UN postulates that global climate, biodiversity, and land degradation goals will remain unmet unless investments in nature-based solutions more than double by 2025, to $384 billion per year. Doing their part, Equator VC has led a $4.2 million funding round for Downforce Technolo
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