Allozymes Gains $15M Series A to Develop Most Comprehensive Enzyme Data Library
May 30, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biotech company Allozymes has closed on a $15 million Series A co-led by Seventure Partners and Xora Innovation. New investors who joined the round include Thia Ventures, and NUS Technology Holdings, the investment arm of the National University of Singapore, from where the companyâ
Read moreStandard Nutrition Collaborates with New Investment Partners, Introduces Passel Farms, Acquires Cactus Family Farms
May 30, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Standard Nutrition Company (SNC), a privately held agricultural holding company in business since 1886, announced its launch of the newly formed Passel Farms, a reorganization of SNC’s investments, resources, and partnerships dedicated to pork production that will carry forward from SNC’
Read moreEnifer Closes on €36M for its Proprietary Mycoprotein PEKILO
May 29, 2024
Image credit: Enifer By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Finland-based mycoprotein company Enifer announced the completion of a €36 million (US$38.9 million) funding package comprising:~ €15 million (US$16.2 million) in Series B funding led by the Finnish private equity fund Taaleri Bioindustry Fund I and follow-o
Read moreAs Climate Change Accelerates, Elicit Plant Plans 2025 U.S. Market Entry
May 28, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media French ag-biotech leader Elicit Plant announced it is successfully expanding internationally, and is currently laying the groundwork for its entrance into the U.S. market in 2025. Climate is rapidly becoming a global emergency. Rising temperatures and volatility in the form of severe drou
Read moreEntrepreneurial Equity Partners Closes Fund II at $546M
May 28, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Chicago-based Entrepreneurial Equity Partners (e2p) announced it has closed its second fund - Entrepreneurial Equity Partners II - with $546 million in aggregate capital commitments. The close of e2p II follows the close of the firm’s inaugural fund - e2p I - at $423 million in May 2021
Read moreCox Farms Expands Operations as Mucci Farms Acquires Hacienda North Farms (so many farms!)
May 24, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mucci Farms, a leading grower and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, announced it has expanded its operations through the acquisition of Hacienda North Farms, a 159-acre, state-of-the-art greenhouse facility in Coatsworth, Ontario. Mucci Farms is part of Cox Farms, a new business ann
Read moreNEC X Invests in Verdi to Advance Farm Automation Platform
May 23, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvestment Media Silicon Valley innovation accelerator NEC X announced its latest investment in Verdi Expeditions, the world’s first scalable farm automation and personalized plant healthcare platform.Through this investment, NEC X joins an impressive list of Verdi’s existing investors including SVG Ven
Read moreGO.FARM Launches A$300M Capital Raise and Responsible Agriculture Fund
May 23, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australian-owned, mission-driven ag investor, developer, and manager GO.FARM announced it has launched a A$300 million (US$198.4 million) capital raise, part of which is the additional launch of the Responsible Agriculture Fund to elevate natural capital assets to their highest value and bes
Read moreDomain Timber Completes Full Placement of Committed Capital with Acquisition of Five New Assets
May 23, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Private investment management services firm Domain Capital Group announced that its subsidiary Domain Timber Advisors has completed the full placement of committed capital with the acquisition of five new assets totaling 5,800 acres on behalf of its timberland portfolio. The newly acquire
Read moreBeeHero Reveals Groundbreaking Insights After 2022-2024 Almond Pollination Seasons
May 22, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media BeeHero’s mission as explained by company CEO Omer Davidi is “…to deliver pollination accountability for commercial crop growers, by leveraging big data analytics and machine learning to help them mitigate pollination risk. Thus allowing them to focus on producing more food, securely,
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