Cibus Capital Closes Cibus Fund II and Cibus Enterprise Fund II at a Combined $645M
March 4, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Specialist Investment advisory firm Cibus Capital announced the successful close of Cibus Fund II (CF II) - its second mid-market private equity fund - with over US$510 million in capital commitments, and Cibus Enterprise Fund II (CE II) - its second venture fund - with more than $135 millio
Read moreMitsui & Co., Suzano Partner to Explore New Biomaterial Alternatives From Eucalyptus
February 29, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Japanese global trading and investment company Mitsui & Co. and Brazil-based Suzano S.A., the world’s largest paper and pulp producer, have forged a non-exclusive Joint Collaboration Agreement focused on exploring the manufacture and sale of next-generation biomaterials and derivatives
Read moreMEAG Sustainable Forestry Equity Fund Announces First Close at US$207M
February 29, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re Group with current AUM of approximately €340 billion (US$367 billion), announced a first close for its MEAG Sustainable Forestry Equity Fund at $207 million committed by German insurers and the pension scheme of an unspecified DAX-listed company group.&
Read moreTwo NT Cattle Stations with Approved Carbon Projects for Sale
February 28, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The sale of Maryfield Station and Limbunya Station - two institutional scale, Northern Territory cattle operations - is being managed by LAWD with expectations of drawing in buyers seeking out assets able to generate significant carbon credits. Owned by Sam Mitchell from Sydney-base
Read moreReflections on 2023 Food Tech Trends
February 28, 2024
By S2G Ventures This is the third and final installment of a series looking back on S2G Venture's report, Trends Shaping the Future of Food in 2023. Read Part 1 of this series, Reflections on 2023 AgTech Trends, and Part 2, "Reflections on 2023 Food and Agriculture Supply Chain Trends." In March of 2023, we published a white paper e
Read moreOishii to Drive Growth of Vertically Farmed Strawberries With $134M Series B
February 28, 2024
Photo credit: Oishii By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The aptly named vertical farming leader Oishii (meaning "delicious" in Japanese) announced the successful closing of a $134 million Series B led by Japanese telecommunications company NTT, bringing total funding to-date to $189 million. "While many in the industry
Read moreHippo Harvest Secures $21M Series B for First-of-Its-Kind Modular Greenhouse Design
February 27, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) startup Hippo Harvest announced it has secured $21 million in Series B funding led by Standard Investments and including Congruent Ventures, Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund, Hawthorne Food Ventures, and Energy Impact Partners to advance its first-of-its-
Read moreSimple Planet Closes on Oversubscribed $6M Pre-Series A Funding
February 26, 2024
Photo credit: Simple Planet By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biotech startup Simple Planet has closed on an oversubscribed $6 million pre-Series A round to fund its development of functional future food ingredients through its cell culture platform. Global protein consumption is expected to climb at a compounded
Read moreConsortium Including Driscoll’s Completes Takeover of Costa Group
February 26, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Driscoll’s, a global market leader of fresh blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries, announced as a critical strategic partner in the deal, that the purchase of Costa Group - Australia’s leading grower, packer, and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables - has been comple
Read moreNew Forests Announces First Investment for TAFF2
February 22, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global investment manager of nature-based real asset and natural capital strategies New Forests announced that the first investment made through its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) is in a project to conserve and restore the Kuan Kreng Landscape (KKL) in Thailand - the country’s second
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