Planet A Foods Raises $15.4M Series A for Cocoa-Free Chocolate
February 7, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Chocolate is almost universally loved. But the cocoa industry has been long-beset with challenging issues – economic, environmental, and social – including climate change, deforestation, child labor issues, and smallholder producers earning barely the price of a candy bar per day. In
Read moreBain-Led Investor Consortium Takes Control of Accolade Wines
February 6, 2024
Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media After six years being owned by The Carlyle Group, Accolade Wines, a global premium wine and spirits company and the second largest wine company in Australia, announced it has agreed to a recapitalization plan that will result in a change of control of the company. Under the terms of th
Read moreSaga Robotics Gains $11.5M for US and UK Expansion
February 1, 2024
photo credit: Saga Robotics By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media As agtech steps up to develop and provide sustainable solutions for the future of agriculture, Norway-based Saga Robotics has successfully closed on $11.5 million in growth capital. This funding was committed by existing investors Nysnø Climate Invest
Read moreScottish Borders Council Partners With Nuveen’s Timberland Fund for First Natural Capital Investment
February 1, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund has partnered with Nuveen to make its first natural capital investment by backing Nuveen’s flagship Global Timberland strategy, while noting the potential for future allocations across Nuveen’s Natural Capital platform in both forestry and farmla
Read moreLouis Dreyfus Agrees to Fully Acquire Namoi Cotton
February 1, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has agreed to acquire the remaining 83 percent it already doesn’t own in Australia’s Namoi Cotton by way of a Scheme of Agreement that is expected to be implemented in mid-2024. Namoi is a pioneer in the Australian cotton industry. In business since 1
Read moreTall Grass Fund I Adds Farm Credit Canada as a Key Investor
January 31, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Tall Grass Ventures, a Canadian investment firm with a focus on early-stage agri-food tech startups, announced it has welcomed Farm Credit Canada (FCC) as one of the largest investors in its inaugural fund - Tall Grass Fund I. “Tall Grass is excited to have the support of FCC as w
Read moreInari Closes on $103M Series F For its SEEDesign™ Platform
January 30, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media I have been sharing the successes of mission-driven seed breeding technology company Inari for about six years, and now I get to share that the company has closed on $103 million in Series F funding, bringing total equity raised to-date to over $575 million. In a show of enduring confi
Read moreBregal Investments Launches Bregal Sphere Nature Strategy With Ag Focus
January 30, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global private equity investment firm Bregal Investments announced its first venture into impact investing with the launch of Bregal Sphere Nature Strategy, a dedicated natural capital platform with a focus on agricultural supply chains. Headquartered in London and New York, Bregal
Read moreElo Life Systems Closes on Oversubscribed $20.5M A2 Round for Molecular Farming Platform
January 29, 2024
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Less than a year after food tech company Elo Life Systems (Elo) closed on a $24.5 million Series A, the company announced it has now closed on an oversubscribed $20.5 million A2 round led by DCVC Bio and Novo Holdings, bringing total capital raised to-date to $45 million. Other part
Read moreRoc Partners Acquires 25 Pct. of NZ Rural Land Portfolio in NZ$44.2M Deal
January 29, 2024
photo credit: NZL By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australian specialist private markets investment manager Roc Partners has agreed to acquire a 25 percent equity interest in New Zealand Rural Land Company’s (NZL) portfolio in a cash deal of approximately NZ$44.2 million (US$26.84 million) that values NZL’s 75 percen
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