Riverstone and Impact Ag Partners-Backed SPAC Lists on NASDAQ at $300M Valuation
November 13, 2023
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Agriculture & Natural Solutions Acquisition - a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by Riverstone Investment Group and Impact Ag Partners - has listed on the NASDAQ at a valuation of $300 million after offering 30 million units at a $10 per unit price point. Trading began o
Read moreAgIS Capital Provides Valuable Insight into Permanent Crop Markets in State of the Harvest Report
November 13, 2023
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched in 2013 by Jeff Conrad, with Carolyn Bailey, and Ken Warlick, AgIS Capital is a Boston-based, employee-owned boutique farmland investment management firm focused on the US permanent cropland sector. Over the past ten years, the firm has established an impressive track record of
Read moreOsmo Gains Another $3.5M From Gates Foundation to Advance AI-Driven Insect Control Using Scents
November 9, 2023
photo credit: Osmo By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The power of scent to attract or repel both humans and animals is a fascinating and complex phenomenon. Scent plays a crucial role in communication, navigation, and survival for many species. Understanding the science and art of scent can lead to the developmen
Read moreRaptor Ag Gains $19M in Funding, Forges Hazelnut JVs in Chile and Italy
November 8, 2023
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Edmond, Oklahoma, and with field offices in Oregon and Oklahoma, Raptor Ag was founded in 2016 by company partner and CEO Chris Eubanks, along with Dustin Faulkner and Jason Perkins, with the initial goal of becoming the largest hazelnut producer in North America. The
Read moreIn Ovo Enters €40M Loan Agreement with EIB for Early Chick Gender Technology
November 8, 2023
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Whether organic, free-range, or cage-free, the process remains the same. Since male chicks don’t lay eggs, and do not quickly grow like hens do making it economically unsound to attempt to fatten them, each year up to 6.5 billion male chicks are identified and manually sorted directly afte
Read moreLondon Calling – Looking Back and Ahead as GAI Europe Approaches
November 8, 2023
The first Global AgInvesting (GAI) conference took place in New York City in June 2009. Responding to the global financial crisis, investors were showing increasing interest in real assets with a negative correlation to the stock market and a steady long-term return profile for wealth preservation. Farmland came into focus as a target area fo
Read moreClay Capital Raises Second Fund with $145M to Invest at the Intersection of Health and Nature
November 7, 2023
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Since its founding in 2014, and the launch of its first fund known as VisVires New Protein in 2016, Clay Capital has invested in some of the most innovative and forward-thinking food tech and agtech startups to emerge in recent times including CollectiveFoods, a last-mile, digitally driven d
Read moreProvectus Algae Targets Livestock Methane Reduction With First Biomanufacturing Plant
November 7, 2023
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media With backing from sustainability leaders such as Hitachi Ventures and CJ Cheiljedang, Australian biotech startup Provectus Algae announced its entry into the livestock methane reduction space with its first 30,000-liter demonstration plant commissioned to scale up production of Asparagopsis
Read moreWarakirri Diversified Agriculture Fund Acquires Two New Assets, Lifts Assets Over $140M
November 6, 2023
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Warakirri Asset Management is on fire this week. Not only has the investment manager launched its new Sustainability Broadacre Cropping Strategy, it also announced that its Diversified Agriculture Fund has made two new acquisitions, bringing total acquisition to eight and its assets to more
Read moreTreasury Wine Estates Acquires DAOU Vineyards for $1B
November 2, 2023
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Melbourne-based wine giant Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) has accelerated its premium and luxury portfolio in a big way, announcing its acquisition of U.S.-based DAOU Vineyards - the fastest growing luxury wine brand in U.S. trade over the past year - for a total consideration of $1 billion.&nb
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