Micropep Secures a Combined $40M in Series B Round for ‘Needle in Haystack’ Tech
October 3, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Venture capitalists have been flocking to the crop protection space of late, and apparently there's plenty to go around. North Carolina-based Micropep Technologies has clinched a $40 million Series B round, propped up by its latest pair of backers. Micropep's latest commitments, worth a combined $
Read moreTotal Acre Integrates Precision Planting API to Improve Crop Data Delivery
October 2, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With U.S. farmers busy harvesting their fields while also setting the wheels in motion for next season, Total Acre, a Kentucky-based program that fosters growth among a community of U.S. farmers, is doing its part to make things better for them. Through a partnership with agtech innovator Precisio
Read moreQ&A: FarmWise Thrusts AI Into Spotlight With Mechanical Weed Management
October 2, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media FarmWise, a U.S.-based smart-farming company behind an AI-driven weeding solution, has partnered with RDO Equipment, a dealer of intelligently connected ag equipment from brands like John Deere. The collaboration is designed to expand FarmWise’s precision weeding and cultivation footprint to veg
Read moreAfter the Storm: America’s Farmers Look to ‘Replant and Rise Again’ in Wake of Hurricane
October 1, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As Hurricane Helene unleashed its wrath throughout the Southeastern U.S. in recent days, the American farming community was caught right in the middle of the devastation. The damage was widespread, reaching from Florida's Gulf Coast to Georgia, Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee and beyond.
Read moreMorgan Stanley’s Investment Arm Clinches Final Close for $750M Climate Fund
September 30, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Against a challenging private market fundraising backdrop, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM)'s inaugural 1GT climate fund has reached a final close, albeit a little short of the Wall Street firm's original finish line. MSIM has achieved the final close of its climate private equity fund
Read moreDomain Timber Scores Natural Capital Mandate Amid ‘Elevated’ Demand
September 30, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Domain Timber Advisors, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based investment management firm Domain Capital Group, has scored a new mandate for forestland assets. London-based Fulcrum Asset Management has chosen Domain Timber to oversee sustainable natural capital investments on its behalf as part of its rece
Read moreQ&A: Silicon Valley’s SVG Ventures Partners With Japan’s Kagome for $50M Sunrise Fund
September 26, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media SVG Ventures has partnered with Tokyo-based Kagome, a global fruit and vegetable company specializing in all things tomatoes, to launch the $50 million Sunrise Agrifood Tech Fund. With a vision to catapult innovation in agri-food tech, the fund will back cutting-edge technologies around the world
Read moreBig Tech’s Meta Makes Long-Term Climate Bet With BTG Pactual Timberland Strategy
September 25, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media As Climate Week unfolds in New York, carbon credits are swirling. Big Tech play Meta Platforms, parent company of Facebook, has joined the fray, betting big on BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group for the delivery of 1.3 million nature-based carbon removal credits over the next decade-plus and
Read moreMandalay Venture Partners Extends AI Streak With Investment to Reduce Food Waste
September 25, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Australian agtech and food-tech venture capital firm Mandalay Venture Partners is extending its winning streak with artificial intelligence (AI) across the food value chain. Representing its maiden downstream investment in the agri-food tech sector, Mandalay Venture Partners is backing Restoke.ai,
Read moreManna Tree Partners With Mexican Food Group Amid Wider Latin American Push
September 23, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Private equity firm Manna Tree has commenced a Latin American expansion push by striking a strategic partnership with Grupo Herdez, a leading food company in Mexico. The companies are interested in scaling health and wellness-based brands along the food value chain. Overseeing more than $600 mill
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