Impact Ag and Macdoch Australia ‘Level Up’ Partnership to Accelerate Regenerative Ag
September 2, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Nine months after taking the helm of Impact Ag Partners, CEO Hugh Killen has architected a key partnership, thrusting Australia's regenerative agriculture industry into the spotlight. Impact Ag Partners, an Australian-owned firm that specializes in agricultural investment and development, and Macd
Read moreMandala Capital Exits Portfolio Company Investment, Readies New Fund Launch
August 31, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Mandala Capital, a South and Southeast Asia focused food and agri private equity firm, has cashed in on one of its portfolio companies. The firm has exited Edward Food Research and Analysis Centre (EFRAC), an India-based lab testing company that Mandala has held for close to a decade. Mandala's ex
Read moreEarthOptics and Pattern Ag Merge for Soil Digitization Powerhouse
August 29, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media M&A is afoot in the ag industry, and soil will never be the same. EarthOptics, which is building the "soil cloud," and Pattern Ag have announced a merger of equals to form a digitization powerhouse that will take soil health to the next level for farmers. The combined company, which will opera
Read moreQueensland’s Inform Ag Attracts A$7M from Rural Funds for Tech Solution
August 29, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Sunshine Coast, Queensland-based Inform Ag, which is in the business of future-proofing farming, has raised A$7 million (US$4.7 million) in a funding round spearheaded by Rural Funds Group, an ASX-listed agriculture REIT and strategic corporate investor. Inform Ag, whose products help farmers and
Read moreFarmTogether Readies Expansion Push With New CEO David Gould at Helm
August 27, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media FarmTogether, an investment firm specializing in U.S. farmland, has a new sheriff. Earlier this month, FarmTogether named David Gould, the firm's former managing director of capital formation, as CEO, replacing outgoing boss Jared Hine, who also previously served as finance chief. Gould's appointm
Read moreMacquarie’s Row-Cropping Company Comes Full Circle, Puts Western Australian Alcheringa Farm on the Block
August 26, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a deal that brings Macquarie's agriculture arm full circle, Viridis Ag is looking to unload the aggregation assets representing its maiden Australian farm acquisition from six years ago. Viridis Ag, which is supported by Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management, has put Western Australian drylan
Read moreNew TerraClear Chief Shares Vision for Robotics-Powered Rock Picking on US Farms
August 26, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media After seven years at data and technology platform Farmers Business Network (FBN), Devin Lammers has taken the helm of TerraClear, a Bellevue, Washington-based robotics company specializing in automated rock removal on U.S. farms. Lammers, who was named CEO a few weeks ago, joins to lead TerraClear
Read moreReport: Japan’s Daiwa Securities Group Looks to Australian Ag for New Frontier
August 26, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Japanese brokerage giant Daiwa Securities Group has set its sights on investment and lending opportunities in Australia's agriculture industry. According to a Bloomberg report, the Japanese bank is considering Australian ag as part of a broader expansion push into the country's property and renewa
Read moreGermany’s Root Global Secures €8M in Seed Round for Food Supply Chain Climate Solutions
August 22, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Root Global, a Berlin-based software platform helping companies across the food system get to net zero, has raised €8 million (US$7.1 million) in a seed round. Led by seed-stage VC Point Nine, the fundraising also extended to Project A, HelloWorld and Zurich-based Arc Investors as well as a numb
Read moreCarbon Credit Trading Startup Creattura Clinches Japanese VC Backing in Series A Round
August 21, 2024
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Tokyo-based Creattura, a carbon credit trading platform, has secured JPY 350 million (US$2.4 million) in a Series A first-close financing from Japanese venture capital powerhouses DBJ Capital and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital. Creattura plans to direct the capital injection toward an expansion
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