A further 36 funds, across farmland, agribusiness and agriculture technology, are still in the market targeting $7.5 billion collectively, according to Prequin.
For many livestock managers, the process of medicating their cattle is one of the most arduous tasks they face each year. SmartVet wants to solve this problem and is launching a campaign on AgFunder to raise expansion capital.
Welcome to another weekly news roundup with AgFunderNews. One of this week’s biggest stories is machinery giant Deere & Company’s purchase of Precision Planting from Monsanto.
The firm’s fourth fund is expecting to announce a first close on $75m in early 2016.
After S2G’s official fund launch last week, AgFunderNews caught up with the firm to hear a bit more about its investment process and how it views the food and agriculture sector.
Chris Baggott, the serial entrepreneur and co-founder of two major marketing software programs, has turned his attention to food and agriculture with the creation of two new startups.
The firm, which has 8 portfolio companies already under its belt, launched the fund at the New York Times Food for Tomorrow Conference this morning (Wednesday).
The biotech research company expects its engineered “energy” tobacco to outperform other leading biomass feedstocks as a low cost, sustainable alternative to fossil fuels.
As its name suggests, the Minnesota-based company is revamping cumbersome modern tractors into nimble, autonomous vehicles.
Growing food was not the initial motivation for vertical farming company TruLeaf. It was a desire to find solutions to chronic disease through clean, nutritious food, Gregg Curwin, chief executive tells AgFunderNews.
Technology veteran John Hartnett talks to AgFunderNews about why he got involved in ag, his firm’s $100m agtech fund and establishing links between Silicon Valley and farmers in Salinas Valley.
The venture capital arm of UK food company Tate & Lyle has launched a £30 million ($37 million) fund. Here Simon Barnes, managing partner, describes the fund’s strategy and independence from the sugar manufacturer.
Switzerland-based Bonafide has recently raised capital from family offices, pension funds and high net worth individuals for its new Deep Blue Ventures Fund as demand for aquaculture as an investment grows, according to partner Christoph Baldegger.
There has been much debate around the suitability of private equity funds for farmland investing pushing some investment managers to present new options to investors. Australian Pastoral Funds Management is one such manager, recently launching a new product range for land and livestock investment.
A group of venture capitalists, previously active in other digital technologies, are now turning their attention to agriculture technology with a new a $40m to $50m fund.
The boutique investment arm of Australian investment management firm Challenger Limited has acquired UK alternative investment house Dexion Capital, including its agriculture investment arm.
The Seattle-based biotechnology company has developed a microbial seed coating treatment to help plants flourish in unfavorable conditions.
A new investing and finance rule that will provide more opportunities for startups to attract early-stage capital and more options for investors to get involved
Following a $1.2 million equity fundraising campaign on AgFunder and coinciding with the company’s market debut, Carana expects to enter OPIC’s due diligence phase late this summer.
Airware recently announced the first two investments for its newly established Commercial Drone Fund: Redbird, a cloud data analysis company operating out of Paris, France,
