Private equity and M&A activity in the ag industry continues as a Chinese conglomerate invests into an Israeli agtech company, and Syngenta acquires a farm management software tool.
This week’s news includes an at-the-market offering from Farmland Partners, two food e-commerce fundings, a drone funding and drone acquisition, Tate & Lyle’s recent exit
Read about the public and private funding of two Indian dairy operations, a farmer relief program in France and the cancellation of a private equity seafood deal.
The week’s fundings in brief include acquisitions by Cargill in Mexico and aquaculture, Solyent’s legal pressure from environment watchdog and even more e-grocery fundings in India.
This is the second part of Raghavan Sampathkumar’s article on the prospects and challenges of agtech development in India. In part two he discusses realistic scenarios in the country’s agriculture sector, and offers recommendations to agtech entrepreneurs.
Biotech investor MLS Capital Fund II, cannabis greenhouse developer GrowCo, Inc, Canadian investment firm Fairfax, Inter-American Development Bank and Cargill all feature in this week’s News in Brief.
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.
Quebec City based company, XpertSea, announced $1.3 million in seed funding from Real Ventures, a Canadian seed stage venture fund. The company provides inventory management solutions
AgFunder recently sat down for a Q&A with Philippe de Lapérouse, the Director of HighQuest Partners’ Global Food and Agribusiness Practice.
Long known as the “start-up nation,” the country is now emerging as a global pioneer in the agriculture technology sector.
Editors note: Nicola Kerslake is the founder of Newbean Capital, a registered investment adviser that manages early stage venture capital mandates for institutional investors. The
Carana Agribusiness, an aquaculture and agriculture development company, finally puts strategies into practice in the fertile, yet vastly untapped, country.
From precision agriculture to biotech to drones, VCs pumped funds into companies that are revolutionizing how we grow, produce, and distribute food around the world.
Gabe Friedman over at Bloomberg Businessweek reports that New Jersey based AeroFarms is taking over the former District 89 nightclub in the Ironbound district of Downtown
When it comes to the meat industry, a lot of us know the basics—demand is increasing, especially in developing countries, and resources are decreasing. But
“Aquaponics” sounds like something Aquaman would do for exercise. But, it has just as much potential for sustainable farms as Aquaman had for the comic
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