
Exclusive: The Yield Lab Latam raises $20m from Grupo Bimbo, IDB Lab, others for third fund
The Yield Lab Latam is targeting a $50m final close by the end of the year.
The Yield Lab Latam is targeting a $50m final close by the end of the year.
The need to revolutionize our food system is becoming critical. The problems are manifold and acute.
StepStone paid roughly $40m for the portfolio which includes FBN, plus a bit extra for follow-on investments in Fund I companies, according to calculations based off Campbell’s regulatory filings.
With nearly €600k in cash, the investment group plans to make 10 investments before raising $2m-$4m in Q4. It’s also looking for acquisitions of brands that might struggle during the crisis.
Fulcrum raised the fund from a pool of high net worth investors to support early-stage upstream agriculture technologies in animal health, precision agriculture, food safety, and supply chain logistics
The firm has already made two investments from the new fund: Agrofy, the Argentinian agribusiness marketplaces that made waves a couple of weeks ago with its record-breaking Series B round, and Inari, the gene-editing for ag startup.
Find out the areas of agtech innovation Ankur Capital’s founder Ritu Verma thinks are primed for investment in India and beyond.
The new funding follows Rockstart AgriFood’s September announcement that it had raised its first €15 million and invested in 10 startups.
With Idea2Scale, we conducted a survey of 50 global venture capital firms that invest in foodtech and agtech and asked them about the categories and geographies they were most excited about as well as the key challenges to investing in the sector.
AgFunder has just opened the New Carnivore Fund to investors. The $20M fund will invest in alternative protein startups including plant-based alternatives, cellular agriculture, and the picks-and-shovels that will enable the industry.
As tit-for-tat tariffs fly left, right, and centre, this fund aims to bring the US and China together, by rewarding startup smarts with funds.
Pontifax AgTech Fund II is targeting $250m overall.
Asia’s getting richer faster than anywhere else, and there’s a huge need to produce enough food for growing populations. Here’s why you should get into it.
EFKO Group is well known from Moscow to Vladivostok for its sunflower oils, milk products, margarine, and ketchup.
Evolv Ventures launched late last year as the venture arm of ketchup and mac-and-cheese behemoth Kraft Heinz with $100 million to invest in startups. We caught up with Steve Sanger, a partner at Evolv, to find out more about the fund’s strategy and his personal shift from startup to investor
The Vancouver-based venture capital firm has raised a further C$145 million to invest in environmental tech and sustainable consumer products, including organic food and alternative protein.
As the industry attracts more and more attention from mainstream investors, is this investment category here to stay, asks Danny O’Brien from Idea2Scale.
While cannabis investing might still seem like the Wild Wild West because its psychoactive component remains illegal at the federal level, there’s are some serious minds — and serious funds — dedicated to this space, including Mary Dimou.
A household name in the UK, the Grosvenor family can trace its ancestry back to William the Conqueror’s cousin and today Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, is godfather to Prince George. No big deal then. But what’s the link to foodtech?
Regenerative agriculture is having a moment. For long-time regen ag practitioners and proponents, this is probably jarring. But having written about regenerative agriculture for five years now, I’ve never seen such engagement or our stories about this ultra-sustainable method of farming perform so well.
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