Brief: Cibus Capital lands $645m to invest in mid-market and late-stage agrifood companies
March 4, 2024
Cibus announced a $510 million close of Cibus Fund II and a $135 million close of its Cibus Enterprise Fund II.
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Data snapshot: Agrifood-focused VC funds still just 2% of the global investment pool, says Valoral Advisors
January 25, 2024
Agrifood VC funds grew from 42 in 2013 to more than 280 by the third quarter of 2023, though that growth has slowed in the last few years.
Spend 80% of your time on HR: How Agroprosperis partnered with employees to create a profitable agribusiness
May 23, 2023
When the team at NCH Agriculture, a $1bn agriculture investment business, founded Agroprosperis in 2006, they didn’t have a plan and understood little about farming. Today Agroprosperis is the largest producer of crops in the Black Sea region, and is returning 15% a year to its investors.
Q&A: Roger Royse unpacks ESG, PE and IPO prospects for agtech for 2023
December 27, 2022
Agtech expert and attorney Roger Royse shares his thoughts on what the agrifood industry should expect as one year closes and another begins.
Impact investors call for more ‘creative capital’ as agtech innovation increases
September 15, 2022
Connecting agtech startups with creative capital with benefits beyond financial gain is vital to the long-term success of the sector — and the planet.
Brief: Eat Just lands $25m investment from Chinese PE firm to scale alt meats in China
August 17, 2022
Both plant-based and cultivated meats are marked as areas for R&D in China’s Five-Year Plan that sets economic goals for the country.
Q&A: MoFo partners talk agrifoodtech exits, regenerative tech, and Covid-19
July 10, 2020
We catch up with Ward and Presser about agrifood tech investing as Presser joins NY-based law firm MoFo’s M&A and PE practices.
Paine Schwartz is eyeing plant-based revolution with new $1.5bn PE fund
November 6, 2019
Institutional investors are increasingly looking to invest in important sectors that matter and food and agriculture is one of them, according to Kevin Schwartz.
Paine Schwartz closes $1.425bn food & ag private equity fund
October 1, 2019
The firm closed the fund with new and existing investors from across the globe.
Regenerative Agriculture is Having a Moment and 70 Investments Worth $47.5bn are in it
July 11, 2019
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.
Pontifax AgTech Closes Fund I on $105m
October 10, 2017
The fund raised capital predominantly from institutional investors including university endowments, funds of funds, insurance companies, and asset managers.
Danish Agribusiness Fund Invests $12m in Chilean Pork Producer Coexca
May 24, 2017
DAF is backed by the Danish government and the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU), in collaboration with two of Denmark’s largest pension funds, PensionDanmark and PKA.
ADM Capital’s Cibus Agribusiness Fund Holds First Close on $100m
May 17, 2017
The new fund, which will focus on mid-market investment opportunities in sustainable food processing and production companies, is targeting a $500m final close in 2018.
Institutional Farmland Investors are Interested in Investing in Agtech
October 26, 2016
Sixty-seven percent of the large institutional investors invested in agriculture in Prequin’s database said they were interested in investing in agtech.
Salveo Capital Joins 18-Strong Cannabis Fund Market with Fund Re-Launch
August 2, 2016
The cannabis fund, which first launched last year to limited investor reception, is targeting $20 million to $25 million to invest in cannabis technology companies and brands.
Private Equity Firm Amerra Invests in European Aquaculture Company as Investors Take Note of Sector
May 25, 2016
Amerra Capital Management, a New York-based agribusiness asset manager, has acquired more than 90 percent of the Andromeda Group, a Mediterranean aquaculture company.
Industry-in-Brief: Paine & Partners Exits Icicle Seafoods, Insight Hires from Hassad, more
May 16, 2016
A private equity exit, a new hire in the farmland investment market, continued public concern over GE food labeling, and the plight of the bee contribute to this week’s industry-in-brief.
Cannabis Goes Global as Privateer Eyes End of Prohibition
May 15, 2016
AgFunderNews caught up with Brendan Kennedy, CEO of Privateer, to talk about international ambitions, raising capital, and focusing on cannabis brands.
Abraaj Leads $150m Series D for BigBasket as Bubble Grows and Instacart Finds Profit
March 24, 2016
The round takes BigBasket’s total funding to over $230m as investors question the unit economics of the food e-commerce sector overall.
AgFunderNews: Best Agtech Stories of 2015
December 26, 2015
We have collated 10 of the year’s most-read stories for you to enjoy over the festive period while we take a short break from publishing news.
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