Environmentally unsustainable assets pose increasing financial risks
Risks around stranded assets in the agricultural supply chain are poorly understood and are regularly mispriced, a new report suggests, with effective risk-management strategies required to improve...
View ArticleFood production under spotlight as yield rates slow
While rising grain yields have replaced area expansion as the principal source of growth in world production, the pace has slowed during the last two decades with fears that more countries are facing...
View ArticleHong Kong-based green investor on track for $300m fund
A Hong Kong-based private equity firm, which focuses on agriculture, advanced manufacturing and cleantech sectors, has raised $54m towards the $300m target of its latest investment fund.
View ArticleAfrican private equity firm Phatisa targets food security with $243m...
African private equity firm Phatisa has raised $243m for its African Agriculture Fund, with a view to allocating half of the equity before the close of the year.
View ArticleMonsanto to buy climate analysis company Climate Corp. for $930m
Giant agricultural company Monsanto is set to acquire data analytics firm Climate Corp. in a cash deal of $930m.
View ArticleConnection Capital backs UK agricultural wind energy specialist Earthmill
UK private investment firm Connection Capital has provided £4.1m of growth capital to support the expansion strategy of wind turbine installer and maintenance company Earthmill.
View Article5AM Ventures seeks to raise $240m for VC incestments
California-based life sciences investor 5AM Ventures is looking to pull in $240m of new capital in what it expects will be a swift fundraise, NewNet has learned.
View ArticleExclusive: Tri Global’s Hale Community Energy raises $160,000 for 1.1GW wind
Renewable energy developer Tri Global Energy's partnership project, Hale Community Energy, has raised $160,000 of $4.4m from three investors.
View ArticleChem Nut seeks to raise $1.2m equity
Agricultural chemicals supplier Chem Nut is seeking to raise $1.2m in equity funding.
View ArticleAnimal growth LED developer Once Innovations raises $5.3m Series A
Plymouth, Minnesota-based animal growth-encouraging LED developer Once Innovations has raised $5.3m in Series A funding from an assortment of investors.
View ArticleKernel Capital launches £25m Northern Ireland-focused fund
Irish venture capital company Kernel Capital is to launch a £25m fund focusing on Northern Ireland.
View ArticleYara acquires water crop sensor company and HTGF investee ZIM Plant Technology
Sustainable agriculture company Yara has acquired water crop sensor firm and High Tech Gruenderfonds investee ZIM Plant Technology.
View ArticleNorway, US, UK to invest in public-private forestry programme
Norway, the UK and the US all announced significant resources towards a joint public-private partnership investing in forestry and sustainable agriculture.
View ArticleEcoEnterprises Partners secures $35.25m in fund commitments
Growth capital firm EcoEnterprises Partners has held a final close for its second fund, NewNet has learned.
View ArticleBrightFarms raises $4.9m Series B
New York City-based urban agriculture company BrightFarms has raised $4.9m in Series B funding.
View ArticleCDC makes further $18.4m commitment to African PE fund
UK government-owned development finance institution CDC has made a $18.4m commitment to a new rights issue in West and Central African mid-market private equity fund Atlantic Coast Regional Fund.
View ArticleEarth Equity Farms raises $555,000
Berkeley, California-based Earth Equity Farms has raised $555,000 in equity and security funding.
View ArticleEgg substitute from plants Hampton Creek raises $23m Series B
Food technology company Hampton Creek has raised $23m in a Series B round led by Asia's richest man for its pioneering technology that aims to grow an egg substitute from plants.
View ArticleJDC Phosphate raises $8.2m
Fort Meade, Florida-based agricultural technology firm JDC Phosphate has received $8.2m from Agrifos Partners and Florida Opportunity Fund.
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