The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided €10 million in long-term financing to a leading Greek flour milling company, Loulis Mills, marking its first agribusiness transaction in the country.
Sami Khan has joined Rabo Equity Advisors, an India-focused private equity fund sponsored by Rabobank.
At ACG New York’s monthly luncheon in Manhattan on Thursday, speakers identified debt funds as both the fastest growing and most sought after vehicles by institutional capital.
Athens, Greece-headquartered Eurodrip has agreed to merge with Rivulis Irrigation of Israel.
Participation in the $4.25m funding round for Kuli Kuli marks the first investments from eighteen94, Kellogg’s $100m venture fund designed to give the company exposure to innovative food ideas.
Sunrise, a provider of growth capital to food and ag companies, has made a minority investment in Pure Growth Organic, a producer and marketer of a portfolio of affordable organic snacks.
The National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) quadrennial report on global trends highlights agricultural risks and opportunities between now and 2035.
Sun-Capital-owned soup and salad restaurant chain’s sale of assets is designed to bring the company out of a Chapter 11 process it started in October as the company struggled within rising wage costs.
Farm management software company FarmLogs has raised a $22 million Series C round of financing led by a new investor into the firm, Naspers Ventures, with follow-on participation from existing investors Drive Capital, Huron River Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, SV Angel and Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator.
With the global economy expected to grow 2.7 percent in 2017, agricultural prices are projected to remain stable amid a healthy pipeline of key grains, but one of the greatest global challenges remains the need for investment into SubSaharan Africa to improve farm productivity, according to a new report from the World Bank.