Improvements to Chilean salmon farming would have a positive impact on the global trade of the fish, according to the chief executive of the Norwegian seafood company.
Investors, including Rabobank partners SHIFT, are targeting Mastiline in the belief its technology could be internationally commercialised and decrease antibiotic use.
KKR and CD&R bought US Foods for $7.1bn in 2007 and have now raised this year's second largest offering, after competition rules prevented its sale to rival Sysco last year.
The agtech specialist is the first technology investment by the Canadian real estate company, which first invested in Farmers Edge in August 2015.
While VC firms may be backing meat substitutes made from plants, consumers won’t sacrifice taste, said panellists at the Future Food-Tech conference in New York.
Eighteen institutions and impact investors with £1.5 trillion in assets under management have said they will consider animal welfare in their analysis of food companies.
AMERRA Capital Management has acquired European aquaculture company Andromeda Group from Global Finance.
An industry leader in the country's animal feed market is setting up an agricultural investment fund with a CITIC subsidiary.
The Chinese minerals business has bought a crayfish and wine producing farm in Australia's Kangaroo Island, as it seeks to diversify its assets.
The acquisition is the third by the food services distribution company as it bulks up its food technology and distribution capacity.