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Data products manager Allison Kopf says the company has already helped facilitate about $250m in expansion and project finance capital through a process it plans to accelerate over the next 18 months.
Co-founder Ryan Lefers describes informal discussions with US government entities regarding potential equity support for its controlled-environment farming systems in water-scarce markets worldwide.
Vertical farm
The Berlin-based firm is targeting beachheads in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific as it plans 40 new crops in 2022, including mushrooms and strawberries.
Tomato, greenhouse, indoor ag, CEA
Regardless of the bumpy rides AeroFarms and AppHarvest have had in pursuit of public listings, investors are lining up for controlled environment ag.
Soli operated as Shenandoah Growers before a rebranding announced in October, alongside a $120m agreement supporting construction of three indoor farms.
The listed investor will acquire the asset in two separate 50% tranches, raising a new fund that will eventually own the entire asset.
Vertical farm
The combined company has two facilities in the US with a further five to follow, along with &ever’s established presence in Germany, Singapore and Kuwait.
The $4bn climate impact venture BeyondNetZero's first deal sees it investing in an agricultural strategy to reduce food miles alongside parent General Atlantic and Blue Earth Capital.
Grain farm, wheat harvest
The world of agricultural private market investments has had a strong start to the year, with one of biggest fund closes in the past couple of years and significant SPAC transactions.
The C$119bn pension formally added agriculture in 2019 to a historically timber focused portfolio, which was rebranded as 'renewable resources.'
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