Sustainability

Farm Dog, an agtech company offering sensors and data analytics, is seeking seed funding to develop its business aimed at selling cheaper equipment to small farms to fill a gap in the market.

A Haas School of Business project, Blue Forest, won the competition as six out of 10 finalists presented agriculture-related projects.

The US tech giant has invested into The Conservation Fund's Working Forest Fund to help conserve 36,000 acres of working forestland in Maine and North Carolina which will later be sold onto institutional investors.

Knowing sustainability is a topic of great interest to many readers, I caught up with New Forests’ chief executive David Brand to hear about the firm's latest report and why he thinks its publication is important for the wider industry.

The venture capital firm recently closed Fund V on $537m and intends to invest one-third into agriculture with the remaining targeting healthcare opportunities.

The new firm will focus on restoring global fisheries and freshwater systems, mitigating climate change, building green infrastructure and providing access to capital to emerging markets.

The concept of sustainability in farmland management, Zambia's opportunity set and up-and-coming sub-sectors are just a few of the issues we're asking readers about.

US venture capital and PE firm Seven Funds' partner, Chris Cogan, tells Agri Investor about his plans to create a leading sustainable food company.

The Rural Energy for America Programme will provide grants and loans to rural small businesses to fund energy upgrades and help cut costs.

Inocucor Technologies, a company that produces yeasts and bacteria to improve the productivity of soil, seeds and plants, attracted venture capital investment to the round.