Performance Plants Inc., a leading global agricultural biotechnology company with research and development facilities in Kingston, Ontario, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Waterloo, New York, announced today the completion of a $13 million equity financing. PPI has developed and patented a range of stress-resistant crop seed technologies (weatherproofing “traits”) that deliver higher yields and more consistent and […]
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PlantSense Inc., a pioneer in Internet-enabled gardening tools, has received $3.5 million in Series A funding. Gardeners place the PlantSense tool anywhere they’d like a thriving plant, for example on a windowsill or in a shady spot in the backyard. After 24 hours the user plugs the device into a USB port on a PC […]
AIG Investments today announced a US $65 million investment in Calyx Agro Ltd. Calyx Agro is a venture sponsored by Louis Dreyfus Commodities, a leading agribusiness group, to acquire, develop, operate, and sell agricultural land in Latin America, primarily in Brazil. With this investment, Calyx Agro plans to capitalize on the region’s growing agribusiness sector […]
MachineryLink, Inc., today announced it has closed a transaction for $18.4 million in equity funding to support its continued growth and market expansion. MachineryLink is the leading provider of combine leasing programs to agricultural producers in North America. The company’s managed lease program allows growers to significantly lower their equipment costs by providing the latest […]
Asoyia, Inc. has finalized an agreement with two key venture capital firms, securing $4 million to expand marketing, research and development of its ULTRA low linolenic soybean products. Asoyia is the innovator and leader in developing and providing the first and only commercially available soybean oils with the highest level of stability and zero trans […]
Pasteuria Bioscience, a Florida based agricultural biotech company, announced today that it has completed the $5.3 million closing of a series B financing Pasteuria Bioscience, founded in 2003, is an agricultural biotech company focusing on the need for reducing plant parasitic nematodes in agricultural and turf markets
Harvest Capital Asset Management LLC, a private equity management company specializing in the formation and operation of agricultural and timber properties in Brazil, announced the completion of a US$16 million debt facility from a Major US Agriculture Lender for its Two Rivers Farm project in north central Brazil. Harvest Capital raised US$32 million of private […]
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