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Miraterra Closes Seed Funding Round Led by At One Ventures, with Participation from S2G Ventures, Pelican Ag, Others
Soil measurement technology company, Miraterra, has closed a Seed funding round led by At One Ventures. The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company focuses on affordable soil measurement that can help unlock access to soil carbon markets and seeks to move...
Financial Barriers and Investment Opportunities to Support the Transition to Regenerative Agriculture
In the lead-up to the their March 28-29 event, the producers of the Regenerative Agriculture & Food Systems Summit USA sat down with RFSI's Founder and Managing Director, Sarah Day Levesque, to pinpoint some of the barriers that farmers face during their...
SVB Fall Out: How Can Food and Ag Finance Do Better?
As the nation and world reflects on what the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) means for start-ups, businesses, and banking, we were wondering what exactly this tells us about our broken finance system. So, we asked two people – with diverse experiences in the...
Black Farmer Fund Launches $20 Million Second Fund
With a successful pilot fund raised and more than two-thirds deployed, Black Farmer Fund (BFF) has announced an ambitious $20 million second fund: Black Farmer Fund 2.0. The new integrated capital fund will be comprised of $10 million in grants and $10 million in...
Women Leading Investment in Regenerative Food Systems
Here’s the bad news first: women are grossly under-represented in the finance and investment space, especially in key decision-making and leadership roles. Just take a look at some of the stats: In the U.S., female representation in investment decision-maker roles...
How Mad Capital is Changing the Trajectory of Regenerative Farm Finance
In an agricultural system where degradation is perpetuated by an antiquated financial system that incentivizes the status quo, financing options that meet the unique needs of farmers transitioning to regenerative or organic practices are limited. Enter Mad Capital, an...
A Primer for the Role of Capital Across the Ag Value Chain
There are few who have been advocating for capital investment in ecological and regenerative farming as long as Paul McMahon of SLM Partners, and while he claims this makes him sound old, we think it only emphasizes his deep expertise. Founded in 2009, SLM Partners...
How Key Lessons for Regenerative Farmers Can Be Applied to the Regenerative Food System Funder
Peer-to-peer learning and technical expertise are two keys to increasing farmer adoption of regenerative agriculture, which makes events like last week’s Regen Rev all the more valuable. The third-year online event, which I had the privilege of hosting again this...
Key Take Aways from RFSI Europe
How Capital Can Unlock 3 Levers to Build Regenerative Food Systems in Europe The global food system is ripe for change that addresses ecological, economic, climate and human health breakdowns. Regenerative agricultural and food systems have tremendous potential to...
Meet the Activator: Ooooby
Meet the Activator is a regular series designed to highlight the incredible and diverse solution builders activating capital for regeneration across the agriculture and food system. Company: Ooooby Description of Company: Ooooby is a decentralized marketplace for...
Brief: Terra Global Capital Secures $640 Million for Work on Nature-based Climate Solution Financing
Nature-based climate solution financing company, Terra Global Capital, LLC, has secured $640 million from Anew Climate, LLC, a leading climate solutions portfolio company of TPG. The capital has been allocated to equity in the company and serves as an anchor...
RFSI’s Top 10 Stories of 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, we are delighted to share with you the most read stories from RFSI News this year.This was a tremendous year for growth in regenerative food systems – as awareness and interest in allocating capital to those building solutions for new food...
The Role of Philanthropic Capital in De-risking Regenerative Food Systems
Throughout 2022, RFSI News has explored the role that different types of capital – including debt, private equity, and venture capital – can play in enabling regenerative food systems. Another source of capital – philanthropic capital – plays a unique and growing role...
Meet the Activator: Simple Mills
Meet the Activator is a regular series designed to highlight the incredible and diverse entrepreneurs activating capital for regeneration across the agriculture and food system. Company: Simple Mills Description of Company: Simple Mills is at the forefront...
Paradigm Shifts for Regenerative Agriculture Transformation
The transition to regenerative agriculture practices can present a lot of barriers* but perhaps one of the most complex to address is the necessary shift in producer mindset that allows for the openness to and adoption of new practices. In other words, the idea that...
Meet the Activator: White Leaf Provisions
Meet the Activator is a regular series designed to highlight the incredible and diverse entrepreneurs activating capital for regeneration across the agriculture and food system. Company: White Leaf Provisions Description of Company: White Leaf Provisions is...
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