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We are pleased to present details about loan repayments and asset management activities from last week, September 20-26, 2020.

Iowan companies are bringing new ideas to market faster than ever before thanks to open innovation initiatives with startups, farmers, and universities.

The US-based project's co-founders are creating a networking space for indoor growers, while also aggregating data to establish much needed benchmarks.

Alternative assets have become increasingly accessible to retail investors since the passage of The JOBS Act in 2012. Adding to that accessibility is the option for investors to use retirement savings, in the form of a self-directed IRA, to diversify their investment portfolio. In this episode, host David Lofgren sits...

An agriculture tech consultant shares his insights on how to make the most of the burgeoning market for agtech solutions in South America.

Everyone has their own financial journey in life, and that includes the HappyNest team too. Learn all about how our friend Drew got from point A to point B.

Tarfin offers access to extended payments for smallholder farmers, and creates pools of receivables for institutional investors as asset-backed securities.

What’s the inspiration behind Snailz? How did you get started?  My wife's frustrations booking nail salon appointments!  She's very busy and her schedule often changes, so squeezing in the salon was very difficult. Especially if appointment times needed t...

California's Vinergy aims to improve the most time-consuming, labor-intensive, and riskiest part of the grape harvest: moving fruit to the end of the rows.

Silo is aiming to create a digital link between retailers, wholesalers, distributors, food service companies, packers, processors, and freight providers.

Get to know the people behind the platform! Meet Rich Pulido, Senior Vice President and member of GROUNDFLOOR's executive committee.

Sundew thinks that toxicity and growing pathogen resistance to chemical aqua-pesticides means that now's the time to shine for biological alternatives.

DeFi has taken the crypto world by storm. In this article, Republic provides an overview of the DeFi ecosystem and its potential to create a more open financial system.

Find out how three of the world's biggest retailers – Carrefour, Ikea, and Tesco – are tackling food waste within their own operations and supply chains.

Israel's Phytolon has been working on a proprietary, fermentation-based technology to produce its own spectra of plant-based food colorants.

Phytech, which claims to "change the way farmers connect with their plants," also counts Syngenta, Tencent, and Mitsui & Co as investors.

Leaf has created an API for farm data with the goal of helping agrifoodtech developers reduce data siloing and boost innovation.

Green Monday Group, which includes a social foundation, grocery chain, foodtech lab, and an investment fund, will use the funding for global expansion.

We are pleased to present details about loan repayments and asset management activities from last week, September 13-19, 2020.

The Soil Health Institute is partnering with Cargill and others to find out if adopting soil health practices can actually pay off for farmers.

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With Woolworths and GrainCorp among its other backers, FutureFeed wants to build an entire value chain to cultivate and commercialize its seaweed additive.

An appellate court affirmed a lower court's decision denying Farmers Edge relief in its lawsuit alleging that Farmobil misappropriated trade secrets & more.

iFarm secured the funding in a round led by Gagarin Capital Partners, which was joined by Matrix Capital, Impulse VC, IMI.VC, and others.

DoorDash faces steep competition from big players like Walmart & Amazon who have been in a bitter fight to gain consumer adoption -- and keep it.

Learn why real estate investors are keeping their eye on the portfolio potential of Virginia Beach and the surrounding areas.

Find out what makes The City of Brotherly Love a perennial favorite for investors and renters alike in this city overview.

Find out why the real estate market in Tucson is just as hot as the weather with this updated city overview.

Find out why so many investors are keeping an eye on Albuquerque when considering where to grow their portfolio.

Hola! I'm Pranavi and I'm on the investment team at Acceleprise Ventures, a pre-seed and seed stage B2B SaaS venture fund, and accelerator with offices in San Francisco, New York and Toronto. Prior to Acceleprise, I did early stage investing at VU Venture ...

Michael Ramin, Sharestates VP of business development is interviewed by Kim Zar Bloorian and Yaakov Zar.

EIT Food will inject $6.45 million into 13 startups to ride out the Covid-19 crisis - something CEO Andy Zynga calls "a vital lifeline" for its recipients.

What’s the inspiration behind Zephyr Aerospace? I was flying from New York to Singapore (then the longest flight in the world) and grew restless halfway through the flight. My body needed to sleep, but there was no comfortable way to lie-flat. I couldn't ...

If you're thinking about getting an early start on real estate investing, find out how to plan for the journey and maximize your money.

The 2020 Mid-Year Investment Review suggests agrifood startups and investors are plugging away as if we weren’t in the midst of a global pandemic. Almost.

If you're thinking about getting an early start on real estate investing, find out how to plan for the journey and maximize your money.

Learn how to create a real estate investment partnership and how to determine if this type of structure is right for your investment goals.

Time to raise the rent? Learn how to do so without losing a reliable tenant when you choose the right rate and notify your tenant the right way.

Determine how to calculate the right rent for your market and learn how to optimize the value of your property in order to bring in higher rents.

TemperPack is ramping up production to meet the surge in demand for meal kits and other food e-commerce offerings in response to Covid-19.

A growing number of investors within our network are considering investing in real estate via a self-directed IRA (SDIRA). For some added info on how to set up an IRA and best practices for real estate investing through a SDIRA, we sought the perspective of Rick Pendykoski, the owner of...

The pandemic has created a perfect oppotunity for ag robotics startups to flex their muscle, founder and CEO John Lessing tells AFN.

Pivot East, launched by AgFunder's GROW and Farm491, will help UK and EU agrifoodtech startups test-run their entry into Asian markets via Singapore.

Know your options so that you can stand out, execute and ensure your best chance at crowdfunding success. Here’s a really simple guide.

Get your geek on with Star Trek: Lower Decks, live streaming goliaths, Mulan, and Marvel's new supervillain.

Using a Series LLC to raise capital for smaller assets In this livestream recording , Jillian Sidoti of Crowdfunding Lawyers (our company’s securities counsel) and Joe discuss the legal structure and regulatory processes behind the fractional investment opportunities on Mythic Markets . How

Albertsons reached out to the San Francisco indoor farming firm amid the Covid-19 pandemic to find a new source of fresh produce as consumer demand boomed.

Unfold has received $30 million in funding from the two companies, along with rights to germplasm from Bayer's vegetable portfolio.

Impact investor Astanor Ventures led the round, joined by similarly impact-minded WakeUp Capital

BigHaat provides a marketplace for smallholders to purchase inputs, secure credit, and engage data-led advisory services.