Tagged: agriculture

October 11, 2024 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HeavyFinance has shared their latest portfolio performance review for the month of September 2024. HeavyFinance notes in its performance review that during September, they reportedly saw a total of €1.33 million invested of which €713K is said to have been allocated across 24 agricultural projects… Read More

June 13, 2024 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In May, HeavyFinance says that it saw the investor community allocate “a total of €1.04M across 37 agricultural projects” using the European platform. As of the end of May 2024, HeavyFinance reveals that a significant sum of €55.92M was “issued in loans since the inception… Read More

November 29, 2023 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Cairnspring Mills has raised over $1 million on Steward in just one hour, receiving the backing of 196 investors, according to a note from the platform. Cairnspring Mills went on to raise $2.8 million. Cairnspring Mills is a “craft flour mill” located in Washington’s Skagit… Read More

November 14, 2023 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In October, investors invested a total of €2.20M in agricultural projects through HeavyFinance. €1.75M was paid out to the farmers “with the capital spread across 48 different loans.” In total, €44.72M was “issued to the farmers until the end of October 2023.” The repayment volume… Read More

October 10, 2023 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following the success in decarbonizing the fashion industry, HeavyFinance reveals that the co-founder of pre-loved clothes marketplace Vinted, Mantas Mikuckas, invests 1M Euros in order to support the green transformation of agriculture. As noted in the update, debt capital will be “deployed to small and… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Surging oil prices are likely to mean higher interest rates “for longer as the price rally adds to inflationary pressures,” warns the CEO of an independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organization. The warning from deVere Group’s Nigel Green comes as the price of… Read More

October 30, 2022 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the financiers of two-thirds of the European economy, banks “bear an important responsibility to propose real solutions to mitigate climate change.” This partnership between Swedbank and eAgronom with regard to issuing sustainability-linked loans and leasing will have “a significant impact, as agriculture is one… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

LANDE, a Latvian Fintech providing investment crowdfunding for farms, has raised €550,000 in pre-Seed funding, according to a statement by the firm. LANDE states that it will use the money to expand its services into Romania while planning entry into other European markets. The round… Read More

March 1, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jiye Technologies, which claims to be the fastest growing Agri-Tech platform in Pakistan has announced a business-to-business (B2B) Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) feature through a digital financing product for farmers and businesses across the country, under its program called “Jiye Khushhaal Karobar.” The digital… Read More

January 12, 2021 @ 2:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Harvest Returns, an agriculture investment platform, says it has hit a major milestone of $10 million raised in private placement agricultural offerings. Chief Operating Officer, Austin Maness, says now that Harvest Returns has shown the agriculture community that there are like-minded investors around the world… Read More

August 12, 2020 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Dan Miller, alongside his brother Ben Miller, founded one of the first real estate crowdfunding platforms in the US. Fundrise was the very first online investment platform to leverage Regulation A (now referred to as Reg A+), to offer securities to investors based on property… Read More

February 10, 2020 @ 3:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small Robot, a UK-based ag-tech that is building sustainable farming robots, announced on Monday that venture capitalists 7percent Ventures has been confirmed as its lead investor after investing £200,000 into its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. This brought the funding round’s investment amount to more… Read More

February 3, 2020 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small Robot, a UK-based ag-tech that is building sustainable farming robots, has successfully secured more than £1 million through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The funding round was launched last month and quickly secured its £700,000 funding target, with £560,000 was topped within… Read More

January 26, 2020 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Covantis, a blockchain-focused project backed by multinational agri-business companies such as Cargill, has reportedly chosen ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, New York-based Ethereum development studio, as its technology partner. Through Convantis’ partnership with ConsenSys, the Ethereum-based software developer will create a blockchain-powered platform to fully digitize the… Read More

January 17, 2020 @ 10:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small Robot, a UK-based ag-tech that is building sustainable farming robots, has successfully secured its initial £700,000 funding target through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company took just 2 days to raise £700,000. £560,000 was topped within minutes of going live on… Read More

January 13, 2020 @ 5:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small Robot, a UK-based ag-tech that is building sustainable farming robots, is now seeking £700,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The latest campaign comes just one year after Small Robot £1,173,940 through its latest Crowdcube campaign. Small Robot reported it has transitioned from… Read More

December 13, 2019 @ 11:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

DryGro, a UK-based agriculture startup that has developed new technology to grow food in dry places, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with more than £1.1 million in funding secured. The campaign quickly surpassed its initial £950,000 funding target and has… Read More

December 3, 2019 @ 11:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

DryGro, a UK-based agriculture startup that has developed new technology to grow food in dry places, has successfully secured its initial £980,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The company is offering 8.24% in equity through the funding round at a £10,918,936… Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA), is teaming up with Bayer Crop Science to create a blockchain-enabled platform for monitoring agricultural product. Ant Financial and Bayer Crop signed a letter of intent to leverage blockchain technology to develop… Read More

September 18, 2019 @ 1:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days after launching its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, UK-based online marketplace for the agriculture sector, Hectare Agritech, has successfully surpassed its initial £1 million funding target. The funding round has attracted nearly 545 investors. As previously reported, Hectare is an agritech company… Read More