Fundings in Brief : A Rare Agriculture Fund of Funds, Aquaculture PE and Farmers Edge Funding
Summary
The company’s technology offers farmers a variety of data collection and analytics services, including high resolution satellite imagery, in-field telematics, and field-specific weather monitoring. Aqua Capital Lives Up to Name with Brazilian Tilapia Producer GeneSeas Investment South American agribusiness private equity fund Aqua Capital has acquired a controlling stock in GeneSeas, one of the leading producers of tilapia fish in Brazil, in the firm’s first aquaculture deal. But the practicalities of investing in teh sector have made things more complicated, Sebastian Popik, founder of Aqua told AgFunderNews. Founded in March 2015, the company is now setting its sights on expanding into the metropolitan cities of Mumbai and Bangalore over the next three months. Originating in Milwaukie, Oregon, Dave’s Killer Bread recently sold to the nation’s second largest baking company, Flower Foods, for $275 million.
