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Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Four: The Financialization of Agriculture with David Muth from Alternative Equity Advisors
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Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast Episode Two: A Bright Future for Agriculture with Phil Ward, CEO of Oregon Future Farmers of America
Food Venture Financing Trends - Daring Foods, a vegan chicken brand, announced that it has been acquired by V2food, a large Australian plant-based meat producers....more
Food Venture Financing Trends - Saudi Arabia-headquartered food tech startup Calo, specializing in direct-to-consumer meal subscription services, secured $39 million in a Series B extension, which will enable them to...more
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was passed into law and introduced many changes to the tax code and federal spending priorities. The OBBBA has wide-ranging implications for the real estate market. Here...more
Olipop, a functional prebiotic soda brand (and DWT client), raised $50 million at a $1.85 billion valuation in its latest funding round. The round was led by JP Morgan Private Capital's Growth Equity Partners. Acres Farms, a...more
Food Venture Financing - Trends Lever VC announced that it completed a first close of $50 million for a new fund dedicated to early stage agrifoodtech startups....more
M&A in the agricultural sector received a boost in the first quarter of 2024. Deal value rose by more than 600 percent year on year from US$820 million in the first quarter of 2023 to US$5.87 billion in the first three months...more
Climate Tech is an area of technology that is expressly concerned with the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the primary driver of climate change. In addition to GHG mitigation, climate tech also includes...more
Recent disruptions in the global food supply chains have highlighted Africa's urgent need to become self-sufficient in food production. Traditionally, the continent has turned to small-scale community-based agricultural...more
President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14083 on September 15, 2022, establishing five factors for reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), and areas of heightened scrutiny for transactions...more
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new initiative focused on financial issues faced by rural communities and also updated its examination procedures to cover unfair discrimination; the...more
In the latest installment of the Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast, titled Understanding the Intersection of ESG and the Forest Sector, MaryKate Bullen, Director of Sustainability and ESG of Forest Investment Associates,...more
In the latest installment of the Stoel Rives | Deeply Rooted Podcast, titled The Financialization of Agriculture, hear from David Muth, PhD, managing partner of Alternative Equity Advisors. In a wide ranging conversation with...more
Investment in Cannabis REITs - Billions of dollars have been invested in cannabis Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) over the past few years and since late last summer, stocks have been climbing as more and more states...more
The Global Impact Investing Network launched IRIS+, a new tool for investors to measure, manage, and optimize the impact of their investments. The tool allows investors to identify evidence-based metrics relevant to impact...more
In western states that have legalized cannabis over the last few years, water agencies have seen a sharp increase of permit applications to secure water rights. Cannabis is an agricultural crop and, of course, it needs water...more
Centuries after American colonists were required by law to grow hemp, and decades after it was then outlawed by Congress, one of the nation’s oldest and most versatile crops is poised for a resurgence. The 2018 Farm Bill,...more
Below is a summary of some of the significant legal and regulatory actions that occurred over the past week. This alert is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all such developments, but rather a selection of...more