In a nod to what might be termed the fast-growing field of plat-farming, North Carolina’s Growers Holdings--a farmer-founded, VC-funded agronomics software firm that makes seed,…
Investable UniverseFebruary 27, 2020
U.S. farmland investment has historically yielded impressive returns and been a reliable portfolio diversifier. But it's been prohibitively expensive and for all but institutional investors…
Investable UniverseJanuary 31, 2020
For the past decade, Solidia Technologies, a New Jersey-based, VC-funded cement and concrete technology company, has been hard at work addressing construction’s shoddy environmental record by…
Investable UniverseDecember 20, 2019
In an age of widespread brick-and-mortar disruption, it’s high time to disrupt the actual mortar. For the past decade-plus, Solidia Technologies, a New Jersey-based, venture-capital-funded cement and…
Investable UniverseDecember 19, 2019
What if commodity producers and investors could trade the source attributes of any commodity, whether crude oil, natural gas, or agricultural products, just like futures…
Investable UniverseNovember 26, 2019
The emergence of venture capital “mega funds,” fueling fast-growing but often unprofitable startups in the private market, has dramatically altered the entire venture capital ecosystem.…
Investable UniverseNovember 21, 2019
Can private equity’s expansive, expensive desire for warehouse real estate—see Blackstone’s supersized $18.7 billion deal to buy GLP’s U.S. logistics assets this summer—get any bigger?…
Investable UniverseOctober 24, 2019