July 10, 2019 8:35 am
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Source: AgFunder Editor’s Note: Adrian Garcia-Casarrubias is director of the Kirchner Food Fellowship Mexico, a student-led impact investment program operated by the Kirchner Impact Foundation, one of the ‘returning’ arms of Kirchner Group the North American traditional merchant bank. A few months ago the Foundation announced a partnership with the local government of Leon and...
May 28, 2019 5:46 am
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Event will bring international speakers and profile local entrepreneurs and innovators Leon Mexico, Birmingham, Alabama & Basel, Switzerland – May 28th 2019 – Kirchner Group and the Thought for Food (TFF) foundation are collaborating to launch the 2019 Mexico AgTech Competition, a new platform where local entrepreneurs can “pitch” their startups and projects to a...
March 20, 2019 6:00 am
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Leon, Guanajuato Mexico and Birmingham, Alabama – 20 March 2019 – The Kirchner Impact Foundation is pleased to announce a collaboration with the local government of Leon and the state government of Guanajuato, to offer a new, central Mexico based Kirchner Food Fellowship cohort. Designed and launched in 2014 to operate where traditional pools of...
March 6, 2019 7:12 am
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Program recruiting for both a US/Canada based cohort and a Mexico based cohort Birmingham, Alabama and Leon, Guanajuato Mexico – 06 March 2019 – The Kirchner Impact Foundation is pleased to announce that the Kirchner Food Fellowship is now accepting applications for two cohorts – a US/Canada-based cohort and a Central Mexico-based cohort. Launched in...
February 28, 2019 7:13 am
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Moringa Company Kuli Kuli Receives Strategic Investment to Grow New Superfood Category OAKLAND, CA., February 28, 2019 — Kuli Kuli, a mission-driven company pioneering the superfood moringa, announced today that it closed its $5M Series B financing. Griffith Foods, the global product development company, led the round with eighteen94 capital, the Kellogg Company’s venture capital...
February 21, 2019 6:43 am
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Source: AgFunder Editor’s Note: Blair Kirchner is director of the Kirchner Food Fellowship, a student-led impact investment program operated by the Kirchner Impact Foundation, the non-profit arm of the North American merchant bank. A few months ago the Fellowship announced a partnership with Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) and North Carolina State University...
November 28, 2018 6:27 am
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– Kirchner Food Fellowship announces this year’s program will have a soil health investment focus – Birmingham, Alabama & Washington, DC– 28 November 2018 – The Kirchner Food Fellowship, a Kirchner Impact Foundation initiative, today announced a collaboration with the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) and North Carolina State University (NCSU) which will...
November 26, 2018 6:32 am
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Nov 26, 2018 – Three distinguished Agricultural Investment Fellows, researching and acquiring hands-on training in agricultural investment and soil fertility, said they have received funds from the Kirchner Group to find and invest in a small and medium sized agri-business that is focused on improving soil health and water for small farmers. The search for...
September 6, 2018 6:32 am
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Solena is a Mexican based biotech company developing customized soil solutions Leon, Guanajuato and Birmingham, Alabama, September 6, 2018 – The Kirchner Food Fellowship is pleased to announce today that it has completed an investment in, Grupo Solena S.A.P.I. de C.V. Solena has developed a methodology that allows farmers to asses and manage their soil...
August 28, 2018 6:31 am
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Friedman Student Emery “Hattie” Brown was one of three people recently selected by the Kirchner Foundation to form an investment team that will manage a portfolio with funds to invest in companies and organizations focused on new agricultural technologies and social enterprise in the interest of global food security. As a team, the trio will...
