Authored by Finistere Ventures while drawing from PitchBook datasets, this post summarizes the key trends in private investment that have shaped the agrifood space in the COVID-19 era thus far in 2020, analyzing top financings, key valuation metrics and more. In addition, it provides analysis as to the underlying drivers in macro ag and foodtech trends, plus a forward-looking review as to what the rest of 2020 may hold in store.

Venture capital investment in DevOps has approached $10 billion annually, with funding expanding at a 27% compound annual rate over the past decade. This industry brief from Dell Technologies Capital, powered by PitchBook data, examines the trends behind the rapid growth of developer-led enterprise software.

Finistere Ventures and PitchBook review how 2019’s investment metrics tie into a deeper trend of transformation and disruption being driven through agriculture and food, introducing an expanded agtech taxonomy that now includes the foodtech space.

Smart devices that are secure today might not be tomorrow, and security risks will keep evolving just as quickly as the devices themselves.

Sponsored What is top of mind for PE fund managers as geopolitical uncertainty and concerns about a possible economic slowdown impact multiple sectors and economies? Lincoln International surveyed more than 160 top PE investors at the firms annual Growth Conference to assess their top priorities as well as their primary concerns and challenges in the dealmaking environment.

As 2019 winds down, there is much uncertainty across both economies and markets worldwide as to what 2020 may bring, given a bewildering swirl of contradictory macroeconomic indicators, political disputes and more.

Sponsored DJI Consulting has released the latest in its series of Industry Briefs exploring healthcare niches, Breaking Down PEs Push Into Orthopedics.

The trends shaping the food & beverage space over the past decade have largely represented the industry’s response to growing consumer scrutiny and demands on the provenance and quality of their food. Driven by the overall consumer trend of aligning purchasing decisions with personal values, consumers are increasingly selective about what they add to their carts in response to mounting social, environmental and health concerns around certain commoditized categories, particularly targeting animal-based products.

The current credit environment is unprecedented. As traditional interest rates globally remain historically low or even negative, lenders are adapting their approaches and strategies in order to compete. In a wide-ranging Q&A with global Lincoln advisors, we assess the state of global lending against that backdrop.

Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the food and agricultural system in modern history. How can we provide health and food security for a rapidly growing population approaching 10 billion people, despite more constrained land and water resources, while mitigating the resulting greenhouse gas footprint?

DJI Consulting unpacks PitchBook data to explore the recovery in dealmaking activity among financial sponsors targeting US healthcare services.

Sponsored content MGO | ELLO has released the inaugural Cannabis Private Investment Review, a data-driven analysis of the key trends shaping the entire cannabis ecosystem across North America, from venture capital to M&A.

Given that crop protection and inputs management comprised over 33% of the $2.2 billion of capital invested into agtech in 2018, we took a forward-looking focus upon this sector for our first piece in a new series of shorter, in-depth digital posts to examine key trends and topics across several agtech niches.

Venture capital investment at the nexus of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) has never been more robust. This industry brief examines funding trends driven by advances in the development of intelligent threat detection tools.

Lincoln International industry experts discuss key trends marking the evolving medtech dealmaking landscape.

Few industries exemplify risk-taking quite like cannabis. Investing in immature, rapidly growing industries is always risky, but the legal and regulatory complications for many cannabis companies make investing especially tricky.

Technology’s impact on the financial industry is still in its early stages, but its presence is already being felt. Following PayPal’s success twenty years ago, today’s fintech industry is targeting sectors once deemed untouchable.

As 2019 kicks off, we sat down with Seth Benefield, Senior Vice President, Eastern US and Europe Marketing Manager for Bank of America Business Capital, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, to walk through the key factors transforming credit markets, focusing in particular on asset-based lending (ABL).