Novo Holdings Invests in AgNext Technologies

Paine Schwartz Partners Makes Growth Equity Investment in Advanced Agrilytics

September 17, 2019

Agriculture

Paine Schwartz Partners has made its first growth equity investment from Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund V in Advanced Agrilytics, an agronomics services business that provides precision farming analytics and on‑the‑ground agronomic advice. Financial terms were not disclosed; the investment will support scaling the business, adding data scientists and agronomic professionals, and expanding customer and implementation teams.

Novo Holdings Invests £50m in Oxford Nanopore Technologies

August 1, 2024

Biotechnology

Novo Holdings has invested £50 million in UK-listed Oxford Nanopore Technologies via an equity issue and intends to make further share purchases in the secondary market. The investment is intended to support Oxford Nanopore's commercial growth and capability expansion in biopharmaceutical and biomanufacturing markets.

Paine Schwartz‑Backed HGS BioScience Acquires NutriAg Ltd.

November 5, 2025

Agriculture

HGS BioScience, a Paine Schwartz‑backed bionutritional platform, has acquired NutriAg Ltd., a Toronto‑based crop‑technology and bionutritionals company. The add‑on deal expands HGS’s North American footprint and R&D/capability set in biostimulants and crop nutrition; Cascadia advised on the transaction and financing.

Novo Holdings Invests $72 Million in LanzaTech

August 6, 2019

Biotechnology

Novo Holdings A/S made a $72 million Series E growth equity investment in LanzaTech to support expansion and commercialization of the company's carbon-recycling fuels and chemicals platform. Anders Bendsen Spohr of Novo Holdings will join LanzaTech's board as the investment aims to accelerate deployment of LanzaTech's sustainable fuels, chemicals and polyethylene produced from recycled carbon.

Novo Holdings Leads €7M Seed Investment in Bactolife

April 20, 2021

Biotechnology

Novo Holdings (via its Novo Seeds team) led a €7 million seed round in Danish biotech Bactolife, committing €5 million to advance the company's pipeline. The funding will support development and scaling of Bactolife's anti-virulence Virulence Inactivating Proteins (VIPs) for animal and human gut health; Novo's Aleks Engel will join Bactolife's board.

ADAMA Ltd. Acquires AgriNova New Zealand Ltd. (Grochem)

December 6, 2022

Agriculture

ADAMA Ltd. has acquired AgriNova New Zealand Ltd., trading as Grochem, a Wellington-based developer and manufacturer of crop protection products, plant growth regulators and biosolutions. The deal strengthens ADAMA's presence in New Zealand and expands its product capability into biologicals, plant nutrition and PGRs.