Bunge Completes Merger with Viterra

Viterra Acquires Gavilon's Grain and Ingredients Business

October 3, 2022

Agriculture

Viterra Limited has closed its purchase of the grain and ingredients business of Gavilon Agriculture Investment, Inc. from Marubeni America Corporation for US$1.125 billion plus working capital and customary adjustments. The acquisition adds Gavilon's origination, storage and distribution footprint across major U.S. growing regions to Viterra's global agriculture network and will be integrated under the Viterra brand.

JBS S.A. Acquires Vivera Foodgroup for €341 million

April 19, 2021

Food & Beverage

JBS S.A. has agreed to acquire Vivera Foodgroup, one of Europe’s largest plant-based protein producers, for an enterprise value of €341 million. The deal includes Vivera’s three manufacturing sites and R&D center in the Netherlands and will position JBS to expand its global plant-based product platform while keeping Vivera as a standalone unit under its current management.

Barentz Acquires Viachem

October 6, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Barentz International has acquired Viachem, a Plano, Texas–based specialty distributor of life science ingredients, specialty chemicals and food additives. Barentz said Viachem’s market development function, digital marketing and technical sales capabilities will be combined with Barentz’s global scale and infrastructure to accelerate market share growth in North America.

Syngenta Group Acquires Verisem BV from Paine Schwartz Partners

June 30, 2021

Agriculture

Syngenta Group's vegetable seeds business agreed to acquire Verisem BV, a global seed production, processing and distribution company, from Paine Schwartz Partners' Food Chain Fund IV. The deal, terms undisclosed, is intended to strengthen Syngenta's vegetable seed production capabilities and global footprint; the transaction is subject to customary regulatory conditions.

10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II Completes Business Combination With African Agriculture, Inc.

December 6, 2023

Agriculture

10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II completed its merger with African Agriculture, Inc., with the combined company changing its name to African Agriculture Holdings Inc. and beginning trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker AAGR. The transaction brings a commercial-scale alfalfa farming operation (currently ~750 acres in production out of ~62,000 acres secured in Senegal) to the U.S. public markets and is intended to fund scaling of agricultural production and geographic expansion across Africa.

Sustainable Agro Solutions Acquires Ceres Biotics

January 30, 2026

Agriculture

Sustainable Agro Solutions (SAS Group), a portfolio company of Stirling Square Capital Partners, has acquired Spain-based Ceres Biotics to expand its microbial biosolutions product portfolio and R&D capabilities. The deal strengthens SAS Group's presence in Europe and adds more than 550 proprietary microbial strains; financial terms were not disclosed.