AMSTERDAM–Colombian team Cultivando Futuro were named the Grand Prize winners of the Thought For Food (TFF) Challenge, selected by an independent panel of judges to take home the cash prize of $10,000 USD. Co-Founders Dario Gonzalez, Carlos Castellanos, and Edisson Ballesteros created an information and agro-commerce platform that leverages open data to analyze market trends and provide key information to …
Establishes Collaboration with Former Mexican President Vicente Fox’s Foundation Birmingham, Alabama and San Cristóbal, Gto., Mexico – 02 March 2017 – Kirchner Impact Foundation is pleased to announce the 2017-18 Kirchner Food Fellowship, one of the world’s most innovative capital markets initiatives, will be focused on Central Mexico. In collaboration with Centro Fox the program will be based at the …
Kirchner Food Fellowship portfolio company Kuli Kuli becomes Kellogg Company’s venture capital fund’s first investment SOURCE Kellogg Company BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — eighteen94 capital, Kellogg Company’s venture capital fund, today announced it led a $4.25 million Series A funding of Kuli Kuli, a manufacturer and distributor of moringa-based products. Other institutional investors in the round were …
SOURCE: www.americanentrepreneurship.com Since its founding in 1985 as a traditional merchant bank, Kirchner Group has provided support to promising companies, entrepreneurs and their investors. Kirchner Group was formed on two fundamental beliefs, “every company can be more valuable and every company should contribute to a positive human future”. “Kirchner Group is a unique values-based corporate ecosystem, maximizing individual and social …
– Innovative program entering its third year – Birmingham, Alabama – 29 June 2016 – The Kirchner Food Fellowship, an initiative of the Kirchner Impact Foundation, today announced its 2016-2017 Kirchner Food Fellows. The program’s third cohort will gather in September to commence their year of work with the innovative, live-fire impact investment program. Kate Collins is a dual MBA-MPA …
Deploying a unique model spanning Agriculture, Education and Health sectors Birmingham, Alabama – 07 June 2016 – Kirchner Impact Foundation (KIF), one of the “returning” arms of Kirchner Group a leading North American traditional merchant bank, today announced an update on its activities. KIF aims to harness the positive power of enterprise to make a difference in addressing some of …
– Till Identifies Gaps in Supply Chain Data and Uses Mobile Voice and Text to Fill Those Gaps – Toronto, Ontario and Birmingham, Alabama, 05 May 2016 – The Kirchner Food Fellowship today announced that it has completed an investment in Till Mobile Corporation. Till is a leader in the emerging Cycle Time Management sector, providing a software solution that …
– Unprecedented program enters its third year of innovating capital deployment – Toronto, Ontario and Birmingham Alabama – 01 March 2016 – The Kirchner Food Fellowship is pleased to announce that it has opened the application process for the 2016-2017 program. The Kirchner Food Fellowship believes it is vital for the next generation of leaders to understand, get involved and …
– Kuli Kuli Inc. is the first company to introduce moringa food products to US market – Toronto, Ontario and Birmingham, Alabama – 2 November 2015 – The Kirchner Food Fellowship today announced that it has completed an investment in Kuli Kuli, a San Francisco based socially responsible, superfood company. Kuli Kuli produces and sells products made with moringa, one …
– Cohort One completes investment in Green Zebra Grocery – Toronto, Ontario and Birmingham, Alabama – 24 June 2015 – The Kirchner Food Fellowship today announced that after an extensive process the selection committee came to a unanimous decision on the selection of its 2015-2016 Kirchner Food Fellows. Cohort Two will convene in Washington, D.C. in August to begin the …