After Divesting SAF Portfolio, AgCAP’s Focus for 2018 – Dairy
In March 2017 AgCAP, the fund manager of Australia’s Sustainable Agriculture Fund (SAF), decided to divest the portfolio when after seven years as cornerstone investors – a collection of Australian superannuation funds including AustralianSuper – made the decision to exit the fund. The collective move placed AgCAP in the position of l
Read moreContributed Content: Green bonds: A new financing tool to foster a more sustainable agriculture
By Roberto Vitón, Managing Director – Valoral Advisors The global food and agriculture sector starts the new year on a high note as investors look to deploy more capital into the many themes available in the sector. Today, there are over 440 investment funds specialized in this sector, with assets under management over US$73 billion acro
Read more15 Minutes with… TechAccel Co-Founder, President, & CEO Dr. Michael Helmstetter
by Michelle Pelletier Marshall, GAI Media TechAccel, based in Overland Park, Kansas, is a venture and technology development organization focused on agriculture and animal health. It identifies and invests in new technologies and funds science advancement initiatives with leading research universities to drive the innovations to market. Te
Read moreContributed Content: Time for Global Ag Investing 2.0? #ISH
By David Gray, Senior Advisor to Altima Partners History offers perspective. Looking back ten years, soybeans were trading over $10.39 per bushel, wheat was nearing $8 and corn was nearing $4. That particular bull run would end about seven months later, with soy having touched $16, wheat reaching $10.35, and corn at over $7.30. Drivers w
Read moreTen Pivotal Agtech Advances
From the AgTech Week issue of GAI Gazette, read about the critical advancements that brought about modern agriculture - including the plow, drip irrigation, biotechnology and everything in between. [embeddoc url="https://www.globalaginvesting.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/gazette_v4i2_10_advancements_12June17-1.pdf" download="all"]
Read moreExclusive: Spotlight on AgIS and Reflections of an Asset Class Pioneer – Jeff Conrad
It was recently reported that the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) has engaged Boston-based private equity firm AgIS to manage a $150 million farmland separate account. The entire account will be invested in U.S. farmland assets, and AgIS is being given full autonomous control of the management of the capital. This action marks the first
Read moreAgtech Valuations – a new paradigm?
by Arama Kukutai, Managing Director at Finistere Ventures, LLC Activity in the Agtech sector has skyrocketed over the last five years—marking its arrival as an important piece of the venture capital ecosystem. And as with any important milestone, understanding how we got to where we are today and the trends shaping where we are he
Read moreMaking the Most of the Internet of Soil
By Tomer Tzach, CEO of CropX The soil under your feet is still as mysterious as the ocean’s depths. The soil is a dynamic ecosystem with physical attributes that help determine storage capacity of the soil relative to fertility, and water and biological attributes make the soil a living, breathing organism. Even after years of study, ther
Read moreInterview: Ruchi Hi-Rich Seeds Seeks to Upend the Indian Seed Market
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall A joint venture of Ruchi Soya, Agrimax, DJ Hendrick International, and Agri-India Holdings, Ruchi Hi-Rich Seeds of India has developed non-GMO soybean seeds that promise to outperform yields of current varieties used in that country by up to 50 percent. Founder and Managing Director Dinesh Shahra of Ruchi Soya,
Read moreMonsanto Growth Ventures, Otter Capital lead $24M Series C for NewLeaf
Agricultural biologicals company NewLeaf Symbiotics announced it has successfully closed a $24 million Series C co-led by Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV) and Otter Capital, and also including Lewis & Clark Ventures, Rockport Capital, Pangaea Ventures, and Open Prairie Ventures among others. Since its launch in 2013 through the Bio Resea
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