Craigmore Sustainables Inches Closer to NZ$200 Million Forestry Fund Target
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Craigmore Sustainables, a New Zealand-domiciled farmland, orchard and forestry manager, has reached a major milestone in its fundraising efforts. Craigmore's Tōtara Forestry Partnership, an investment vehicle, has raised NZ$50 million (US$29.8 million) over the past quarter, buoying its total com
Read moreSolum Partners Teams Up With UK Vegetable Producer in Cross-Border Deal
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Eighteen months after closing its oversubscribed Fund II at $850 million, Boston, Massachusetts-based Solum Partners is making some moves. Solum Partners, founded by former Harvard Management Company executives, is an investment management firm focused on real assets in the agriculture and food pr
Read moreFrance’s Saur Group Makes Splash in Water Sector With €500M Blue Bond Issuance
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media While green bonds have already made their mark in the ESG industry, a different type of debt instrument is gaining traction. In a first for France's water sector, Saur Group has announced the pricing of €550 million (US$594.8 million) in blue bonds, which while modeled after green bonds, special
Read moreIcelandic Salmon Farmer Laxey Advances Sustainable Land-Based Aquaculture Project
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Icelandic-domiciled salmon farmer Laxey is advancing its sustainable, land-based aquaculture vision. With a view to build a fish farm on land in the Westman Islands to produce 32,000 tons of Atlantic salmon each year, Laxey has inked an agreement with German-based aquaculture company Baader for th
Read moreIroquois Valley Farmland REIT Partners With Dirt Capital for Arizona Cattle Ranch Investment
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a deal underpinned by regenerative agriculture practices, Iroquois Valley Farmland, a U.S.-based private real estate investment trust (REIT), has partnered with Dirt Capital to co-invest in Evergreen Ranching and Livestock. Through the deal, the investors provided financing to organic rancher C
Read moreBlue Stripes Attracts Return Investors in $20M Series B Round to Transform Cacao Supply Chain
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Blue Stripes, a U.S.-based cacao startup looking to transform the cocoa supply chain, has secured $20 million in a Series B round, attracting some high-profile backers to the deal that valued the company somewhere between $80 million-$120 million. The investor lineup included Berlin's Zintinus
Read moreAgtech Pair Aims to Take Regenerative Ag to Next Level in Cross-Border Tie Up
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Regenerative agriculture is growing like wildfire among green circles, spreading across borders. Middlefield, Ohio-based Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA), which helps growers to make data-based decisions, has reached a global partnership with Turkish precision-ag tech company Topraq to expand acces
Read moreM&A: PE Fund Butterfly Equity Acquires Duckhorn’s Wine Portfolio in Roughly $2B Deal
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a sign that private capital is beginning to move off the sidelines, Butterfly Equity, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm specializing in the food sector, is acquiring North American luxury winemaker Duckhorn Portfolio. The all-equity $1.95 billion transaction will see the publicly traded t
Read moreFarmland Partners Offloads $289M Farmland Portfolio to US Landowner Juggernaut
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Farmland Partners Inc. (FPI), a Denver, Colorado-based real estate investor, is offloading nearly $300 million in farmland assets to Farmland Reserve, an investment auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). The massive portfolio of assets comprises nearly four-dozen farms
Read moreM&A: Lesaffre Completes Acquisition of dsm-firmenich’s Yeast Extract Business
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Lesaffre, a Northern France-based food and beverage manufacturer specializing in fermentation and microorganisms, has come full circle with its previously announced acquisition of dsm-firmenich’s yeast extract business. The deal is now complete, strengthening Lesaffre's commitment to innovation
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