By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mad Capital has launched its $50 million Perennial Fund II (PFII) with early capital commitments from Builders Vision, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Schmidt Family Foundation, Zellis Family Foundation, Zarpet Family Foundation, Matthew Zell Family Foundation, Lacebark Investments, and nine other unnamed investors. Launched in 2019, Mad Capital has been […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Specialist Investment advisory firm Cibus Capital announced the successful close of Cibus Fund II (CF II) – its second mid-market private equity fund – with over US$510 million in capital commitments, and Cibus Enterprise Fund II (CE II) – its second venture fund – with more than $135 million […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Gresham House has launched the Gresham House Biodiversity Co-Invest LP (GHBC), a new sector specialist strategy to accelerate the deployment of nature-based solutions to mitigate biodiversity loss while gaining strong financial returns. Anchoring the strategy, which has a funding goal of $380 million, is Willis Towers Watson (WTW), a […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Homestead Capital USA Farmland Fund IV is nearing its target of $500 million with $460 million in capital commitments, according to an SEC filing. Led by co-founders Gabe Santos, a former executive with Goldman Sachs’ natural resources group, and Daniel Little, previous head of a global portfolio management team at […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global investment manager of nature-based real asset and natural capital strategies New Forests is ahead of the curve. It was in December 2022 that it announced the launch of its new Australia New Zealand Landscapes and Forestry fund (ANZLAFF) with the goal of raising A$600 million (US$404.73 million) over […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Two of Australia’s leaders at the forefront of natural capital and real assets – SLM Partners and Impact Ag Partners – are partnering to launch the SLM Agri Carbon Fund – a new fund to invest in regenerative agriculture and carbon storage in Australia. Founded in 2009, SLM Partners […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media U.S.-based Fractal Agriculture is launching a unique agricultural investment platform that takes a novel approach to address the pervasive challenge of gaps existing in farm financing. More than 40 percent of U.S. farmland is owned by people 65 and older. And as this population continues to age, it is […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Sumitomo Forestry and Eastwood Forests (EF), a U.S.-based forestry asset management company co-founded in October 2022 by Alex Finkral, Glenn Wallace, and Sumitomo’s Forestry’s wholly-owned subsidiary Sumitomo Forestry America Inc., have launched Forestry Fund I with an initial contribution of 60 billion yen (US$427 million) from 10 Japanese companies. […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ontario-based farmland investment fund AGinvest takes a unique “farm side approach” originating from its founder and president Ken Willmore’s extensive background working on his family farm since childhood. This grassroots strategy, born of boots-on-the-ground owning and operating farmland, places an emphasis on forming strong relationships with Canadian farming families, […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Melbourne-based specialist agricultural asset manager Warakirri Asset Management has announced the launch of the Warakirri Farmland Fund, an open-ended investment vehicle created to capitalize upon the opportunities born of growing global demand for food, and Australia’s key role in the global food supply chain. Warakirri, which is one of […]
