Bonnefield Achieves Second Close of Canadian Agri-Business Fund, Reveals Anchor Investment
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Canadian ag-focused investment management Bonnefield Financial, which oversees C$1.5 billion (US$1.0 billion) in assets under management, has reached the second close of its agri-business fund. Buttressed with an anchor investment from Farm Credit Canada (FCC), which is 100 percent invested in Can
Read moreASR’s Sustainable Dutch Farmland Fund Clinches €90M Investment From BPL Pensioen
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The ASR Dutch Farmland Fund, which oversees close to 39,000 hectares (96,371 acres) of Dutch agricultural land worth €2.1 billion (US$2.15 billion), has clinched a follow-on investment from an ag-industry pension fund. BPL Pensioen, a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based fund that oversees the pensions
Read moreMondelēz International’s VC Arm Joins in Fundraising Round for Israeli Cocoa Tech Startup
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media After overhauling its venture capital arm earlier this year, Mondelēz International is making moves. The company's venture capital arm, Mondelēz's SnackFutures Ventures, has reportedly joined in the latest fundraising round for cocoa-tech startup Celleste Bio. Based in Misgav, Israel, Celleste B
Read moreToesca AM Forms JV for $350M Latin American Regenerative Ag Investment Platform
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Regenerative agriculture is spreading like wildfire. Toesca Asset Management, a Santiago, Chile-based asset manager, and U.K.-domiciled Astarte Capital Partners, which specializes in sustainable real assets and natural capital, have announced a strategic partnership. Through the collaboration, the
Read moreTrailhead Capital: ‘Now Is the Time to Invest in Regenerative Ag’
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Regenerative agriculture has become a topic du jour of late, capturing headlines and creating buzz around industry circles -- understandably so. With the global population poised to increase by 2 billion people in the coming decades, food security is of the utmost importance. When it comes to food
Read moreEurope’s BNP Paribas Reaches First Close on Newly Launched Forestry Fund With $130M
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media European bank BNP Paribas has entered the forestry fray. BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has introduced the BNP Paribas Future Forest Fund in response to global demand for sustainably managed timber investments. Launched alongside Copenhagen, Denmark-based International Woodland Company (IW
Read moreBTG Pactual’s Timberland Group Secures $500M for Latin American Reforestation Strategy
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The timber investment management arm of BTG Pactual has reached a key milestone toward its goal of restoring degraded land and promoting sustainable forestry in Latin America. BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) has secured $500 million for its Latin American Reforestation Strategy, mark
Read moreUS Impact Investor Acumen Catalyzes $1.5B in Climate Finance for Smallholder Farmers
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media U.S. non-profit impact investor Acumen has earmarked $300 million for climate finance over the next half decade to support ag founders, entrepreneurs and social enterprises throughout Africa, India, Latin America and Pakistan. This commitment distinguishes the organization as one of the biggest ag
Read morePymwymic’s Food Impact Sequel Fund Surpasses Target With €71.5M in Investor Commitments
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Dutch cooperative Pymwymic, one of Europe's oldest impact investors, is advancing its mission to transform the food system by backing 'daredevil' founders, as noted by Managing Partner Rogier Pieterse. Pymwymic’s Healthy Food Systems Impact Fund II has reached a successful close with €71.5 mil
Read moreLondon’s Aviva Investors Introduces Carbon Removal Fund Amid Nature Tech Strategy
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With the UN Climate Change Conference, aka COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan days away, investors have their sights set on climate plans. Right on cue, U.K. asset manager Aviva Investors has introduced its Carbon Removal Fund (CRF), the strategy for which involves natural capital and nature technology. A
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