By Lynda Kiernan Leading legal cannabis sector investment and market research network Arcview Group announced it is expanding beyond insight to launch the Arcview Collective Fund, an early stage investment fund exclusively open to the 600-member Arcview Investor Network, who have already invested more than $270 million in over 200 sector-related companies. This is the […]
By Lynda Kiernan The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Rabobank have both announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, their commitment to anchor the AGR13 Fund, a $1 billion sustainable agriculture and forestry initiative with matching cornerstone investments of $40 million each. “The AGRI3 Fund provides a unique opportunity to contribute to […]
By Lynda Kiernan A coalition of both public and private partners, including the UN Capital Development Fund, the International Trade Centre, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), CARE, Smart Africa, Stop TB Partnership, and Bamboo Capital Partners, has launched SDG500 – a first-of-its-kind $500 million investment platform with the goal of mobilizing investments to […]
By Lynda Kiernan The Food Securities Fund has secured $15 million in capital commitments from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council. Developed by Clarmondial in collaboration with Duff & Phelps (Luxembourg) Management Company S.A.R.L., Pictet Asset Services and Allen & Overy, and launched in late 2016, the Food Securities Fund is a novel blended finance […]
By Lynda Kiernan The Global Sustainable Farmland Income Trust (GSFI), the UK’s first farming-focused trust, is aiming to raise $300 million through a float on the London exchange to fund investments in farming operations across the U.S., Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and select regions of Latin America. These investments will be made under the fund’s […]
By Lynda Kiernan Australia’s AAM Investment Group announced the launch of the AAM Diversified Agriculture Fund with a goal of raising A$60 million (US$40.8 million). This is the fourth agricultural fund for the Brisbane-based investor, which manages: ~ Southern Cross Poultry Fund: a holder of a large-scale poultry farming infrastructure facility in South Australia producing […]
By Lynda Kiernan Canada’s leading farmland property and investment management firm, Bonnefield, announced a first close of Bonnefield Canadian Farmland LP V (Fund V) at C$137 million (US$103.3 million). Established in 2009, Bonnefield sources, assesses, manages, and finances farming operations across Canada, and is the top land-lease finance facilitator in the country – providing the capital […]
By Lynda Kiernan Bahrain-based alternative investment manager Investcorp has partnered with China’s Fung Strategic Holdings Ltd. and China Resources, one of the world’s largest food brand owners and distributors, to launch a $500 million private equity fund dedicated to investing in food brands in Asia. Fung Investments is the private investment arm of the families […]
By Lynda Kiernan Spain’s Miura Private Equity announced the launch of Frutas, the largest agribusiness fund in the EU, at EUR 350 million (US$391 million). The fund comes less than a year after Miura’s Fund III closed at EUR 330 million ($368.5 million) in January, and has hit its funding, committed by European and American […]
By Lynda Kiernan ABC World Asia, a geographically-focused impact investing firm launched in May of this year by Temasek Trust, the philanthropic arm of Singapore’s sovereign wealth manager Temasek, announced it has closed its inaugural fund at US$282 million. Investors in the fund include Temasek and Temasek Trust, Pavilion Capital, Mapletree Investments, Seatown Holdings, and […]
