KIND Team Launches Investment Platform Camino Partners
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Daniel Lubetzky and the team behind the success of KIND Snacks announced the launch of Camino Partners, a new investment platform designed to leverage investment for business-building and creating long-term value for entrepreneurs building next-gen brands. With an initial investment
Read moreBrief: Salm-Salm Closes on $130M for New Salm Global Timber Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Germany-based fund manager Salm-Salm announced it raised $130 million from German institutional investors for the initial close of its new fund, the Salm Global Timber Fund. Since its launch in Wallhausen, Germany, in the 1980s, the Salm-Salm Group has been investing on behalf of clients
Read moreAthlete Investment Platform Patricof Co. Makes Initial Investment in Farmland
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media New York-headquartered Patricof Co. was launched in 2018 as a proprietary and unique strategy able to leverage the privileged access to private deals afforded elite professional athletes. Through its advisory services, Patricof Co. helps its athlete clientele develop the knowledge base,
Read moreGresham House Launches Irish Strategic Forestry Fund Managed by Coillte
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UK-based specialist alternative investment management group Gresham House announced the launch of the Irish Strategic Forestry Fund - a major new fund for Irish and international investors to drive afforestation across Ireland. Seeded with an initial cornerstone investment from Ireland S
Read moreJapan’s Asahi Group to Launch U.S. Startup Investment Fund in January 2023
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Japan’s Asahi Group Holdings has launched Asahi Group Beverages & Innovation, an investment management company headquartered in San Francisco, California, for the establishment of a startup investment fund, Asahi Group Beverages & Innovation Fund. Beginning in January 2023, the
Read moreMad Capital Closes on $4M in Seed Funding to Finance Regenerative Ag Shift
photo courtesy: Mad Capital By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Years of preparation went into the launch of speciality impact-focused finance company Mad Capital in the summer of 2022. Brandon Welch, co-founder and CEO of Mad Capital, explained to GAI News that in 2019, the team identified a gap in conventional banking
Read moreClimate Asset Management Closes on More Than $650M Across Two Natural Capital Strategies
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Climate Asset Management (CAM) was formed in 2020 as a joint venture between HSBC Asset Management and climate change and advisory firm Pollination with the intention of being the largest natural capital manager in the world, and the first large-scale venture to mainstream natural capital as
Read moreNuveen Global Timberland Strategy Acquires 47,751 Acres in Washington and Oregon
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In February 2022, Nuveen announced the formation of Nuveen Natural Capital as part of a wider reorganization to enhance its Real Assets platform by creating a more streamlined channel for investors looking for natural resources investments. Only a matter of months later came the launch o
Read moreManulife Launches Forest Climate Fund with a Target of $500M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Recognizing that clients’ needs are evolving beyond net neutral strategies, Manulife Investment Management (MIM) announced the launch of the Manulife Forest Climate Fund (FCF) - a closed-end vehicle designed to give investors access to climate change action through sustainable forest manage
Read moreWarakirri Farmland Fund Acquires Two Vineyards With Combined Value of A$62.5M
photo of Coldridge vineyard courtesy of Warakirri Asset Management By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Under a new partnership with global wine company Australian Vintage Limited (AVG), Warakirri Asset Management (Warakirri), one of Australia’s leading ag investment managers and operators, announced the acquisition of two
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