Big Idea Ventures’ New Protein Fund I Backs Latest Cohort of Alternative Protein Startups
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Early stage food tech investor and accelerator Big Idea Ventures (BIV) has revealed its latest cohort of 17 early-stage startups chosen to participate in its bi-annual new protein accelerator program. With accelerators in New York, Singapore, and now Paris, and headed by managing genera
Read moreCapagro Launches Second Fund With €200M, Makes Initial Investment
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Five years after the success of its first fund, Capagro I, the pioneer European agtech and food tech venture capital fund, Capagro announced the launch of Capagro Agri-Food Innovation Fund II (Capagro II) with €200 million (US$192.52 million) to support the growth of the most promising star
Read morePeakBridge Growth II Has First Close at €100M, Makes First Two Investments
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media PeakBridge Growth Fund II S.C.A. SICAV-RAIF (SFDR 9) has successfully completed its first close at approximately €100 million (US$100.2 million), and has begun deploying capital, making two initial investments in Netherlands-based Rival Foods, and France-based Standing Ovation. This fo
Read moreQuilter Investors Launches Timber Investment Strategy
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media UK-based Quilter Investors launched the Quilter Investors Timber Equity Fund as a sub-advised mandate within its WealthSelect Managed Portfolio Service. Managed by Pictet Asset Management, the platform will support sustainable forestry companies producing wood-based materials, or compani
Read moreNew Forests Launches New Agriculture, Hires Platform Team
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media New Forests, a global manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, the second largest forestry investment manager in the world, and the largest in the timber and plantation sectors in Asia-Pacific, is expanding through the formation of a new ag investment business divis
Read moreCEFC Commits A$75M to Paraway Pastoral Through Macquarie-Managed Ag Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Through an agricultural fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management, Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed A$75 million (US$51 million) to Paraway Pastoral Company to support Paraway in reducing its methane emissions by at least 30 percent by 2030. This landm
Read moreBrazil’s Vinci Partners Closes First Agribusiness Fund at US$71M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Vinci Partners Investments, a Brazil-based company in control of a leading alternative investment platform, announced a close at R$360 million (approximately US$71 million) for Vinci Crédito Agro Fiagro Imobiliário (VICA), the first fund launched under its agribusiness strategy. Establis
Read moreSpring Lane Capital Announces Third Close on Fund II, Bringing AUM to $400M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Boston, Massachusetts, and Montreal, Quebec, Spring Lane has done big things in a relatively short period of time. Focusing on providing hybrid project capital within the sustainable food, water, energy, waste, and transportation industries, its first private fund concluded fundr
Read morePE Firm Butterfly Closes Sophomore Fund at $1B
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Los Angeles-based, food-focused private equity investor Butterfly announced the closing of its second fund with capital commitments of $1 billion. Nearly double the size of its predecessor, the closing of this fund brings Butterfly’s total AUM, including its first fund and co-investments, t
Read moreDayDayCook, Brinc Launch $10M Good Food Accelerator Program
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Brinc, a venture accelerator with a global sustainability mandate, and DayDayCook, an Asian content-to-commerce culinary platform, are committing to invest $10 million through DayDayCook’s Good Food Accelerator - a collaborative project bolstered by Brinc’s investment of $500,000 in DayDa
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