Colorado-based Platte River Equity announced the close of its fourth private equity fund – Platte River Equity IV – at its set hard-cap of $625 million. Headquartered in Denver, Platte River’s investment thesis focuses on investments of between $10 million and $80 million in North American middle market operating companies in sectors including agriculture, ag […]
Indian Ocean Group, the corporate advisory firm of Australian brothers Domenic and Luke Martino, is launching the $50 million Indian Ocean Venture Capital Fund – the first of a potential number of specialty funds that will leverage access to Chinese capital to invest in Australian sectors including agriculture, technology, equities, and real estate. Indicative […]
Full-service, North American legal cannabis management company MedMen has closed on $60 million for its $100 million MedMen Opportunity Fund launched last summer. The firm states that its fund is a first-of-its-kind. A comprehensive knowledge of the fragmented regulatory nature of the space and a team with a deep reservoir of experience in the licensed […]
London-based Victus Global Capital and Bermuda-based Altree Capital are joining forces to launch a US$50 million investment fund that will target investments in women-led African agribusinesses. Led by the founders of Victus Global Capital – Bo Masole and Zee de Gersigny – and CEO of Altree Capital Jenni Chamberlain, and under an investment mission referred […]
U.S.-based investment firm StarGreen Capital announced its plans to invest $100 million within the next year in California’s legal medical and recreational cannabis supply chain. The firm plans to invest in and provide business development services to all stages of the industry – from “seed to sale”. It will initially partner with cultivators, manufacturers, and retailers […]
After stepping down from his position of chief executive officer with GV, the venture capital unit launched out of Google in August of last year, Bill Maris has announced his next project – the launching of a new fund to be called Section 32. Maris’ departure from GV took many in the venture capital space […]
Rabobank has announced the launch of the Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund – a new venture capital fund that will be included under the umbrella of Rabo Private Equity. The targeted size of the fund has not yet been disclosed. Aligning with Rabo’s Banking for Food Strategy which is focused on global food security, […]
California-based mergers and acquisitions firm Capital Marina Group has announced it is launching Agri Capital Company (ACC), a new $250 million ag and food investment fund company. A noted combination of global realities and long-term macro trends have been cited as being the driving forces behind the decision to launch the new company. The United […]
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has launched Fonds agroalimentaire CDPQ – a new $125 million fund targeting investments in Québec’s agri-food industry. CDPQ is one of the leading institutional fund managers in Canada. With $270.7 billion in net assets as of December 31, 2016, la Caisse is a long-term institutional investor that […]
Social impact, venture capital investor Acumen will be raising a new fund which will focus on the agriculture, water, education, housing, and healthcare sectors in India. Founded in 2001 by Jacqueline Novogratz with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, Cisco Systems Foundation, and a field of supporting philanthropic investors, Acumen opened an office in India in […]
