Belgium-based Incofin Investment Management announced it has raised an additional $27 million for its agRIF fund, bringing the fund’s total commitments to $140 million toward its goal of $200 million. Through its offices in Belgium, Colombia, Kenya, and Cambodia, Incofin Investment Management is manager and advisor to funds designed to invest in microfinance institutions in […]
Australia’s National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and boutique investment firm, Spar Capital Partners, have announced the launch of Berkeley Calga Agribusiness Fund (Berkeley Calga) – a 10-year, A$500 million vehicle that will focus on a broad range of agricultural categories from broad acre farming, processing, and protein production. The fund, which will be managed by Spar […]
Catalyst Partners has announced the successful closing of its second special purpose vehicle (SPV) – Mozar’ II with an internal rate of return (IRR) of 35 percent. The closing of Mozar’ II follows upon the successful close of Mozar’ I with an IRR of 32 percent. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Giza, Egypt, Catalyst […]
Phatisa, a sector-focused African private equity firm with the mission of feeding and housing the continent, announced it is targeting US$300 million for Phatisa Food Fund II (PFF)– a successor to the firm’s African Agriculture Fund (AAF) which closed in 2013 at US$246 million. The new 10-year PFF, which will focus on investment opportunities along […]
Toronto-based Bonnefield Financial has announced the formation of Bonnefield Canadian Farmland Evergreen LP – a new open-ended farmland fund designed for Canadian investors. The new fund was created through the integration of assets of two of Bonnefield’s established closed-ended farmland funds – LP I, which was created in 2010, and LP II, which was launched […]
Leading global dairy co-operative and top dairy exporter in the world, New Zealand-based Fonterra, is joining the list of some of the world’s largest food and beverage players, announcing the formation and launch of Fonterra Ventures Co-Lab – an open incubator platform dedicated to fostering partnerships with innovative and disruptive entrepreneurs. A driving force behind […]
Disruptive food and beverage accelerator fund AccelFoods announced it has expanded its second fund by $15 million to $35 million, and has added new investments. AccelFoods was originally founded by Jordan Gaspar and Lauren Jupiter through a $4 million fund which closed in January 2014. This was followed by a debut of the firm’s second […]
South Africa-based Pole Star Management Ltd. – the top-rated hedge fund in Africa/the Middle East over the past five years – announced it is launching a food-focused private equity fund that will capitalize on food demand through investments in agriculture on the continent. The firm is targeting 1.5 billion rand (US$115 million) for the fund, […]
Beijing Hosen Investment Management LLP (Hosen Capital) announced the oversubscribed closing of its third fund, Hosen Fund III, at a total corpus of $440 million after being open for eight months. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Beijing, and with additional offices in Chengdu, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, Hosen Capital was spun out of New Hope […]
Aquaculture investor, David Tze, has announced the launch of the Tze Venture Search Fund for Aquaculture Technology – a new fund dedicated to backing and growing aquaculture feed innovations in the aquafeed ingredients sub-category. Tze announced the launch of the fund, which is aiming to acquire a single aquaculture technology to operate and grow, at […]
