New Forests Has First Close at $120M For Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Headquartered in Sydney since its inception in 2005, New Forests is a certified B corporation with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the U.S. offering high-impact strategies in sustainable forestry and its related sectors. Today, it is the second largest forestry
Read moreBank of America is First Corporate Global Financial Institution to Invest in ABC Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Bank of America announced it has made a $5 million capital commitment to the Agri-Business Capital Fund (ABC Fund), marking the first investment in the fund from a corporate global financial institution. Managed by Palladium’s asset management business Bamboo Capital Partners, The ABC
Read moreAgDevCo Raises $90M to Advance Agribusiness Across Sub-Saharan Africa
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Impact and socially responsible investing has gained serious traction in recent years, however, it is estimated that there remains a $2.5 trillion (with a “t”) gap between current impact investing levels and what is needed to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As
Read moreTLG Fundraising in Uruguay to Buyout and Expand Portfolio
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Co-founded by Francisco Roque de Pinho and Joaquín Labella in 2016 in Uruguay - an unassuming country with vast unexplored agricultural potential wedged between Argentina and Brazil - TLG Management Partners works to implement improvements on, and then manage, underperforming farmland proper
Read moreBetter Bite Ventures Launches Alt Protein Fund With Asia Pacific Focus
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Better Bite Ventures is a new venture capital investor launching with its first fund - a $15 million alternative protein fund with a dedicated focus on the Asia Pacific region. The first-of-its-kind vehicle comes to light with a portfolio already including 10 Asia Pacific startups levera
Read moreANZ Invests US$50M, Forms Strategic Partnership With Pollination
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media ANZ, the largest bank serving institutional and large-scale customers across Australia and New Zealand, has agreed to invest US$50 million in Australian specialist climate change advisory and investment firm Pollination in exchange for a minority stake. This investment is part of Pollinati
Read moreThe Shared Wood Company Launches in Paris to Build Nature-Based Real Asset Solutions
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In 2020, His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, commented, "Building a sustainable future is, in fact, the growth story of our time…” As part of this narrative, nature-based investing is still finding its feet, but growing awareness of the increasing need is being demonstrated by the
Read moreLACERA Commits $456M to TIAA-CREF Global Farmland Fund; Louisiana Teachers Deploys $50M to PGIM’s US Agriculture Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Within days of each other, two major U.S. pension funds committed capital exceeding $500 million to ag-focused investment funds. The Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) has deployed a total investment of $456 million to TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture Funds, committ
Read moreSerra Capital Ag Tech Fund Closes on $45M in Commitments
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Nearly 100 limited partners, many of which are also backers of Serra Ventures’ prior funds, have brought the Serra Capital Ag Tech Fund to where it is today, closing on $45 million in capital commitments. “The Serra team is very encouraged with the great show of support from our core
Read moreArea One Farms Closes Fund V at $310M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Launched by siblings Joelle and Benji Faulkner, Canadian private equity firm Area One Farms bridges the gap between agriculture and equity by creating joint venture partnerships with farming operations looking to expand, but that do not want to take on large amounts of bank debt. Understan
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