By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The ASR Dutch Farmland Fund, which oversees close to 39,000 hectares (96,371 acres) of Dutch agricultural land worth €2.1 billion (US$2.15 billion), has clinched a follow-on investment from an ag-industry pension fund. BPL Pensioen, a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based fund that oversees the pensions of employees who work for companies in […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media European bank BNP Paribas has entered the forestry fray. BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has introduced the BNP Paribas Future Forest Fund in response to global demand for sustainably managed timber investments. Launched alongside Copenhagen, Denmark-based International Woodland Company (IWC), the fund boasts a target size of $500 […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The timber investment management arm of BTG Pactual has reached a key milestone toward its goal of restoring degraded land and promoting sustainable forestry in Latin America. BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group (TIG) has secured $500 million for its Latin American Reforestation Strategy, marking the halfway point of its […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Against a challenging private market fundraising backdrop, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM)’s inaugural 1GT climate fund has reached a final close, albeit a little short of the Wall Street firm’s original finish line. MSIM has achieved the final close of its climate private equity fund — dubbed 1GT — […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Canadian investment firm Tall Grass Ventures (TGV) announced the oversubscribed final close of its inaugural fund – Tall Grass Fund I – at CAD$32 million. While there are myriad advancements on the horizon, the agricultural sector demands urgent attention due to the intensifying impacts of climate change, increasing food […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Specialist investment firm Pollination has launched the A$150 million (US$99 million) Climate and Nature Impact Venture Fund to deploy capital into Australian climate and nature solutions. With a cornerstone investment already committed from Queensland Investment Corporation, the fund seeks to make Series A and Series B investments between A$4 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In early 2021, real asset-focused investment firm Astarte Capital Partners and Stockholm-based forestry development and management company SilviPar AB launched their inaugural Silvipar Astarte Impact Forestry Fund (“SAIFF”). Under the terms of the partnership, Astarte Capital had committed US$30 million to the venture as seed capital, and SilviPar had […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Understanding that ag investment has long been a compelling asset class that has traditionally been inaccessible to individual investors, Harvest Returns has quickly become a disruptor by providing growers a streamlined, flexible source of capital, and offering qualified financiers and agribusiness entrepreneurs a curated, diversified portfolio of farms, ranches, […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Based in Lithuania, HeavyFinance operates as a connecting investor with European farmers in need of external funding for the expansion of their operations and shift to regenerative production. With the goal of removing one gigaton of CO2 emissions through ag financing, to-date, the team has facilitated financial support for […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded by Tom Spier (co-founder of EVOL) in 2014 in Boulder, Colorado, BFG is a food and beverage-focused venture centered on backing disruptive, better-for-you, innovative, and socially-conscious food beverage and supplement brands. Following the success of their first Fund, which closed at $54 million, and Fund II, which closed at […]
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