Canada’s largest farmland property and investment manager, Bonnefield Financial, announced the first closing of its Bonnefield Canadian Farmland LP IV with a $60 million investment from an existing Canadian investor. With offices in Ottawa and Toronto, Bonnefield employs a lease-back investment model, offering farmers an alternative to debt or direct equity financing to fund expansion […]
Chicago-based venture capital firm, Salveo Capital announced the re-launch of its cannabis-focused Savleo Fund I. The fund’s primary investment space will be in early stage ancillary businesses that enable the legal cannabis industry and that are not subject to state regulations. Key investment areas will include financial, payment, and banking businesses, grow systems, agriculture and […]
Agrium, a global leader in the production and distribution of agricultural products, services, and solutions announced it has made an investment as a limited partner in Finistere Ventures Fund II. Finstere is a venture capital firm that has been investing in the agtech space for more than ten years and is currently seeking investors for, […]
Beijing-based Tsing Capital announced that it is establishing the Food and Agritech Fund, a new $1 billion capital fund designed to invest in downstream processing of high value products in the Australian food and agriculture sectors for the Chinese market. This will be the ninth fund for Tsing Capital since the firm’s launch by founder […]
Like many investment vehicles, Harvard’s $36.9 billion endowment fund and its manager, Harvard Management Company (HMC), took a hard hit during and after the financial crisis of 2008, losing 22% within four months, according to the New York Times. In response, the fund sought to increase the diversity of its holdings into alternative investments not […]
Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners (ACAP) announced it has invested $3.7 million in Austin-based startup, NuturMe, a maker of organic quinoa-based baby and toddler foods and snacks. Founded by Caroline Freedman and Lauren de la Rosa, NuturMe labels itself as the only line of gluten-free, organic, non-GMO, and kosher meals and snacks for babies and toddlers […]
St. Louis-based agtech accelerator, The Yield Lab, is launching a new location in Galway, Ireland. Launched in 2014 by Cultivation Capital, the accelerator announced its intentions while on a European tour with a group of St. Louis startup leaders looking to recruit entrepreneurs and innovators to St. Louis. “We chose Galway because it is similar […]
The Co-operators, a Canadian co-operative with more than $40 billion in assets under management, has made an undisclosed significant investment in the InvestEco Sustainable Food Fund II as it works to grow its impact investment portfolio. “We are committed to impact investing because we believe that our invested assets can and should not only help […]
Danone’s newly launched venture capital fund, Danone Manifesto Ventures, is set to make its first investment. The firm announced it is engaged in exclusive negotiations to acquire a significant minority stake in France’s Michel et Augustin, a producer of premium biscuits, dairy products, fresh desserts, and beverages. Founded in 2004 by Michel de Rovira and […]
Full-service, North American legal cannabis management company, MedMen, announced it is launching the $100 million MedMen Opportunity Fund. With a comprehensive knowledge of the fragmented regulatory nature of the space and a team with a deep reservoir of experience in the licensed cultivation, extraction, production, and retail sale of legal marijuana, MedMen claims the fund […]
