By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re Group with current AUM of approximately €340 billion (US$367 billion), announced a first close for its MEAG Sustainable Forestry Equity Fund at $207 million committed by German insurers and the pension scheme of an unspecified DAX-listed company group. Munich Re Group has […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biodiversity is the interconnected network that supports life as we know it. It is ideally designed, with each animal species, plant, insect, natural resource, and climatic phenomenon playing a distinct role in the majestic and graceful machine that is Earth. Being born into it for millennia of generations, it […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media U.S. farmland investment company Source Agriculture (Source Ag.) is currently raising up to $75 million to fund its goal of bringing to bear its vision and new approach to farmland investing. The process started in November 2023, when the company engaged counsel and began its filing of a REG […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media With the goal of increasing accessibility to the sustainable timberland asset class, Atlanta-based Southview Timberland Investments announced it is accepting investors for the first time since its launch, opening to a broader pool of accredited investors, family offices, and select institutions. The company is founded by John Brenard, a […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global private equity investment firm Bregal Investments announced its first venture into impact investing with the launch of Bregal Sphere Nature Strategy, a dedicated natural capital platform with a focus on agricultural supply chains. Headquartered in London and New York, Bregal Investments has a family of funds geared toward […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Exemplary Forestry Management, New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF), Maine Mountain Collaborative (MMC), and Quantified Ventures have partnered to launch Exemplary Forestry Investment Fund (EFIF), and have leveraged private, philanthropic, and public capital to acquire the fund’s first asset – the 3,000-acre Scammon Ridge Headwaters from the Haynes Family. Forty […]
photo credit: Rockstart By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Amsterdam-based, early stage venture capital firm Rockstart has officially launched Rockstart AgriFood Fund II with a funding target of €50 million (US$54.74 million) and plans to invest in up to 50 startups within the next five years. Rockstart explained that when it started in 2011 as […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading European asset manager Amundi has launched the Amundi Ambition Agri-Agro Direct Lending Europe (AAAA) institutional investment strategy with a first close at €130 million (US$140.12 million) following a capital commitment from Crédit Agricole Group. With nearly 1.3 million farmers, Amundi explained that the European Union is the third-largest […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media With decades of experience and $5.7 billion of assets under management, Paine Schwartz has established itself as a leader in the rapidly growing and highly dynamic global food and agribusiness investment ecosystems. Among its track record of successes, the firm’s Fund IV closed oversubscribed at $893 million in the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media There is a new name in food investment – Humble Growth. Andrew Abraham, the CEO and founder of Orgain, Nick Giannuzzi, the founder & partner of Giannuzzi Lewendon, and Peter Rahal, the founder of RXBAR®, have launched this growth equity firm dedicated to backing and scaling disruptive consumer brands that […]
