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By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Regenerative agriculture is spreading like wildfire. Toesca Asset Management, a Santiago, Chile-based asset manager, and U.K.-domiciled Astarte Capital Partners, which specializes in sustainable real assets and natural capital, have announced a strategic partnership. Through the collaboration, the firms will establish an institutional platform dedicated to regenerative ag investments in […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Building upon the initial endowment provided by the UK government that helped establish AgDevCo, the specialist early-stage investor announced it has secured $90 million of new funding. Broken down this includes: ~ $50 million of equity that was committed from the UK’s development finance institution (DFI), CDC Group.  ~ […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Australian-owned, mission-driven ag investor, developer, and manager GO.FARM announced it has launched a A$300 million (US$198.4 million) capital raise, part of which is the additional launch of the Responsible Agriculture Fund to elevate natural capital assets to their highest value and best use.  The fund launch is happening at […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Ocean 14 Capital Fund I was created to act as a tidal surge to supercharge the blue economy – an investment channel using ocean resources for economic growth and preservation that is forecast to have a value of $3 trillion by 2030, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and OCP Group, the world’s largest producer of phosphate-based fertilizer, are launching an $800 million ag finance platform to build sustainable food production and distribution systems in Africa.  Agriculture accounts for approximately 20 percent of Africa’s GDP and […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in Melbourne in 1993, Warakirri is a multi-boutique asset management firm that has been a leader in agricultural investment and management for more than 25 years. Over that time, the team has developed an in-depth understanding of the critical principles contributing to the success of such investments, becoming […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Coca-Cola Company, together with eight other worldwide bottling partners, announced the launch of a new venture capital fund focused on investments centered on sustainability with a first close at $137.5 million.  The new fund called Greycroft Coca-Cola System Sustainability Fund will be managed by Greycroft, a seed-to-growth venture […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Representing its largest fundraise to-date, Iowa-headquartered Midwest Growth Partners (MGP) announced the close of its third investment fund oversubscribed at $170 million.  Established in 2013, and with an additional office in Nebraska, MGP’s investment mission is to provide opportunities that will advance rural and underserved lower middle market companies […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Located in Mandeville, Louisiana, ABADIE explains that it is a multi-disciplinary energy and midstream entity. Since 2013, the company has transformed from an engineering and consulting firm to being focused on the development, investment, operations, and management of midstream assets and energy-related portfolio companies.  Now, the company announced its […]

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Swiss impact investment manager responsAbility Investments AG announced first closings for two of its investment strategies, totaling US$274 million. Sustainable Food in Asia The firm’s second private equity growth strategy in Asia – Sustainable Food in Asia – has achieved a first close at US$173 million, toward a final […]