DBJ Becomes First Japanese Investor to Back Laguna Bay Fund 2
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) continues to break ground as an investor. In November 2020, the bank was the first regional Asian investor to make an undisclosed investment in Equilibrium Capital’s Controlled Environment Foods Fund II. Then, within the span of two weeks in Sep
Read moreAgricover Announces One of the Largest IPOs on Bucharest Stock Exchange
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2000 by Romanian entrepreneur Jabbar Kanani, Ågricover has two main business units: an agricultural inputs distribution division, and a specialized financing platform for farmers provided by non-banking financial institution Agricover Credit IFN S.A. In 2017, the European Bank
Read moreSVG Ventures, Start-Up Nation Central Partner to Bridge U.S-Israeli Agtech
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading agrifood investment and innovation platform SVG Ventures|THRIVE is collaborating with Israel’s Start-Up Nation Central to forge a North America-Israel bridge supporting the mutual growth of, and connections between, the agrifood tech ecosystems in each country. Together, Silicon
Read moreMaple Hill Creamery Gets $20M in USDA Funding to Advance Regen Grass-Fed Organic Dairy
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In business since 2009, Maple Hill Creamery has been a pioneer in regenerative agriculture as America’s original and largest 100 percent grass-fed, organic dairy company. The company has made healthy soil the cornerstone of their entire business model and works endlessly the farme
Read moreHarvest Returns Achieves $30M Milestone in Ag Investment
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Headquartered in Ft. Worth, Texas, Harvest Returns was founded in 2016 by two military veterans to democratize the ag investment process by connecting individual ag investors with producers in need of capital looking for an alternative to traditional bank loans. Understanding that a
Read moreConvent Capital Announces Second Close at EUR 100M for AgriFood Growth Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Convent Capital, an independent asset manager based in the Netherlands, announced its second close for its AgriFood Growth Fund at EUR 100 million (US$110 million) in capital commitments. Of this total, EUR 10 million (US$11 million) was committed from the Dutch insurance company a.s.r.
Read moreKilter Rural Launching Evergreen A$500M Kilter Agriculture Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Founded in 2004 with an initial investment of $175 million from Vic Super, Kilter Rural is self-described as “a specialist manager, dedicated to investment in Australian real assets of farmland, water, and ecosystem services”. With 30 years of experience in sustainable farmland and wa
Read moreKIND Launches Three-Year Regenerative Almond Pilot Program
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media On November 15, 2021, the world population surpassed 8 billion on its way to breaching 10 billion by 2050. Connected with the expectation is the need to produce more food than has been produced in the past 10,000 years combined (staggering!). To accomplish this, it would require a 7
Read moreSubmitted Content: Paraguay – The New Frontier in Global Institutional Forestry Investment
Submitted by Richard Lane, Executive Director, Birdwood Capital London-based sustainable real assets manager, Astarte Capital Partners, with the help of their corporate advisors at Birdwood, have again put Paraguay on the map with the runaway fundraising success of Astarte’s Paraguay-focused ‘SA Impact Forestry Fund.’ Also known as
Read moreMidwest Growth Partners Closes Fund III at $170M
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 oppo
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