By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The GAIA Climate Loan Fund, co-founded by Japan’s MUFG, FinDev Canada and the Green Climate Fund (GCF), has achieved a successful first close with $600 million. Buoyed by cornerstone commitments from impact-focused investors and fund partners MUFG, FinDev Canada and the Green Climate Fund, the capital raising signals a […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a showing of robust demand for physical AI adoption on the farm, San Francisco-based Agtonomy has raised $18 million in an oversubscribed Series B round for its next phase of growth and autonomous platform development. Demand for the fundraising was fueled by the company’s proven commercial traction and […]
Food and beverage giant PepsiCo has launched a direct farmer-incentive pilot in Brazil’s Cerrado tropical savanna to accelerate the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices among farmers. The program, dubbed Payment for Practice and Payment for Outcomes, was introduced alongside local partners Griffith Foods and Latin America’s non-GMO ingredients company Milhão, incentivizing growers for the regenerative […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group, which specializes in timberland investment management, has reached another milestone on its mission to restore degraded land and support sustainable forestry across Latin America. The firm, whose parent company is BTG Pactual, has received an investment from Temasek-backed GenZero for its Latin American reforestation […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media London-based asset management firm Astarte Capital Partners and Santiago, Chile-based asset manager Toesca are planting a new flag in the Andes. Global AgInvesting has learned that the duo has reached a first close of $100 million for a regenerative-agriculture platform focused on permanent crops across the region, with a […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Private equity firm Mandala Capital has secured a landmark $36 million anchor commitment from the world’s largest dedicated climate fund, the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The investment turbocharges its $250 million target-size blended finance investment vehicle focused on climate adaptation in South and Southeast Asia’s food and agriculture sectors. […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Milan, Italy-based Maia Ventures has announced the launch of its debut €55 million venture capital fund dedicated to early-stage agtech food startups. This fresh committed capital infusion signals a commitment to tackling global challenges in food production, health and sustainability at a time when the sector is ripe for […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Investment management firm GQG Private Capital Solutions (PCS) and Bozeman, Montana-based Ranchland Capital Partners have unveiled a strategic partnership that injects fresh capital and a wider reach into sustainable real asset management. According to the terms of the deal, PCS is committing a minority equity investment in Ranchland through […]
As the Global AgInvesting Asia conference convenes in Tokyo in October 2025, bringing together over 200 agriculture investment professionals from the Asia-Pacific and beyond, Australian agriculture is drawing significant attention. The sector is well-positioned to meet growing global demand for protein and sustainable farming practices, with significant capital entering Australia’s real asset, natural capital and […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Peoples Company, which specializes in land management, brokerage and appraisal, is growing through M&A. The Clive, Iowa-based firm is acquiring farmland brokerage Murray Wise Associates (MWA) from Farmland Partners, a deal that is expected to become finalized next month. As part of the agreement, Peoples Company will take on […]
