By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media For decades, 401(k) plans have been built almost entirely around public markets, steering retirement savers toward traditional assets like stocks, bonds and mutual funds while leaving private assets on the sidelines. A sea change is now underway. As plan sponsors look to improve diversification and long-term outcomes, real assets […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media North American agtech company BinSentry has secured $25 million in growth capital from CIBC Innovation Banking. BinSentry, which also recently clinched $50 million in a series C fundraising round, is an agtech company that harnesses AI-powered sensors and real-time monitoring to help large agricultural operators track feed levels and […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media A cross-border tie-up is taking shape in the table grape trade, linking a UAE-based fruit group with a Peruvian grower in one of the Southern Hemisphere’s key export regions. Unifrutti Group, owned by Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company ADQ, is acquiring Safco Peru from Rio King. Safco operates […]
By: Artem Milinchuk, Founder, FarmTogether Farmland rarely experiences sharp inflection points, yet the dynamics emerging from 2025 signal a market undergoing meaningful realignment. Rather than returning to the broad appreciation cycle of the early 2020s, the sector is entering 2026 with a different mix of influences: more measured valuation trends, improving operator economics, and continued […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Gresham House has secured a significant milestone for its global forestry ambitions. The specialist investment manager, whose specialty areas of focus include natural capital, has closed on more than €250 million in initial commitments for its Sustainable International Forestry Strategy Platform. In a coup for the firm, Gresham House […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Stafford Capital Partners, a London-based private markets investor overseeing $8.4 billion in assets, has notched another billion-dollar win in the timberland space. The firm announced the closing of a $1.2 billion continuation investment vehicle focused on its forestry portfolio, marking its second timberland fund to surpass the $1 billion […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a move to bolster sustainable agriculture in France, ReSoil, has secured €4 million in funding from a mix of institutional and private investors. Key backers include Banque des Territoires, InvESS Île-de-France Amorçage and Generali Investissement à Impact, with the latter two funds overseen by impact investor INCO Ventures. […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media After a decade of managing and enhancing forestry assets across Australia and New Zealand, New Forests is concluding its A$700 million Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 2 (ANZFF2) with a successful exit. The investment manager, specializing in nature-based real assets, has secured agreements for the fund’s final dispositions, including […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Solum Partners is making a fresh bet on Europe’s produce supply chain, teaming up with one of the EU’s biggest names in fruit and vegetables. With $2 billion in assets under management, the Boston, Massachusetts-based agri-business investor has completed a majority investment in Greenyard NV, Europe’s second-largest fruit and […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Nordic private asset investor CapMan Natural Capital is handing over one of its flagship Baltic forest portfolios to the Inter IKEA Group, the core entity steering IKEA’s brand, marking a notable reshuffle in Europe’s sustainable timberland landscape. After 10-plus years of active management, CapMan’s Dasos Timberland Fund II is […]
