By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Chinook Forest Partners, a Grants Pass, Oregon-based natural-capital investment manager, has unveiled its plans to acquire the assets of South Coast Lumber on behalf of long-term investors. The deal covers a massive 104,000 acres of premium coastal forestland and modern manufacturing facilities in Southwest Oregon, which will be managed […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Regenerate Asset Management has unveiled a regenerative agriculture initiative in Denmark, channeling an initial €25 million from its Regenerate European Sustainable Agriculture fund (RESA). This investment, representing the inaugural phase of the program, targets organic dairy operations across northern Jutland, Denmark amid a wider strategy poised to scale up […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In an unveiling alongside the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, Inter IKEA and BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group have formed a partnership to protect, restore and responsibly manage degraded and low-productive land in one of the world’s most endangered ecosystems: Brazil’s Atlantic Forest biome. Spanning 4,000 […]
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 […]
