By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The new INVL Alternative Investment Fund launched by the INVL investment management and life insurance group has closed on EUR5.5 million (US$5.6 million) in funding from 572 investors. INVL is the leading investment management and life insurance group in the Baltic region managing pension funds, private equity and alternative […]
photo credit: Meati Foods By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mushrooms are the dark horse of the food world. Sure, there are foodies out there who can explain the nuances that mark one variety from another, but for the most part, it seems they have been quietly tolerated, but never widely embraced. But no longer. […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V (MIP V), an Americas-focused infrastructure fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management, announced an investment that will ultimately make Macquarie a controlling factor in the largest independent agriculture port terminals operator in Brazil. MIP V has entered into an agreement to invest 500 million reais (US$91.9 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In order to support the world’s booming population growth, and to mitigate the fallout to our food systems from geopolitical conflicts, Napigen CEO and co-founder Dr. Hajime Sakai noted that we will need much more grain than farmers can currently produce. As a first step, Napigen has targeted wheat […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media SVG Ventures is bringing its proprietary platform comprising its flagship THRIVE Accelerator Program, Corporate Innovation Program, development programs, and more to the state of Victoria, Australia. The leading global agtech investor has chosen to establish a new Australian and New Zealand headquarters in Melbourne in order to fast-track the […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media NOTE: This interview was originally published in our WIA Today blog. Canadian agriculture is no stranger to the struggles seen around the globe in the sector – climate change, supply chain dilemmas, economic issues related to pricing and availability of goods, and exchange rate and increasing competition […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Building upon the success of Valor Siren Ventures Fund I (VSV I), Valor Equity Partners announced that Valor Sire Ventures II (VSV II) closed oversubscribed on April 1, 2022 at $595 million. Founded in 1995 by managing partner and CIO Antonio J. Gracias, Valor Equity is a previous investor […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Leading sustainable food and agribusiness inventor Arable Capital Partners announced it has closed on $250 million in follow-on commitments for its fund Arable Capital LLC, bringing total combined AUM to more than $550 million. Aware that by its very nature, the food and agribusiness sectors require a long-term investment […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media For all the advances and penetration of tech in agriculture and its supply chains, the $600 billion-plus dairy industry remains largely in the wings – strange given the rapidly perishable nature of milk. However, it is this exact finite delivery window and constantly shifting consumer preferences that make the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Green Coffee Company (GCC), a Legacy Group portfolio company, announced its acquisition of 1,389 acres of coffee farmland in Colombia to become the largest coffee producer in the country. Coffee cultivation began in Colombia in the mid-1830s, becoming its main export crop throughout the 20th century. Today, the […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Backed by long-term institutional capital, New York-based asset manager AMERRA Capital Management has invested more than $5.7 billion since its inception in 2009, and currently has more than US$1.4 billion in AUM concentrated in upstream and midstream food and agri businesses in Europe and the Americas. It was in […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers with CAN$230.5 billion (US$177.4 billion) of net AUM, announced its partnership with WSP, a leading global engineering and climate consultancy group, to carry out an in-depth climate analysis on its entire Global Natural Resources […]
