By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Rural Funds Management (RFM), manager for the ASX-listed Rural Funds Group (RFF), an owner of a diversified portfolio of high-quality Australian agricultural assets, has had an impressive few months, rapidly acquiring multiple assets spanning cattle, cropping, and macadamia production – and they’re not done yet. The Rohatyn Group (TRG), […]
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media (NOTE: This article was originally published in our sister news, Women in Agribusiness Today blog.) Sustainability and climate change — the buzzwords of not just the agriculture industry, but of every business near and far. There is a global concern, a global initiative, a global imperative to be […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Co-founded only in 2018, biotech startup Aanika Biosciences announced it has closed on a $12 million Series A to create a safer food supply through more advanced food tracing technology. This round was led by Jon Cholak of Adit Ventures, and includes Draper Associates and SOSV. Aanika was launched […]
By Weiyi Zhang, Ph.D., Senior Agricultural Economist, Manulife Investment Management We examine the evolution of California’s tree nut sector, its expanding role relative to other crops, and its impact on statewide water use, as well the role of almonds and other tree nuts in increasing the competitive position and economic resilience of the state’s farm economy. […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Edmond de Rothschild’s (EdR) Private Equity investment platform has announced its partnership with PeakBridge VC for the formation of an agri-food tech fund with an initial target of EUR 250 million in assets. Officially announced on December 2, 2021, at an event organized by EdR as part of “Building […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media INVL Asset Management, one of the top asset management companies in Lithuania, has sold its INVL Baltic Forests Fund I portfolio consisting of 1,300 hectares of forests in the country of Lithuania for EUR 7.5 million (US$8.5 million). The fund’s entire forest portfolio was owned by Šiluona UAB, which […]
photo credit: LAWD By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media In early October Global AgInvesting News shared that LAWD and Elders had been called upon by Laguna Bay Pastoral Company, an Australian full-service institutional investment management firm specializing in the agri sector, to manage the sale of the Woorndoo aggregation with expectations of fetching A$70 million (US$50 […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Building on its long history of partnering with founder or family-owned companies, Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund V (Fund V) has entered into an agreement to acquire a 50 percent stake in Hendrix Genetics, along with its affiliated co-investors. In connection with the transaction, investment firm NPM Capital, which has […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media I’m going to share something here. I’m not proud of it, but when I first read about this fundraising my first thought was “That’s fantastic! What’s a peptide?” So off I went to educate myself. Very briefly, peptides are similar to proteins. They are short chains of two or […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Gladstone Land has announced its sixth deal since the beginning of August – this time, a $2.4 million deal in the Pacific Northwest. The REIT’s latest acquisition is 165 gross acres of farmland located near Milton-Freewater, Oregon, on which the company plans to plant a vineyard. And as is […]
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Mirae Asset Management has led a $500 million funding round for Impossible Foods, bringing total funding raised by the company since its launch in 2011 to nearly $2 billion. This round follows an incredible 2020 for the company, during which it raised $500 million in March (also led by […]
By Paul McMahon, Managing Partner, SLM Partners Paul McMahon will be a featured speaker at GAI Europe, 6-7 December, London UK. Click here to learn more and register. Introduction Spain and Portugal have emerged as a new destination for investors seeking to deploy capital into orchard crops such as tree nuts and olives. A number of deals […]
