By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Lithuania’s INVL Asset Management, one of the largest asset management companies in the Baltics, has launched the INVL Sustainable Timberland and Farmland Fund II (STAFF II). With a targeted goal of EUR100 million (US$118 million), the fund’s initial offering has raised EUR32.45 million (US$38.3 million) to-date from private investors […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Iconic grain trader Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has decided for the first time in the company’s 169-year history to open itself to outside ownership, agreeing to sell a 45 percent stake in the business to Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ. Despite resisting outside investors, Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, who controls […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Australian biotech startup Provectus Algae announced it has secured $3.25 million in Seed funding led by Hong Kong-based Vectr Ventures. Also participating in the round was Canadian venture capital investor Maropost Ventures and a cohort of unnamed individual investors and family offices. The company has also recently received financial […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) announced an investment of AED152 million (US$41 million) across three companies advancing agtech innovation across “land, sea, and space”. These three companies: Pure Harvest Smart Farms (Pure Harvest), FreshToHome, and Nanoracks, will receive financial and non-financial incentives in support of their expansion of […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Global alternative asset manager Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) announced that one of its managed agricultural funds has proffered a cash offer of A$300 million for Australian REIT Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (VTF). This offer comes less than six months after property fund manager Primewest acquired an 11.8 percent […]
By Jeremy Stroud Benjamin Franklin famously asserted, “When the well’s dry, we will know the worth of water.” A timely aphorism considering the current circumstances. As groundwater and river systems face increased stress, impact investors look to the water sector as an opportunity to drive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics along with consistent, uncorrelated […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media The Carlyle Group has invested an incremental €35 million (US$41.4 million) in Unifrutti – one of the largest and leading fresh fruit producers in the world. This investment was made with capital from Carlyle’s $2.4 billion Credit Opportunities Fund, and was structured as an add-on to bond financing completed […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Archer Daniel Midlands’ venture capital arm ADM Ventures has made a capital commitment to Seventure’s Health For Life Capital (HFLC) Fund II. Based in Paris, HFLC is a leading VC fund and the first European investment vehicle to fund the “microbiome revolution”, according to its website, in the categories […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Homestead Capital USA Farmland Fund III has held its final close at $596 million, bringing the firm’s total AUM across its three funds to exceed $1 billion. Founded in 2012 in San Francisco, California, and with offices in Idaho, Illinois, and Arkansas, Homestead Capital has built and manages a […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media CIBO has announced the launch of CIBO Impact – a platform to help farmers generate and sell carbon credits based on their regenerative farming practices, and an online marketplace for individuals or organizations that want to purchase credits directly from U.S. farmers as a way to offset their carbon […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Natural Order Acquisition, a Massachusetts-based special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on sustainable plant-based foods and beverages, is looking to out-do Beyond Meat’s $240 million IPO of last year. Paperwork was filed with the SEC to launch the SPAC with the goal of raising $287.5 million through an IPO […]
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media Bits x Bites, the first agrifood tech-focused VC focused on the Chinese market announced that it has completed its first $30 million close for its new $70 million fund – the leading and only fund of its kind investing in transformative technologies with the potential to create a more […]
