By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media A new venture fund has come on the scene and it is already defying the odds. Planeteer Capital, a U.S.-based investment firm co-founded by Sophie Purdom, has successfully secured $54 million for its climate-tech focused fund. This achievement comes after a protracted two-year fundraising period, with Planeteer closing the […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Australian fund manager New Forests has offloaded one of its assets. New Forests has sold South Australia’s Limestone Coast plantation forestry estate to OneFortyOne, a forestry and sawmill company. According to the buyer, this deal marks the single-biggest Australian forestry land transaction in a decade, representing a pivotal moment […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Gresham House, a U.K.-based alternative investment manager with £3.4 billion ($4.6 billion) in forestry assets under management, is going all in on timber. The firm clinched over £375 million ($500 million) for the final close of its latest forestry fund, Gresham House Forest Fund VI, its biggest one to […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Cairo, Egypt-based Morpho Investments, a newly launched investment platform focused on emerging markets, has achieved a couple of major milestones. The PE firm has closed the first round of its inaugural fund, Morpho Fund I, while concurrently deploying capital into a pair of key deals. These transactions involved farming […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In its latest Ag Letter on farmland values, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago offered valuable insights from a polling of District agricultural bankers, revealing key trends for early 2025. Overall, the agricultural landscape in the American Heartland, particularly states within the Seventh Federal Reserve District, continues to evolve, […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media St. Louis, Missouri-based private equity firm Lewis & Clark AgriFood, which specializes in growth-stage financing for food and agriculture businesses, is raising capital for it latest agri-food fund. According to a filing with the U.S. SEC, Lewis & Clark has registered the AgriFood Fund III, signaling persistent demand for […]
By Artem Milinchuk, Founder & Head of Strategy at FarmTogether Persistent market dislocations in 2025—from elevated interest rates to geopolitical tensions—are prompting a recalibration of portfolio risk. Institutional and accredited investors are rebalancing their growth-oriented strategies to incorporate a larger defensive allocation. Traditional safe-haven assets like U.S. Treasuries and gold are seeing renewed flows—but increasingly, […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media On Earth Day 2025, the EcoEnterprises Fund, an investment fund for nature, announced the “rolling first close” of the EcoEnterprise Partners IV fund. Fundraising for its fourth fund was led by a cohort of institutional and private investors looking to make a meaningful impact. The early investor lineup includes […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Toronto, Canada-based XPV Water Partners, a growth investment firm specializing in the water industry, has reached a major milestone. The firm has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM), including its most recent capital injection of over $625 million, the proceeds of which it plans to direct into […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Fort Worth, Texas-based private equity giant TPG has announced a development within its impact platform. TPG Rise Climate, TPG’s private equity fund specializing in climate solutions, has made a new investment. The fund has partnered with Renaissance Partners to invest in a controlling stake in SICIT Group, a company […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media U.K.-based agtech company Gardin has raised $4.5 million in funding in a Seed 2 financing round. Gardin plans to direct the proceeds toward its precision agriculture technology solution, centered around a real-time photosynthesis sensor and artificial intelligence (AI) platform. The investment aims to accelerate the adoption of Gardin’s technology, […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Portland, Oregon-based forest investment firm EFM has expanded its Big Tech footprint. In a deal underscoring the urgency of climate action, EFM has inked a multi-year offtake agreement with Microsoft in which the technology leader will procure nature-based carbon removal credits and make a strategic investment in EFM’s forestry […]
