By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Zug, Switzerland-based forest management firm Precious Woods, a specialist in tropical hardwoods, is expanding its Latin American footprint. The company, focused on protecting forests through sustainable management, plans to double its forestry assets in Brazil, according to a report in Valor International. It already oversees roughly 600,000 hectares (1.5 […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a move to transform Asia’s rice sector as the world knows it, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), teaming up with food-secure research partnership CGIAR and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has embarked on an ambitious program. Launched this month, this effort aims to fundamentally reshape the region’s […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Melbourne, Australia-based natural capital investment firm Kilter Rural is striking while the iron is hot. The firm has listed the Oomabah Riverina, a collection of five farming properties located in the Southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Kilter acquired the property in recent years through Kilter Agriculture, […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Paris-based France Valley, which specializes in natural capital investments, has achieved a formidable milestone, clinching a massive €600 million (US$689.2 million) close for its flagship forestry fund, France Valley Patrimoine. This impressive capital commitment not only bolsters the firm’s enviable position but also secures its place as a European […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Nordic Foodtech VC, a Helsinki, Finland-domiciled venture capital fund dedicated to tangible solutions for the ag and food industry, has successfully launched its second fund. The firm secured €40 million (US$45.5 million) in its initial close and aims to double that amount for its final close, targeting companies that […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Mekong Capital, a private equity powerhouse that has long shaped Vietnam’s investment landscape, is poised to introduce a groundbreaking regenerative agriculture fund. But investors will have to wait. The fund, which is planned for 2026. aims to attract as much as $200 million in capital, according to a report […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Technology innovation is increasingly making its way into the crop science arena. Matterworks, a pioneer in the field of predictive biology, has secured a Series A financing round, poised to further unlock machine learning and in predictive biology. While Matterworks is keeping the size of the round close to […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media New Forests, a Sydney, Australia-based investment manager specializing in natural capital, is expanding its reach north and into Southeast Asia. Through its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2, New Forests has made its inaugural investment in Vietnam’s timber processing sector, backing Tavico Group, a supplier of solid wood lumber and […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Farm Credit Canada (FCC) has earmarked C$2 billion (US$1.5 billion) to invest in agtech innovation across the Great White North through 2030. Through its investment arm FCC Capital, the organization will target food and ag investment opportunities specializing in areas like innovative devices, instrumentation, research, and methodologies designed to […]
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 […]
