By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Lever VC, which invests across the food and agtech sectors, has achieved first close of its Fund II, amassing $50 million to back agri-food-tech startups. In conjunction with this milestone, the VC firm, with dual headquarters in the U.S. and Hong Kong, has also announced Fund II’s first handful […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Manulife Investment Management, a global timberland investment manager boasting over 5 million acres under management, has announced the third and final close of its forest climate fund. The Manulife Forest Climate Fund has amassed a massive $480.1 million in commitments. Investors flocked to the climate solutions strategy, including corporates and global […]
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based seed phenomenon Inari just inched closer to the commercialization of its agtech solution. Inari has clinched $144 million in a Series G fundraising round at a reportedly massive valuation of $2.17 billion, up from a previous valuation of $1.65 billion just a year ago, thrusting the company into the coveted unicorn club. The latest round […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The private assets arm of French lender BNP Paribas has reached a critical milestone toward the ecological transition to a more circular economy. BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM), which oversees EUR 591 billion (US$614.8 billion) in AUM, has announced the final close of its BNP Paribas Solar Impulse […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media New Forests, global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies boasting A$11.6 billion (US$7.2 billion) in assets under management, has reached the final close of its Australia New Zealand Landscapes and Forestry Fund (ANZLAFF). New Forests attracted approximately A$600 million (US$374.8 million) to its coffers from […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media SLM Partners’ Iberian orchards fund has reached a milestone alongside a key investment. SLM Partners, a real asset manager specializing in regenerative ag and sustainable forestry, has achieved final close of its SLM Silva Europe Fund, amassing €30 million (US$31.2 million) in commitments and marking its first move into […]
Manulife Investment Management’s Forest Climate Fund (MFCF or “the Fund”) is a 12-year closed-end fund that seeks to deliver durable, high-quality carbon value to investors and annual optionality for in-kind carbon credit distributions or offset sales. The Fund seeks to provide the opportunity to promote climate change mitigation through a globally diversified portfolio of sustainably […]
Global AgInvesting (GAI), a premier convener of the global ag community, concluded a highly successful year, marked by robust investor participation at its three flagship conferences across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Building on this momentum, GAI is poised for another year of exceptional growth in 2025. With a significantly expanded team, including several key […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Homestead Capital USA, a private equity firm specializing in farmland investments, has added Kudu Investment Management as a strategic partner. Kudu, which delivers permanent capital solutions to asset managers, made a passive, minority investment into Homestead, the terms of which the companies are holding close to the vest. As […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Canadian ag-focused investment management Bonnefield Financial, which oversees C$1.5 billion (US$1.0 billion) in assets under management, has reached the second close of its agri-business fund. Buttressed with an anchor investment from Farm Credit Canada (FCC), which is 100 percent invested in Canadian ag and food, the Bonnefield Agribusiness Fund […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media A new alliance has been formed to help the ag industry navigate cross-border land acquisitions, appraisals and expansions. The International Ag Alliance (IAA), a coalition of agricultural land and business firms, has officially launched. Founded by Peoples Company, Brown & Co. and LAWD, IAA is designed to harness international […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media In a flex for the agtech industry, private equity giant KKR is among the investors backing an innovative company. KKR is investing in smaXtec, a Graz, Austria-based provider of agri-tech solutions for the global dairy industry, alongside other backers including tech investor Highland Europe. The companies are keeping the […]
