By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media New Hampshire-based Conservation Resources is deepening its push into regenerative farmland investing with a fresh collaboration to support LP demand. The firm has teamed up with Dutch asset manager Achmea Investment Management on a farmland investment fund, Conservation Resources Farmland II, as investor appetite continues to grow for strategies […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media L Catterton, a consumer-growth focused private equity investor boasting $37 billion in assets under management, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Austin, Texas-based Good Culture, valuing the cottage cheese pioneer at $500 million, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Fellow […]
By Adam Bergman, Managing Director, EcoTech Capital Two thousand twenty-five provided something for both critics and supporters of AgTech and FoodTech, with a few notable high-profile bankruptcies and restructurings along with emerging companies that grew rapidly and managed to achieve commercial revenue of $50+ million. Against this backdrop, total sector investment increased, but the number […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media A fresh infusion of growth capital is flowing into Asia’s sustainable ag supply chain. Mirova, a Paris, France-based firm specializing in sustainable investing, has committed $10 million to Big Tree Farms, a Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia-based company building a massive coconut supply chain. As an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, Mirova […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media After over a decade of holding onto this biological pest control asset, Paine Schwartz Partners is making a portfolio exit. The private equity firm, which specializes in sustainable food chain investing, is unloading holding company AgBiTech, a Fort Worth, Texas-based biological pesticide company that Paine Schwartz purchased back in […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Alternative investment firm Lucerne Capital Management, which boasts assets under management of a $417.6 million, has unveiled a new agriculture investment platform with a strategy dedicated to regenerative permanent and specialty farmland in the U.S. With a reported target fund size of $500 million, as GAI News has learned, […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Big Tech companies are increasingly locking in long-term sources of nature-based carbon removals. A new deal between carbon credit investment firm Rubicon Carbon, which helps businesses attain their sustainability goals, and software giant Microsoft highlights how that market is taking shape. Under this structured finance deal, Rubicon Carbon will […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media A unique alignment between agriculture and community banking is taking shape in California’s Salinas Valley, widely known as America’s Salad Bowl. Taylor Fresh Foods, the family-owned parent of the Taylor Farms operating companies, has acquired a 16.3 percent ownership stake in independently owned Pacific Valley Bank, marking a distinctive […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Institutional appetite for European forestry continues to build as investors seek long-term, income-generating assets aligned with sustainability and natural capital themes. Helsinki, Finland-based CapMan Natural Capital has announced the first close of its latest forestry vehicle, CapMan Dasos European Forest Fund IV, in a series of main funds, reflecting […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Fresh capital continues to find its way into U.S. farmland as investors seek scale, resilience and durable income tied to food and agriculture. The Manulife Permanent Cropland Plus Fund (MPCPF), a real asset fund, has marked a key milestone with a $289 million final close of the investment vehicle, […]
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Impact-focused capital is increasingly being deployed with the same rigor and intentionality long associated with institutional portfolios. In a recent LinkedIn post, Dr. Stephanie Gripne, founder and CEO of the Denver-based Impact Finance Center, issued a call for investment opportunities. Dr. Gripne highlighted how her team is advising a […]
Institutional capital continues to deepen its presence across agricultural supply chains, with a trend emerging of pension investors taking direct ownership stakes in operating agri-businesses. Among the most recent deals, Brazil-based orange juice and citrus ingredients producer Citrosuco has ushered in Canada’s pension juggernaut, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), with nearly C$300 […]
