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Agri-Food and Forestry 20 set the industry’s pace
The AFF20 reveals firms had to have raised at least $845m between 2019-23 to be among the top 20 capital raisers in food, forestry and natural capital.
Meet the biggest agri-food and forestry fund managers
The AFF 20 is Agri Investor’s inaugural ranking of the biggest fund managers by capital raised between January 2019 and December 2023.
Japan’s Kagome partners with SVG Ventures on $50m fund
The SVG Ventures Sunrise Fund will make early-stage investments with a typical check size of $500,000-$1 million.
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Nuveen on why expanding the timberland market brings new opportunities
The increasing demand for wood products drives investor interest toward the timberland investable universe, writes Nuveen’s head of research and strategy Gwen Busby.
Manulife Investment Management on the fundamentals of sustainable forestry investing
Sustainable timberland investments offer investors traditional portfolio diversification benefits alongside new opportunities for positive impacts, say Manulife’s Thomas Sarno, David Fortin and Mary Ellen Aronow.
Manulife: Optimizing outputs in regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is attracting rising investor interest as a way to meet present needs without compromising future productivity, explain Manulife Investment Management’s Brent McGowan, Oliver Williams and Julie Koeninger.
QIC: Rolling out the PE model for natural capital
Skills learned in other parts of the private equity universe can now be applied to the sustainable agriculture sector, says Andrew Champion, head of natural capital at QIC.
Roc Partners: The next wave of carbon investing
LPs are increasingly expecting their sustainable agriculture plays – including carbon sequestration – to generate attractive returns, say Roc Partners’ Brad Mytton, Frank Barillaro and Sam Bayes.
