Binyamin Ali

Fundraising analysis, natural capital strategy and leadership changes featured among the stories that have attracted the most reader attention.

The US foodtech company has made more than 60 acquisitions to build a distribution and software platform across 10 countries – the UK appears to be next on the list.

Nordian Group and Norvelita generated a combined €199m in revenue in 2025.

The vehicle was launched in 2024 with a $50m fundraising target.

Columbia Threadneedle’s debut deal shows how nature could enter institutional portfolios without the need for dedicated allocations.

The South African venture capital firm is yet to invest in the sector, but believes some of the continent’s start-ups could reach the scale it requires within two years.

The vehicle has been backed by investors including FMO, Proparco and Swedfund.

H1 fundraising remained resilient as real estate, climate and multi-strategy vehicles expanded the pool of capital targeting food and natural capital.

The majority of the asset will operate as a biodiversity net-gain habitat bank, with the firm calling Carlshead Farm its ‘first biodiversity investment.’

Emmanuel Simon says the continent’s fragmented farm base is a financing challenge, as it looks to the energy sector for lessons on how to support primary production.