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Chris Janiec

Chris Janiec is Americas Editor at Agri Investor. Based in New York, Janiec coordinates coverage of private investment into global food and agriculture with colleagues in London. Previously, Janiec covered non-bank capital markets for PEI’s Private Debt Investor, taught international relations and US foreign policy at China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing and worked as an analyst of petroleum and shipping markets in New York.
A 'heavy assets low obsolescence' approach to protecting capital from AI disruption could reframe farmland and forestry as critical components of the economy’s broader transformation.
Managing director of investments Drew Lipke says the REIT will take at least a 50.1 percent stake in any future assets listed on AcreTrader that meet its mandate.
Cows
Sara Balawajder says the Lukas Walton-backed family office takes a wide-ranging approach to its search for fund and direct investments that promote regenerative practices in agriculture.
IKOS Advanced is developing an agricultural digitization platform that marks the first investment from Impact Bridge’s IB Sustainable AgriFood Fund.
Image of a black, white, and orange colored butterfly on a yellow flower.
The manager, which has some $7bn in AUM, is now under the sole control of co-founder Adam Waglay.
Joe Hughes says Homer has earned the trust of California water agencies facing new realities under implementation of the state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
Pears on a branch
Westerra Capital co-founder Scott Porter says a retreat by generalist banks and demand for specialization has created space for a middle-market food and agriculture investment bank.
Aerial view of a forest.
Remsoft’s acquisition of Inflor is the third since the enterprise software specialists made their first investment into the company early last year.
Grapes
Frank Austin says the firm is pursuing a $500m regenerative and organic permanent crop strategy designed to deliver double-digit returns without relying on organic price premiums.
HGS chief executive Mike Steffeck says microbials are the ‘newest but the least understood’ area of biological inputs and are in high demand from retailers and farmers.
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