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.
Area One reaches C$120m first close on Fund IV
Chief executive Joelle Faulkner says the Canadian farmland investment firm hopes to more than double the size of the vehicle within a year.
Finistere-backed ZeaKal inks cannabis partnership, $10m investment
The crop chemicals company had been reluctant to enter the cannabis market without relevant expertise, says chief executive Han Chen.
Bonnefield plans open-ended farmland fund for institutions – exclusive
After launching an evergreen vehicle targeting high-net worth individuals in 2017, CEO Tom Eisenhauer says the new more flexible institutional structure comes amid a surge of interest from Canadian endowments and smaller pensions.
This year’s washout raises a flood of questions
Historic rainfall levels have presented US ag producers and investors with their clearest weather-related challenge since 2012’s drought.
EY bolsters ag-focused advisory
Global agribusiness lead Rob Dongoski says the addition of Mark Holland, Nathan Ramsey and Asha Lundal from The Context Network reflects growing interest in the sector.
Oaktree-backed AGRO Merchants Group acquires Iberia coldstores
Chief executive Carlos Rodriguez says increasing produce and frozen fish volumes prompted expansion in a region that is a gateway to southern Europe.
New Sumitomo unit to hunt ag VC investments
Sumitomo's Corporate Venture and Innovation Office will also explore investments in healthcare, environment, and information and communication technology.
Gladstone acquires Michigan blueberry properties for $7.8m
The NASDAQ-listed farmland REIT’s expansion comes as blueberry markets face reduced California production and growing competition from Mexico, Peru and Chile.
Cultivian, Anterra and Open Prairie among investors in $40m biologicals Series B
Vestaron chief executive Anna Rath says attracting life-science investors into later-stage agtech startups will be key to the market's development.
Cresco Capital Partners closes cannabis fund on $60m
Managing partner Codie Sanchez says LPs in the firm’s second vehicle include managers from large private equity and venture capital firms committing their own capital.
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