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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.
Pierre-Henri Carles says the French firm has already collected €70m from Italian retail investors and expects to reach €100m by the end of 2021 before turning to institutional capital.
Two consecutive years of declining food security along with covid-19’s challenges are creating public-private partnership opportunities across the world.
Chad Hutchinson characterized his decision to depart for a role at Arctos Sports Partners as a ‘life and job change’ allowing him to draw on his experience in professional sports.
Head of ESG for global fixed-income Stephen Liberatore says there would be more interest among public market investors if they knew what was available to them in agtech.
Proposals such as a register of foreign investors highlights potential confidence shocks from the economic decoupling between China and the US amid a broader anxiety about global trade.
Principal Jean-Philippe Syed says European retailers including Carrefour, Lidl and Aldi established multi-year relationships with North African producers following covid-19-related supply disruption last year.
Head of the non-profit financial think tank’s food and land use program Peter Elwin says investors should preserve future earnings by taking action to stop deforestation.
Chief executive Duane Cantrell says strategic input and product testing feedback from LPs helped shape the fund's focus on upstream agtech.
Carl Evers says increased water trading amid this year’s drought in California reflects the key role of sustainability in driving ag returns.
Rapid execution of investments designed to enhance Abu Dhabi’s food chain resiliency reflects evolution in a public-private partnership model that bodes well for ag-focused private capital.
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