Chris Janiec
Director of real estate Tim Schlitzer says climate-driven purchases have produced a 'mismatch' with appraisers that contributed to underperformance relative to NCREIF’s timber benchmark.
Aqua Capital says it established Biotrop in 2017, instead of entering the market via an acquisition, due to a lack of reasonably priced companies with market presence and proprietary technology.
LeapFrog Investments climate investing team co-head Nakul Zaveri says cross country collaboration in agriculture holds potential for state level leaps forward in innovation.
Co-founder Wayne Ebersole says the firm will pursue conventionally farmed properties that can be transitioned to regenerative practices in the Mississippi River watershed states.
The emergence of frontrunner Javier Milei is a microcosm of the country’s longstanding desire to break free of its shackles as well as the all too familiar upheavals that have been its undoing.
Chief executive Jake Joraanstad says Bushel does not want to be a 'software company that’s owned by an ag company' and is plotting a path to becoming an independent software player.
The deal means a partial realization of Paine Schwartz’s 2019 investment into Special New Fruit Licensing.
Co-founder Daan Luining says the cultivated sausage and pork start-up wants to attract additional investors including strategics and plans to keep the round open through the end of the year.
Roberto Viton says financial distress and large asset managers’ demand for nature-based assets are among the factors driving consolidation in GPs focused on food and ag.
Aqua Capital's acquisition of Colorado-headquartered Novus will also allow the firm to get sustainable practices and technology in front of a wider range of farmers.