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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.
Acquisitions and leases of farmland by pension and investment funds would be restricted under legislation Senator Cory Booker has introduced to support family farmers.
The TIAA affiliate reportedly plans to initially not charge any fees as a way to entice independent RIAs, broker-dealers and other wealth management firms.
Head of sustainable food debt Suhasini Singh says the Climate Smart Food Systems Fund will use public and private capital to provide credit to agribusinesses in the developing world.
Urgency surrounding climate change is catalyzing efforts to create new forms of public-private partnership in agriculture that appear set to be developed outside the US.
Managing partner Rich Gammill says an opportunity to provide unitranche credit facilities to sponsor-backed food and beverage brands has been created by traditional banks' retreat.
Portfolio manager Robert Hagler says the longer rotations and lower harvesting intensity possible under its Forest Climate Solutions Fund allow for timberland to be managed ‘more gently’.
Sustainable Development Acquisition Corporation faced an August 12 deadline to complete a merger in its target sectors of water, food and agriculture, renewable energy and resource management.