Chris Janiec
The Harvard Management Company spin-out has raised $605m from US and international investors across two sets of timber and ag vehicles. We focus on LP commitments and the tenets of each strategy.
Following her resignation last week, Kat Taylor tells Agri Investor that even as a member of the university’s second-highest governing body, she was unable to get a definitive picture of the $37bn endowment’s agriculture investments.
The $8bn pension was also an investor in the $1.2bn fund’s predecessor, which Paine Schwartz says generated a 7% gross IRR as of late March.
Ashley Harris is joining the US timber manager as it raises its fifth fund with a target of $500m.
The Midwest market has moved from servicing ethanol demand towards a focus on value-add crops such as non-GMO and food-grade corn, Central Valley Ag's Matt Ashton tells Agri Investor.
Following its $50m debut ag investment in Agriculture Capital’s permanent-crop focused ACM II Fund last year, the Townsend Group has recommended the $15.7bn pension add row-crop exposure.
Last week, the bill failed to pass on the floor of the House of Representatives by a wide margin. We assess what's at stake for private investors.
Minnesota State Board of Investment is considering a $150m commitment to the fifth iteration of the firm's flagship vehicle.
Ofir Schlam, chief financial officer at the Finistere Ventures portfolio company, tells Agri Investor the transaction shows start-ups can also benefit from inorganic growth.
The sector is likely to see rapid consolidation but lucrative opportunities remain, CoBank's Christine Lensing tells Agri Investor.