Louisa Burwood-Taylor
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Social impact investor AgDevCo has established the Lending for African Farming Company with the German development bank and debt provider Root Capital to provide sub-Saharan African farming enterprises with reliable access to finance.
The venture capital investment firm has invested in EM3 AgriServices, a provider of farm operations services aimed at increasing smallholder farmer productivity by 20%.
LPs are raising the stakes on GPs’ responsible investment policies. Managers that haven’t yet responded will need to do so soon, including smaller ones with limited budgets, argues Kelly Holman, senior reporter at Private Equity International in New York.
Lincoln Moore, executive director at the AIM-listed Cote d'Ivoire palm oil producer, tells Agri Investor why the company turned to the public markets to raise money for its mills.
4Front Capital has completed its first round of capital raising to make strategic investments in the production and distribution of cannabis in various states in the US, leveraging off its consultancy business.
As more and more high profile names invest into agtech, questions have been raised about whether the sector is overheating.
Start-ups in sustainable agriculture areas like precision farming; supply chain tech; soil, weather and water tech; and internet-based products for agriculture can apply.
SEDCO Capital's agribusiness private equity fund will soon make its first investment into non-land assets. It is targeting $150m by the end of the year.
The Australian sheep and cropping fund manager has acquired the first farm for its Australia Fund I, a 486-hectare property in south-west Victoria.