Louisa Burwood-Taylor
How providers and managers of private capital are approaching agri – in terms of allocation and investment strategy, as well as capital formation – varies greatly. That’s one of a number of themes touched on in this complimentary compendium of global agri-investment developments.
Impact investment lender Calvert Foundation plans to establish an agri-related sideline.
Institutional investors are engaging with agriculture asset management firms, according to MandateWire data.
The firm aims to hold a ‘one-and-done’ $400m close by Q3 and deploy the Southeast Australian dairy farm fund within 18 months.
Agriculture and food technology could be a good hedge for farmland investors as VC firms hope to improve productivity, according to Omnivore Partner's Mark Kahn.
The UK-based DFI is keen to invest into African and South Asian food processing businesses as it develops its direct investment platform.
Hong Kong’s Orion Partners wants to add agriculture to its investment offerings by partnering with expert GPs and strategic investors.
Under its new name AgCAP, the firm has hired a new management team to take the asset management business in a different direction.
The JV between the Russian and UK firms has started talking to institutional investors and is raising capital for Eastern European Union investments.
Fund II will open up investment to new parts of the Eastern European region and offer a shorter investment period.