Staff Writer
The real estate division of French insurance giant AXA marked the start of its aim to grow its forestry portfolio by acquiring a large swathe of forest land in Finland for €11.2m.
As northern Australia recovers from years of hardship, there may be opportunities for investors.
The Rural Energy for America Programme will provide grants and loans to rural small businesses to fund energy upgrades and help cut costs.
Rapper Snoop Dogg reportedly wants to raise $25m for cannabis-related deals – a trend analysts expect to continue.
Planet Labs raised the Series C capital in a round led by Data Collective and joined by prominent VC firms such as Founders Fund.
The mobile application agtech firm raised the latest round from new and existing investors.
Meneba Beheer, a Dutch flour business and former portfolio company of CVC and Bencis, has been charged by the Dutch regulator for price fixing. Both private equity firms face fines as a result.
The firm is teaming up with Enviva Holdings to develop wood pellet plants to export the biomass fuel to Europe.
The private equity firm will invest at least $100m in Sundrop Farms from its $6bn Asia Fund II.
A lack in economies of scale, low-tech farming techniques and broken value chains remain thorny issues for China's agriculture industry, according to local private equity professionals.