Super-plants enhanced by microbial treatment are attracting the attention of farmers and sponsors alike. Institutional investors have been more cautious, but the opportunity is not lost on everyone.
Shane Masters will help Unigrains source sizeable deals in the region as the French firm steps up efforts to internationalize.
We interviewed Stafford managing director Bernd Schanzenbaecher to find out more about the firm’s agriculture strategy days after it made its first investment in the asset class.
A mix of powerful factors have injected sap into REIT returns this year. Yet US interest rate rises could soon start tilting the balance toward their private peers.
The InsuResilience Investment Fund, made up of sub-pools covering private equity and private debt, has backed a Pakistani firm offering agriculture insurance.
As MIT’s accelerator closes a $200m fund targeting ‘tough tech,’ insiders try to lure start-ups and capital away from California.
Smart, less risk averse and focused on the long term, family offices have what it takes to help build agriculture into a mainstream asset class. But for it to happen, the circle needs to widen.
Aqua Capital managing partner Sebastian Popik tells Agri Investor how a 'tsunami' of political and economic turmoil in Brazil impacted the firm's recent fundraising efforts.
The recent growth in farm real estate prices has more to do with the rising value of dwellings than a rebound in farm profitability, according to Farmer Mac.
By making agriculture ventures more productive, the rise of autonomous mobility promises to open up the market in counter-intuitive ways.