The Singapore sovereign wealth fund and the French agri-business investor were joined in their backing of the French malting business by sugar co-operative Tereos.
The transaction marks the first exit for the firm’s Agri-Vie Fund I, which invested $4 million in the South African company in 2009.
Equity Group Investments has acquired a stake in ILTA Grain, a Canadian processor and exporter of pulse crops backed by Tillridge Global Agribusiness Partners.
Quebec’s largest agri-business cooperative La Coop fédérée has secured a C$200m investment from a consortium of investors.
Equipped with battery storage, the new facility will supply enough electricity to power a 40-hectare greenhouse.
Investors in the Kansas-based commodity trading and transportation company include Chinese private equity firm New Hope Group and Australian real assets giant Macquarie.
The manager expects its investment in one of Australia’s largest beef producers to serve as a platform for growth.
FIRB member Patrick Secker said Chinese investors account for a small part of Australian agri’s foreign investor universe.
The $53bn US pension posted a first-quarter return of 2.51% for an allocation covering private debt, private equity and venture capital.
The acquisition by Atlanta-based Domain includes a $1bn timberland portfolio and ends the involvement of SEC-sanctioned Timbervest executives.
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