Agtech start-ups should not bypass traditional agricultural gatekeepers like dealers and agronomists, said experts at the World Agri-Tech Investment Summit.
Agri-Vie's management team will form EXEO Capital, develop new investment products and have a wider remit to invest Fund II.
The firm has also opened an office in Boston, which it says makes its fund the first independent food and agriculture fund with a presence in both Europe and America and the largest in Europe.
The pension is considering adding as much as $60 million to its agriculture allocation and eyeing Latin America.
Timber is a deflation hedge, not an inflation hedge, researcher Chip Dillon said at the RISI timber conference.
The Paris climate agreement's call for 'results-based payments' and 'internationally transferred mitigation outcomes' means the forest carbon sequestration market is set to boom, argues Roger Williams of Blue Sky.
Aquila Capital will hold a close on its forestry fund, Aquila Sachwert Basisfonds I, in the middle of the year, and is looking at satellite investments in Latin American countries like Uruguay.
The PE-backed company hopes improved weather data and analytics will set it apart from a growing precision agri field.
The company hopes to expand use of its precision agri platform from 140,000 to 1m acres in 2016.
The VC-backed company will provide data analysis for GSI's EDGE swine and poultry production control platform, and is targeting agtech as a pillar of its business strategy.