Climate

IKOS Advanced is developing an agricultural digitization platform that marks the first investment from Impact Bridge’s IB Sustainable AgriFood Fund.

With gas prices normalized, private capital is repositioning biomethane as part of the agricultural value chain – not simply a complement to the gas grid.

The deal, which lands amid a push to increase Australia’s low-carbon fuel production, sees fund managers positioning bioenergy as a new infrastructure subsector.

Joe Hughes says Homer has earned the trust of California water agencies facing new realities under implementation of the state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

The agrivoltaics specialist has been bolted onto EOS portfolio company Lexham Power.

The listed private markets firm expects to finish fundraising for Rise Climate Fund II and TRC TI, and reach a first close for Rise Fund IV, says CFO Jack Weingart.

While the Australian government accelerates its buyback of water for environmental purposes, a review of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan shifts the gaze onto adjacent areas primed for investment.

Better public-private alignment, improved logistics and a change in investment mindset can turn the continent’s food challenges into a strength, say Proterra Asia’s Tai Lin and Cohen Tan.

While investors are buying into the long term prospects, there are still concerns over GP track records and liquidity, according to research from pensions networking company Mallowstreet.

Asset-level credits, nature-linked private debt and regulatory markets are all gaining traction – together they reveal a nascent market still searching for scale.