Climate

Australian agtech startup Nbryo plans to scale up its low-cost in-vitro embryo production technology to accelerate genetic gains and cut livestock emissions.

The firm achieved a 15.5% IRR after a near five-year hold of the afforestation property, with buyers attracted by the development work that has already been done to de-risk the asset.

The vehicle has a €350m fundraising target and has also been backed by Allianz France and BNP Paribas Cardif.

From housing shortages to net-zero targets, the world’s structural challenges are aligning with timber’s strengths – and LPs are starting to price that in.

The firm could invest up to €100m in the platform and intends to plant strategic permanent crops to enhance income streams and ecosystem services.

Climate Fund Managers will manage the fund, which has received cornerstone commitments from MUFG, FinDev Canada and the Green Climate Fund.

As wildfires and extreme weather escalate, investors are under increasing pressure to allocate more capital to climate resilience and risk sidelining the longer-term goal of reducing emissions.

Featherlight Capital counts ex-Wafra, La Caisse and Power Sustainable investors among its investment team.

New income streams – from water rights to conservation and data infrastructure – are redefining what investors see in ranchland, says Ranchland Capital’s Ed Bardowski.

The farmland and timberland investor will pursue its strategy of repositioning undervalued assets through organic and regenerative conversion, operational efficiency and decarbonization.