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Capital was deployed from the firm’s STAFF II vehicle, which held an €80m fourth close in August 2022 and is nearing its €100m target.
Fund principal Andrea Woodside said there is need for ‘a different type of capital’ in climate tech to complement VC and private equity.
The CEE manager sold Polish canned fish company Graal for a 3x cash-on-cash return after focusing on governance and water wastage.
Evolving consumer demand is prompting food companies to seek sustainable solutions to their supply chain needs, says Mike LeSage, managing director at Proterra Investment Partners.
A focus on natural capital presents an opportunity to reduce agriculture’s climate impact, says Heechung Sung of Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
Investor appetite grew in 2022 amid global food production shortages, say industry experts.
Incorporating ESG into investment decisions creates value while accelerating change, says PSP Investments’ Marc Drouin.
Today, it is more important than ever to build resilience into agricultural investment strategies, say Brad Mytton, Frank Barillaro and Anthony Abraham of Roc Partners.
Co-founders Ellie Rubenstein and Ross Iverson discuss the added value role the firm plays for LPs and why they receive queries about their portfolio companies as soon as they close a deal.
HESTA CIO Sonya Sawtell-Rickson told the ASFA Conference that having confidence and trust in biodiversity credits was vital to ensuring they become investable.