Food Processing

The International Finance Corporation’s initiative aims to expand India’s silo capacity and reduce food spoilage in one of the world’s largest food distribution systems.

The newly formed Maharlika Investment Corporation has up to $240m it can allocate toward food and agriculture between 2026 and 2028.

Ara Partners eyes IPO for Sedron after $500m acquisition; QIC’s natural capital strategy moves under its private equity banner; Fondaction expects at least two-year raise for €300m natural capital fund; BTG secures Verra’s first ARR carbon credit approval; deals round-up; and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

Head of natural capital Andrew Champion has left QIC two years after former head Tom Murphy departed the firm.

Ara Partners’ Cory Steffek says the newly-minted 'unicorn' is nearly outpacing the entire RNG market, which it serves with supplies derived from food waste collected from grocers.

The protein processing company serves foodservice and retail customers across the US.

E2P’s Ryan Schweet: 'There wasn’t a rigid timeline. We hit our operational goals faster than we planned.'

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.

Weight-loss drugs are changing eating habits in wealthy economies, say reports. But with population growth, rising emerging-market incomes and finite arable land, agriculture’s investment case is shifting – rather than shrinking – toward productivity and quality.