Food Processing

The Asia Pacific-focused private equity firm has exited the Australian meat processor it acquired in 2011.

The food and agri PE company led a Series B round for Door to Door Organics, a Colorado-based organic produce delivery company.

The type of investor you are will determine the right types of agri assets for you, Johannes Zhou, chief strategic officer at China Investment Corporation told delegates at the Agri Investor Forum.

The impact of an extended political crisis is being felt in Ukraine’s primary economic sector.

The agribusiness panel at The Global African Investment Summit emphasised that commercial scale across the value chain is essential to investment on the continent.

Pulsar Network Capital is talking with high net worth individuals ahead of a first close but will also target family offices and institutional investors.

The private equity firm is again backing agribusiness in China with a view to improving food safety, having purchased a stake in Fujian Sunner, a vertically integrated chicken meat producer.

Cocoa prices are set to increase further as chocolate demand increases, according to new data released by Euromonitor International. The data show confectionery sales are making large gains in BRICS markets.

Valuing the integrated farms business and finding the right buyer were not straightforward, according to FarmCare managing director Richard Quinn.

Sluggish deal activity has frustrated GPs in China, so can the same investment thesis that worked for the milk sector also work for meat?