Food Processing

The firm will raise its first commingled fund focused on food after managing several investments in the sector since spinning out from Macquarie in 2014.

Managing director Tai Lin says Eat Just Asia will establish a processing facility and a packaging network throughout the region as part of an alternative protein supply chain-focused strategy.

Country director Oleg Klein says opportunities in Russian agriculture remain for foreign investors engaged in constructive dialogue with the national government.

Development Partners International made the investment from the third iteration of its Africa fund, which it is currently raising.

Robeco’s Peter van der Werf said research from Coller FAIRR has exposed 'the fundamental weaknesses of the production system' which was created by a 'race to the bottom'.

Rob Dongoski says recent weeks’ conversations with clients suggest the pandemic has helped shift focus within ag for both domestic and international investors.

Agri Investor looks ahead to the topics that are likely to dominate the conversation in ag next year.

The 2019 Agri Investor Forum in Chicago was marked by a clear sense of momentum even if an overall direction for the market seemed harder to discern.

Panelists at the Agri Investor Chicago Forum likened the plant protein surge to that of the e-commerce boom, which ultimately transformed the way goods and services are purchased.

Ascendant Partners’ Mark Warren says growing consumer demand and product innovation helped bring strategic and financial investor interest in the Organic Ventures’ unit offering grains like quinoa, durum and spelt.