Private Equity

The US pension fund has invested in three funds since August including US Farming Realty Trust III, Paine & Partners Fund IV and ACM Permanent Crops fund.

The $120m Indian private equity fund has invested in Sustainable Agro-commercial Finance, a rare agriculture-focused Non-Banking Financial Company, in its fourth investment so far.

Happy Birthday to us! Tuesday marked Agri Investor’s one-year anniversary. And what a year it has been.

ACAP, the private equity fund backed by the USDA and funded by the Farm Credit System, has made its second investment into a manufacturer and supplier of bulk herbs and botanical products from Missouri.

Aspada Investment Company has invested $3.2m into InI Farms, a vertically-integrated horticulture company. Kushal Agrawal, chief financial officer, discusses the sector's opportunities.

Colombian cocoa private equity fund Serfinco Agronegocios has held a first close on $10 million. The 20-year fund is targeting $30 million overall and hopes to close by the end of the year.

Pure Cycle has agreed to sell farmland to Arkansas River Farms, an affiliate of real estate developer C&A Companies and real estate PE firm Resource Land Holdings, for $53 million.

In support of World Water Day yesterday, asset managers, consultants and investors discuss the different ways to invest in water for agri.

The concept of sustainability in farmland management, Zambia's opportunity set and up-and-coming sub-sectors are just a few of the issues we're asking readers about.

US venture capital and PE firm Seven Funds' partner, Chris Cogan, tells Agri Investor about his plans to create a leading sustainable food company.