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AGTECH
Pymwymic collects €71.5m for second fund focused on healthy food systems
Investors include AGCO, ASR, Invest International, Invest-NL, Klaverblad Verzekeringen, Oost NL and Van Lanschot Kempen.
Macdoch Ventures seeks to plug ‘big gap’ in agtech funding
The venture arm of Prue Murdoch and Alasdair MacLeod’s agri-food focused investment group Macdoch is eyeing later-stage fund investments.
Agri-Food and Forestry 20 set the industry’s pace
The AFF20 reveals firms had to have raised at least $845m between 2019-23 to be among the top 20 capital raisers in food, forestry and natural capital.
BUY-AND-LEASE DEEP DIVE
Inside Ceres Partners’ 17-year-old open-end farmland fund
In the first installment in our deep dive into buy-and-lease farmland strategies, we take a close look at one of the oldest open-end farmland funds in the market.
Farmland buy-and-lease meets infrastructure
In the second installment of our Deep Dive into buy-and-lease farmland strategies, we speak to five GPs who have expanded their real asset plays to incorporate agricultural infrastructure.
Farmland buy-and-lease with a twist
In the final instalment of our buy-and-lease Deep Dive, we speak to ASR Real Estate, International Farming Corporation and SLM Partners about their distinct approaches to the strategy.
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Nuveen on why expanding the timberland market brings new opportunities
The increasing demand for wood products drives investor interest toward the timberland investable universe, writes Nuveen’s head of research and strategy Gwen Busby.
Manulife Investment Management on the fundamentals of sustainable forestry investing
Sustainable timberland investments offer investors traditional portfolio diversification benefits alongside new opportunities for positive impacts, say Manulife’s Thomas Sarno, David Fortin and Mary Ellen Aronow.
Manulife: Optimizing outputs in regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is attracting rising investor interest as a way to meet present needs without compromising future productivity, explain Manulife Investment Management’s Brent McGowan, Oliver Williams and Julie Koeninger.
QIC: Rolling out the PE model for natural capital
Skills learned in other parts of the private equity universe can now be applied to the sustainable agriculture sector, says Andrew Champion, head of natural capital at QIC.
Roc Partners: The next wave of carbon investing
LPs are increasingly expecting their sustainable agriculture plays – including carbon sequestration – to generate attractive returns, say Roc Partners’ Brad Mytton, Frank Barillaro and Sam Bayes.
