Craigmore Sustainables Inches Closer to NZ$200 Million Forestry Fund Target
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Craigmore Sustainables, a New Zealand-domiciled farmland, orchard and forestry manager, has reached a major milestone in its fundraising efforts. Craigmore’s...
View ArticleMizuho Bank Invests $20M Into Pollination Global to Hasten Decarbonization in...
Tokyo-based Mizuho Bank has struck a strategic partnership Down Under. The Japanese bank has announced a $20 million investment into Pollination Global Holdings, a specialist climate change advisory...
View ArticleQ&A: Canada’s Area One Farms Reaches First Close on Flagship Fund With C$127M...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Toronto, Ontario-based Area One Farms has achieved a major milestone. The Canadian ag manager has amassed C$127 million (US$91.6 million) to mark the first...
View ArticleLondon’s Aviva Investors Introduces Carbon Removal Fund Amid Nature Tech...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With the UN Climate Change Conference, aka COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan days away, investors have their sights set on climate plans. Right on cue, U.K. asset...
View ArticlePymwymic’s Food Impact Sequel Fund Surpasses Target With €71.5M in Investor...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Dutch cooperative Pymwymic, one of Europe’s oldest impact investors, is advancing its mission to transform the food system by backing ‘daredevil’ founders,...
View ArticleGAI Heads Across the Pond to Explore Natural Capital, Food Systems, Farmland...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media While 2024 might be winding down, GAI Europe is just gearing up. Unfolding at the height of the holiday season, from Dec. 2-3, this year’s event will be held...
View ArticleCeres Partners Taps Natural Resources Pair for Private Equity Strategy
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Food and ag asset manager Ceres Partners has tapped a pair of seasoned agriculture and natural resources investors to oversee the firm’s private equity...
View ArticleAgIS Capital Leads Deep Dive on Permanent Crop Sector in Latest State of the...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media AgIS Capital, which acquires and manages high-quality, investment-grade farmland assets, has published its second annual State of the Harvest report. The...
View ArticleGerman Agtech Startup Klim Secures $22M in Series A Round to Advance...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Berlin-based agri-tech startup Klim has secured $22 million in what the company has declared Germany’s biggest Series A financing for startups in this...
View ArticleUS Impact Investor Acumen Catalyzes $1.5B in Climate Finance for Smallholder...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media U.S. non-profit impact investor Acumen has earmarked $300 million for climate finance over the next half decade to support ag founders, entrepreneurs and...
View ArticleAustralia’s New Forests Scoops Up Timber Acreage in Southern US Expansion Push
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media New Forests, an Australian-based investment manager of real assets and natural capital strategies, is making a U.S. expansion push. As its maiden investment...
View ArticleQ&A: Year-ahead Weather Intelligence Key to Navigating Unpredictable Current...
By Michelle Pelletier Marshall, Women in Agribusiness Media. Reprinted from our sister publication, Women in Agribusiness Today. While we may debate the causes of the recent rash of unpredictable...
View ArticleQ&A: Multi-Generational Rancher Talks Land Stewardship Ahead of GAI NY
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With 2025 barreling around the corner, the ag industry is preparing to continue the discussion on several key themes that are shaping the future of the...
View ArticleM&A: FarmQA Acquires Farm Dog From Canadian Soil Play to Drive Agtech Adoption
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media With a new CEO pursuing growth, Fargo, North Dakota-based FarmQA has made a strategic acquisition. FarmQA, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription...
View ArticleThe ‘Tesla of Ag’ Vertical Farming Startup Secures $150M in Extended Series B...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Oishii, a U.S.-based indoor farming technology startup that specializes in high-end strawberries, has reportedly secured $150 million in a Series B...
View ArticleEuropean Agri-Tech Company Elicit Plant Secures $48M in Series B to Bankroll...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media France-based agri-biotech company Elicit Plant has secured a stunning $48 million in a Series B fundraising round, inching closer to greater U.S. market...
View ArticleBTG Pactual’s Timberland Group Secures $500M for Latin American Reforestation...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media The timber investment management arm of BTG Pactual has reached a key milestone toward its goal of restoring degraded land and promoting sustainable forestry...
View ArticleEurope’s BNP Paribas Reaches First Close on Newly Launched Forestry Fund With...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media European bank BNP Paribas has entered the forestry fray. BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has introduced the BNP Paribas Future Forest Fund in response...
View ArticleQ&A: Canada’s Cascadia Seaweed Raises C$4M in Series A for West Coast...
By Gerelyn Terzo, Global AgInvesting Media Cascadia Seaweed, a British Columbia-based processor of seaweed-derived ag products, has raised C$4 million (US$2.8 million), marking the first close of a...
View ArticleGoing Long on Permanent Crops – Long-term Demand Fundamentals of Almonds &...
By Weiyi Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Director, Agricultural Economics, Manulife Investment Management Within global agricultural markets, tree nuts have emerged as highly popular consumer commodities in...
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