Daniel Kemp
Aqua-Spark and BASF invested in Sea6’s Series B, giving Tata Capital Innovations Fund a partial exit.
Roc Partners’ fund close shows that agriculture’s defensive characteristics are appealing to investors with inflation here and uncertainty on the horizon.
The Premium Food Fund has made five investments to date and is 40% committed, with another two or three deals over the next two years set to take it to full deployment.
‘Project Blossom’ has been put up for sale by a WA-based family office investor and comes with significant development potential.
The acquisition of Tassal by Cooke Inc means Australia’s two largest salmon producers are now in private hands, following JBS’s purchase of Huon Aquaculture in 2021.
Evidence that investors are ‘playing the long game’ when it comes to water entitlements, says Aither’s Erin Smith.
A rise in entitlement prices despite an abundance of water during a wet cycle was unexpected – but proves investors and owners of water are taking the long view.
The firm’s two flagship open-end vehicles returned 17.47% and 22.28% last year, buoyed by demand from permanent horticulture in Australia – despite wetter-than-average climatic conditions.
To launch its first unlisted diversified fund, Duxton Capital, which has more than A$900m of AUM in agriculture, will build on a seed investment from an Australian institution.
Strong commodity prices and relatively cheap water make it a ‘good time’ to be an irrigated producer in Australia, goFARM’s Liam Lenaghan says.