Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Founders Fund’s commitment to Privateer Holdings should encourage other institutions to consider the industry, according to Ryan Brown, chief executive of GrowPros, an investment firm and consultancy.
The US timber and farmland markets are set for a busy year, with some saying 2015 will be the best window within the last five years for institutional investors to allocate to farmland. But will buyers or sellers prevail?
The venture capital round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and comes after Soylent raised $3m on a crowdfunding platform.
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Food Security Index showed an average improvement across the globe in 2014.
The US investment manager increased AUM by $100m in 2014 to $1.1bn and 116 properties, although new investor demand was muted.
The World Bank's political risk agency has guaranteed a $23.8 million loan from Agrivision Africa to one of its subsidiaries to acquire and improve a wheat and maize mill.
The real estate investment firm has sold some of its last remaining forestry holdings in North and South Carolina to Timberland Investment Resources.
The water management tech company SWIIM, is raising $3.5m on AgFunder to expand its reach across hundreds of Californian farms.
Agustin 'Gus' Araya, co-founder of Cordillera Investment Partners, describes what he looks for in an agri asset manager and the appeal of alpha strategies. Cordillera is a niche alternatives fund management company.
The Indonesian cashew processing company has raised $1 million to expand the business further. KKR donated to the social enterprises in 2013.