Louisa Burwood-Taylor
MycoTechnology is raising $5m to $10m to develop its technology platform aimed at enhancing food flavours naturally and improving nutritional value. Major food companies are also considering making bids to acquire the company outright.
The FAO’s director-general has met with Dilma Rousseff, the new president of Brazil, and the new government.
Aqua Capital, the Brazilian agribusiness private equity firm, has created the largest cold storage group in Brazil by merging portfolio company Comfrio Soluções Logísticas with Stock Tech Logística.
Investment managers and consultants share their experiences of 2014 and plans for 2015.
In the wake of a wave of direct investments in the sector, a September editor's letter focused on the opportunity for ambidextrous firms to offer a range of services aside from raising and investing third party funds.
In June Agri Investor attended Equilibrium Capital's annual forum in California and heard a variety of speakers including TIAA-CREF's John Goodreds who spoke about misplaced fears of a land price bubble in the US. Read his comments below.
In May we spoke to John Baker, chief executive of First Agriculture Holdings and previous Asia head of food and agri research at Rabobank about the opportunity for real estate investment trusts. It was the second most-read story of the year as managers and investors alike considered how to structure agri investments and find liquidity in a traditionally illiquid sector.
Mote Marine Laboratory, a non-profit research centre and aquarium, sold its sturgeon and caviar production operation to VC firm Southeast Venture Holdings last month. Here, Hayley Rutger, manager at Mote, talks about the commercial and investment potential in the sector.
In July we spoke to Marcus Elgin, executive chairman of AAG Investment Management, the Australian agribusiness consultancy and asset management firm. Elgin talked to us about the a disconnect between fund managers' return projections and what can actually be achieved in agri investment.
In the wake of EU approval of the Juncker Investment Plan last week, Copa-Cogeca has written to the EU Commission president calling for the infrastructure scheme to include investment into the agri sector.