Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Rural Funds Group, Australia's first listed agri REIT, has been trading well since listing but the price needs to rise further before it can raise new capital, according to David Bryant.
The real assets fund platform has hired Atish Babu, who previously founded and worked at Omnivore Capital, to launch a new agri investment offering.
Liquid Investments is fundraising for a $250m Brazilian coconut and neem fund, Anthony Archer tells Agri Investor.
The agencies hope that providing such insurance facilities will encourage private equity investment into emerging agriculture markets such as Africa.
Agribusiness-focused consultancy and banking services may be limited – but they will only grow from here.
The soft commodities producer met investors in Europe two weeks ago and will start formal fundraising later this year.
The technology venture capital fund has raised $125m for Fund III as it narrows its focus on technology applications, away from infrastructure and analytics.
Proteus Environmental Technologies and Grower’s Secret now own a controlling stake in the firm after injecting $20 million to help fund its expansion plan.
The Agriculture Fast Track Fund has invested nearly $2m into four agribusinesses in the two countries across the sugar, poultry, horticulture and milk sectors.
Strong demand and less leverage means there is no bubble in North American farmland values, according to John Goodreds, senior director, natural resources.