Matthieu Favas
The French agri-business stalwart has backed a Spanish coconut water business through a vehicle managed by MCH.
Since the start of the millennium, farmed fish has grown from a quarter to nearly half of all aquatic animals produced. One region accounts for most of the boom, our interactive chart shows.
France’s Céréa has added a director to its Dette team and two associates to its private equity unit just months after closing funds in its three strategies.
The US growth capital firm, which aims for net IRRs of about 30%, had led Blue River’s $17.5m Series B funding round in 2015.
With production soaring amid plateauing demand, ethanol prices are in for a global correction. Yet there are still investment opportunities left.
While area and yield increases continue to put pressure on prices, the fortunes of pulse farmers around the world are likely to depend on demand in the subcontinent, Rabobank says.
The Japanese trading house bought a further 49% of Master Fruits through its Dole subsidiary as it targets Europe’s €4.9bn frozen fruit and veg import market.
Record entitlement prices Down Under come after wild swings over the last decade, as our interactive chart indicates. We analyze whether investors should take heart in the recent recovery.
The agroforestry vehicle, which targets 10-12% net IRRs, has sealed its fifth deal two years after closing.
The A$120m deal by Archstone Investment, an agri investment firm owned by the Hui family, comes less than a year after the failed sale to another Chinese investor.