Seviora Capital’s T3F strategy has raised $173m to date for a 10-year closed-end fund focused on early-stage investments in agri-food companies across APAC.
The firm has been working with Environment Bank for two years to develop its strategy in anticipation of biodiversity net-gain credits coming into effect.
Mandalay Venture Partners hopes a commitment from Queensland Investment Corporation will help to attract more investors ahead of a final close.
Manulife Investment Management’s agreement with the Indonesia Investment Authority will focus on real estate investments initially, to support the country’s logistics sector.
Agri-food and forestry funds rallied in H2 as significant closes at Paine Schwartz, Proterra and Brynwood Partners propelled capital raising.
The firm’s Fund II received a €20m commitment from the European Investment Fund.
Annual fundraising for 2023 has slotted into the 8.2bn five-year average as 2022 emerges as the market’s major slump-year since 2018.
Climate resilience technologies will play a bigger role in the CEFC-backed venture capital firm’s second fund.
The firm expanded its partnership with iCapital last year to include access to farmland investments through its open-end Global Farmland Fund.
The firm raised $945m across its secondaries and carbon strategies in 2023.