In the wake of fund dissatisfaction among pension funds, farmland asset managers want to be flexible with their investment offerings.
Large investors are increasingly interested in own-and-operate strategies, according to placement agents.
The fund has backed Beloorbayir Biotech and is now fundraising for Fund II, targeting $200m.
The insurer has committed $47.5m to Old Mutual African Agri Fund, a buy-and-leaseback fund that aims to improve farms and plantations and build social infrastructure for workers.
The California-based agritech firm has closed a $10 million round of Series A-1 funding.
The Canadian farmland fund manager has been approached by at least two institutional investors interested in buying the assets of two of its existing retail funds.
Impact investment lender Calvert Foundation plans to establish an agri-related sideline.
The firm aims to hold a ‘one-and-done’ $400m close by Q3 and deploy the Southeast Australian dairy farm fund within 18 months.
Agriculture and food technology could be a good hedge for farmland investors as VC firms hope to improve productivity, according to Omnivore Partner's Mark Kahn.
Hong Kong’s Orion Partners wants to add agriculture to its investment offerings by partnering with expert GPs and strategic investors.