The deal for Sweet Harvest Foods follows through on the firm’s announced plans to use Natural American Foods as a platform for acquisitions.
Strong yields and soybean prices help support Midwest farmland markets widely expected to fall in the year ahead.
The de Rijcke family vehicle has invested in Countryside Dairy to support the company’s plans for expansion in the regional dairy sector.
Hygiena has agreed to acquire the assets of DuPont Diagnostics, the global science company’s food safety diagnostics business, for an undisclosed sum.
The fund, which targets food and agribusiness companies mainly in China, will close above its $400m target.
SJF typically invests between $3 and $10 million into expansion-stage companies.
The fund, which has started investing, is focused on “disruptive” projects that will address climate change, food shortage and agriculture's negative environmental impacts, Ohad Zuckerman, co-manager of the fund with Eyal Cohenv, told Agri Investor.
Strauss Group has announced that private equity giant TPG is mulling the sale of its 25.1 percent share in Strauss Coffee, stating that “the process of considering possibilities for selling the shares has begun”.
The funding brings the cumulative amount Ynsect has raised from private and public sources to $37m.
Altamont Capital Partners announced its acquisition of the manufacturer of frozen poultry products this week, at the same time as Lake Pacific Partners announced its exit.
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