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.
WP Global Partners will manage agribusiness investments for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead pension. The fund wants to play the sector through co-investments, venture capital and private equity funds.
The private markets group is finalising a fourth hire to its real assets team as it emphasises the importance of the asset class.
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.
The UK-based DFI is keen to invest into African and South Asian food processing businesses as it develops its direct investment platform.
Hong Kong’s Orion Partners wants to add agriculture to its investment offerings by partnering with expert GPs and strategic investors.
Under its new name AgCAP, the firm has hired a new management team to take the asset management business in a different direction.
The JV between the Russian and UK firms has started talking to institutional investors and is raising capital for Eastern European Union investments.