Agri Investor’s recent networking event drew a varied crowd that discussed the attraction of forestry assets to UK investors, big agtech players and marketing regulations. Debates about African agriculture returned.
The trade body EuropaBio – as well as corporates such as Monsanto – has warned that proposed GMO rules could hamper investment.
The Peru-based energy company is looking for private capital to shore up its bio-fuel business.
The lending institution could leverage investment from the private sector into Angola’s agriculture industry alongside its own commitment.
Fund managers have said they are receiving an increasing number of enquiries about the sector from institutional investors.
Upfront Ventures led the seed round of funding for plant-growing technology start-up Grove Labs, alongside three other VC firms and an individual angel investor.
The firm will list on the Nasdaq exchange after raising IPO capital to acquire the vineyard business of the Taggares family, according to an SEC filing.
The firm's asset management business is offering segregated mandates to institutional investors wanting to invest into Australian and New Zealand farmland.
The Timberland Investment Management Organisation is buying 50,000 acres from Plum Creek, acquiring it for a separate account investor.
The US private equity firm has invested $200m into Ethiopia's Afriflora, an Ethiopian-based grower and distributor of sustainably grown roses.