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The ranch fund management firm is targeting $50m and has received its first commitment, from repeat investor T. Boone Pickens.
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The $10bn Russian Direct Investment Fund is exploring opportunities for co-investment across the country’s agribusiness value chain.
The timberland asset management firm is aiming to close its Eco Products Fund for the first time during the third quarter of this year.
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Wildlife Works Carbon is raising $15m in its second round of financing for a Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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An initiative has been launched by the US government to invest into regional conservation projects alongside private investors.
Ron Meeusen
Investment interest in agriculture technology is growing but whether it translates into actual commitments is still an open question, says Ron Meeusen, managing partner at Cultivian Sandbox Ventures.
The firm's Agricultural Funds Management team reportedly extracted confidential information by posing as a family office in an email to a competitor, according to The Australian Financial Review.
Soybean harvest
The African agriculture asset management firm is currently fundraising for integrated farming projects in Ghana, Senegal and Nigeria, looking to invest into soybean and other farms.
The Danish government will invest Kr40m into the new agriculture private equity fund and hopes to attract a further Kr800m from local pension funds and other private investors.
John Baker
John Baker, chief executive of First Agriculture Holdings, tells Agri Investor why he has decided to go down the agri REIT route.
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