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The human health specialist has established a quartet of food value chain companies focused on improving the sector’s sustainability and now wants to move upstream.

Centuria has acquired Katunga Fresh’s glasshouse in Victoria through the unlisted Centuria Agriculture Fund.

Seviora Capital’s T3F strategy has raised $173m to date for a 10-year closed-end fund focused on early-stage investments in agri-food companies across APAC.

Real estate fund manager Centuria expects its open-end agriculture fund to become a A$1bn investment vehicle.

Storm van Zyl says she is joining the controlled environment farming system provider at a time when growers and governments in hot climate countries are beginning to recognize the company’s competitive advantages.

From reducing pesticides to increasing renewable energy usage, Cibus Capital has implemented an array of ESG improvement measures since it acquired The Summer Berry Company in 2019.

Partner Christina Ulardic says many of the firm’s existing investors returned to back the firm’s second flagship vehicle.

Blue Road typically makes investments worth $75m or more to secure its favored controlling or influential minority positions.

The asset manager has also made investments into British greenhouses and a land-based aquaculture system in Norway, as it builds out its food infrastructure assets.

We hear from AppHarvest, Plenty, Astanor Ventures and an ETH Zurich researcher about how the industry is measuring up against its goal of sustainably contributing to feeding a growing global population.