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Blue Road typically makes investments worth $75m or more to secure its favored controlling or influential minority positions.
LeapFrog Investments climate investing team co-head Nakul Zaveri says cross country collaboration in agriculture holds potential for state level leaps forward in innovation.
Despite the segment’s leading contribution, it experienced a near 10% decline on H1 2022 figures while NBS removals credits account for less than one third of its total.
Urgency surrounding climate change is catalyzing efforts to create new forms of public-private partnership in agriculture that appear set to be developed outside the US.
Head of sustainable food private equity Rik Vyverman says Indonesia is a promising market that shows investors often underappreciate opportunities available in countries labelled as ‘emerging.’
The firm took commitments from LPs including Louis Dreyfus Company Ventures and Yara Growth Ventures.
Move comes ahead of potential intervention by regulatory agencies.
The pair began working together in 2020 when Proterra Asia was raising Food Fund III and wanted support tapping European capital.
With timber imports resuming and discussions over barley tariffs showing promise, there is hope that broader trade barriers will be lifted and that capital inflows can resume.
Cordiant Capital managing director Cédric Garnier-Landurie said ‘even the really good names’ have experienced a squeeze on their revolving credit facilities.