Field Notes

Proterra Investment Partners eyes equity investments in ‘booming rural America’; Olam and LDC’s tussle for Namoi Cotton gets mired in red tape; BTG sells 8 million carbon credits to Microsoft in 19-year supply deal; and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

LandFund Partners takes $25m for a side car vehicle aligned to its open-end Soil Enrichment Fund; Nuveen appoints William Huffman as new CEO; Proterra raises $34m for its new $200m Rural Growth Fund; VC firm Collaborative Fund closes $125m Fund VI; and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

Australian farmland delivered a second consecutive negative quarterly return, according to ANREV; Pollination launches a A$150m climate and nature impact venture fund; Gresham House receives a £50m commitment to take Forest Fund VI to £150m; and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

Regal Partners to acquire Merricks Capital in $235 million deal; Mirova, Temasek and TPG back 100,000ha South African restoration project; EIP hits $235 million first close; VC firm ZCC takes £20 million for Fund II; deals round-up, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

Stafford Capital Partners’ Brett Himbury expects superfunds to eventually back forestry; EEP closes $546m Fund II; SLM Partners captures three times more carbon than it emits; Bfinance says natural capital GPs are in demand; Forward Consumer Partners closes its second deal from $425m fund, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

Tenacious-backed Vow eyes high-value cultured meat niche and Stafford Capital Partners’ timber fund nears its $1 billion target. Meanwhile, PeakBridge and Edmond de Rothschild agtech fund hits $187 million final close; Louis Dreyfus Company’s bid to acquire Namoi Cotton raises competition red flags, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

Growth in Australian farmland values slowed in 2023 to 6.4 percent; goFarm to launch new fund with A$350 million ($232 million; €215 million) target; UBS wants governments in driver’s seat for Green Revolution 2.0; UK asset owners all-in on natural capital; and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

‘Impact-linked carry doesn’t work,’ says Zebra Impact managing partner; Manulife has reached a $334m second close on its Forest Climate Fund; HeavyFinance eyes Ukraine carbon credits; LDC and Olam battle for Namoi Cotton, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

BTG closes LatAm timberland Fund II on $1.24bn; ADQ is moving fast to establish a year-round multi-crop platform at Unifrutti; the $8.2 billion Bunge-Viterra merger runs into trouble in Canada; Bluefront Equity launches Fund II with $50 million already banked and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.

Astarte has closed its debut impact forestry fund on $325 million, Forward Consumer Partners chooses Firehook Bakery for the first deal from its $425 million fund, BlueOrchard and Acre Impact Capital hit fundraising milestones, IIED believes DFN swaps can unlock $100 million in climate finance, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.