Food Processing

Fanisi is a $50 million venture capital fund making direct investments in high growth businesses, set up by Amani Capital and the Norwegian development fund.

Arlon Group acquired The Coastal Companies, a distributor and processor of fresh produce and dairy products in the mid-Atlantic region of the US with its $335m North America fund.

Consumer-focused private equity firm sells minority interest in organic meat company.

The South African food and agribusiness private equity fund is targeting $175m overall and expects some repeat investors from its first $100m fund.

Sohan Lal Commodity Management is looking to raise fresh capital from investors to fund expansion into new countries and growth of its NBFC.

Private equity firms such as KKR and Abraaj Capital have made their first forays into Africa through food and agri companies. Here Matthew Goodburn, editor of Private Equity International, considers the continent's private equity potential.

Armarium is raising the capital to launch fruit and nut nurseries, an agroprocessing park and to start producing fast-growing food crops.

The private equity group has bought a majority stake in Palacios Alimentacion from venture capital firms ProA Capital and Talde, and private markets giant Partners Group.

The firm is understood to have spent A$250m on the acquisition from global food giant Kerry Group.

The food and agribusiness private equity fund has bought a significant stake in Grano Alimentos.