Food

The fund has already invested in French food and agricultural hygiene subsidiary Hypred.

The Chilean firm is launching its second agri-food fund and its first is 60 percent invested.

The investment is part of ADM's strategy to improve efficiency for another portfolio company, Yeeda Pastoral.

The Paine & Partners investment in UK dairy Meadow Foods appears to be the first from a US private equity firm since Britain's Brexit vote.

Philip Cummins has said the case for international institutions to invest in agri is 'very compelling' and highlighted some reasons Australian investors won't take the plunge.

Golub Capital has provided a $66.5m facility to CenterOak Partners to finance its acquisition of Wetzel’s Pretzels.

The deal marks the Sydney-based private equity firm’s fourth investment from the A$180m Allegro Fund II, which is about 40 percent deployed.

The agribusiness and food-focused firm, which has invested 20 percent of its $893m Fund IV, has appointed former Potash chairman as strategic advisor.

Agriculture, food and retail will be top priorities for the Sino-Russian vehicle, which will also target mining and infrastructure investments.

The fund, which has raised NZ$32m to date, will target agtech, agribusiness and food, but not farmland, according to Oriens Capital chief executive James Beale.