Food

The private equity firm has bought Spearhead, a vertically-integrated producer with land in Eastern Europe and the UK.

Racova Group, one of Romania's largest agribusinesses, operates over 46,000 hectares of farmland in the country.

The Trussbridge-led consortium has bought a majority stake in gluten-free producer La Maison Cannelle.

A UK-based agtech business plan competition, GROW, has awarded first place to Agritopics, a project positioning white pea flour as a high-value ingredient for gluten-free products. Judges included the Grosvenor family office's early stage arm Wheatsheaf Group and angel investment company Martlet.

Greensoil Investments is raising a third fund to invest in food and agriculture technology companies in Israel and the Netherlands.

Donald Marvin shares his views on the biotech for agri industry, the challenges the company faces and its expansion plans.

Stevia First Crop, a California-based agricultural biotechnology firm that focuses on the industrial scale production of stevia, raised the capital to expand research and development.

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

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.

The Dutch banking group has hired Donald Meltzer as vice chairman and head of mergers and acquisitions of its North America wholesale banking division, based in New York.