Fund Structure

The Kilter Agriculture Fund will invest in farmland water and is targeting A$65m in a first fundraise that will close later this month.

BTG Timberland Investment Group head Gerrity Lansing says increased appreciation of forestry’s sequestration potential, new entrants and shifting geopolitical sentiment are helping bring about an exciting time for timberland.

Dahab Associates chief investment officer Steven Roth says he expects the $139m pension to finalize a commitment of 5 percent of its total portfolio by the end of the calendar year.

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the venture capital downturn of 2022 have created innumerable opportunities across the agtech space.

The March Agri-Tech Innovation Summit suggested the most impactful near-term development in ag could focus as much on partnering for access to customers as on finding new breakthrough technologies.

Dahab Associates director of research Kevin Connolly says farmland allocations are becoming more common among his investment consultant peers, while he sees opportunities narrowing in the market.

Foodbytes was founded in 2015 as a pitch competition but the platform's alumni raised more $2.4bn in the last two years as it has evolved into a discovery space.

The ocean impact fund exceeded its €120m target and its structure means SWEN could forfeit 50% of its carried interest it if fails to hit certain impact KPIs.

February commitments to UBS and Homestead Capital added to the $155bn pension’s sizable portfolio of ag and farmland-focused investments.

Head of sustainable food private equity Rik Vyverman says recent years have seen LPs develop a greater understanding of the role they can play in meeting large societal challenges like climate change.