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‘There isn’t resistance out of principle’ from Australian superfunds to investing in agriculture, but barriers remain, says CEFC’s Heechung Sung.
The close represents the first stage of a planned initial fundraise of A$65m, which will be used to acquire a mixed farming aggregation and water entitlements in NSW’s Southern Riverina.
CEFC and CDPQ will establish Wilga Farming, an open-end platform with A$200m of capital to be managed by Gunn Agri Partners, as well as taking a stake in the asset manager itself.
Herd of cows, cattle sunset
The bank will make a commitment of A$10m to New Harvest’s Indigenous Impact Investment Fund, attracted by its potential to support sustainable Indigenous Australian business growth.
Plant-based burger, alternative protein
The venture capital investor raised its debut $50m vehicle during the pandemic and hit its fundraising target in May 2021.
Farm, Australia, Cotton Combine
Macquarie Asset Management has A$38.4bn of equity dry powder to deploy across all asset classes after another strong year of fundraising.
The evergreen fund has taken commitments from European institutional LPs and a collection of private investors.
Dutch insurer ASR has committed €10m to the Article 9 fund, which links 100% of its carried interest to the achievement of impact goals.
The Iowa-based firm specializes in providing growth equity capital and succession planning liquidity.
Agtech, indoor ag, vertical farming, biotech
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the venture capital downturn of 2022 have created innumerable opportunities across the agtech space.
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