Institutional Investors

More corporatization is occurring as the younger generation sells off family assets to investors who may be better placed to deal with the industry’s growing challenges.

Director of innovation Heather Thompson says a commitment to Cultivian’s Fund III opened the company’s eyes to the variety of agtech innovation and led to the launch of its VC unit.

The Queensland-based fund will seek to deploy more capital in its home state, building on existing investments including the QLD Regional Livestock Exchange.

Ecosystem Investment Partners is raising $650m for its latest environmental restoration strategy that targets wetlands, streams and endangered species habitats.

The chairman says forestry ‘could be the infrastructure of tomorrow’ and that Australia’s superfunds would do well to make their move sooner rather than later.

At PEI’s annual Women in Private Markets Summit in New York, LPs discussed the power dynamic with GPs and what they expect from managers they work with.

The investment was made into the firm’s tenth iteration of its secondaries timberland fund, which has a $1bn target and had raised $635m by January 2024.

Arkansas' ESG Oversight Committee has the power to force the state's Teacher Retirement System to divest from private investment funds managed by GPs deemed to be discriminating against companies on ESG grounds.

The firm has held a $100m first close on a strategy that promises to mobilize $5.6 for every dollar spent.

The GoFarm Responsible Agriculture Fund will invest in Australian land the firm identifies as being ripe for horticultural redevelopment.