Private Equity

ReThink Events’ Agri-Tech Innovation Summit demonstrated the mix of optimism and caution likely to define what most expect to be a difficult road ahead for agtech firms and startups seeking capital.

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.

After the bank signed an MOU to advise on Ukraine’s reconstruction, alternatives chief Anton Pil tells us the country wants to become an attractive destination for private capital.

A consortium led by AAM Investment Group is planning to submit a bid for Longreach Pastoral College in Queensland – investing directly to try and alleviate agriculture’s ongoing labor issues.

Rick Bodio’s hire is part of an effort to expand the historically farmland-focused firm’s small presence in agribusiness, aided by GSO Capital Partners co-founder Bennett Goodman.

Criterion Africa Partners managing director George McPherson says investors are mispricing the risks associated with Africa's potential for agricultural development.

The acquisition of Gundaline by a Chinese textiles firm is a sign that Chinese investors are looking Down Under again, with more ‘big deals’ possible in the next 18 months.

After two years, PRI signatories will again report on their responsible investment practices and receive scores of up to five stars. The new questionnaire is ‘more aligned’ to the TCFD and other bodies, but still focuses on practices and policies over outputs.

Chief executive Paul Young says partnership with asset manager Diffractive Managers Group will bring fresh sources of capital for timber and ag strategies.

Peoples Company’s annual Land Investment Expo saw attendees trying to predict the direction of US interest rates, geopolitics and the weather – but the centrality of government support only appears to be heading in one direction.