Private Equity

The new funding will help boost the company’s Canadian operations with equipment upgrades allowing for year-round production and support the construction of new facilities in Ohio.

Panelists at the IntraFish Seafood Investor Forum in New York compared notes on investors’ expectations as aquaculture expands from salmon into other species including yellowtail, shrimp and red drum.

The US mid-market consumer investor has sold the Canadian coffee roasting company to Italian roasters Lavazza.

A discussion at the IntraFish Seafood Investor Forum in New York highlighted the need for specialized managers amid a surge of investor interest in the sector.

The investment marks Spice’s first since revising its investment strategy in July 2016 to focus on direct investments.

The South Dakota-based private equity firm is targeting Midwest rowcrop farmland investments on behalf of high-net-worth individuals and family offices.

The investment in second vehicle from Agricultural Capital Management marks the first agricultural investment for the $15.6bn pension.

Nearly the entire $28.4 million in loans the impact investment firm approved in March went to support companies operating in the agribusiness and food-related sectors in emerging markets.

The private equity aggregate net asset value continues to expand, fueled largely by increasing dollars coming from US individuals, sister publication Private Equity International reported.

The fund will seek investments in sustainable food processing and production companies, and agritech businesses across Europe and Australasia.