Private Equity

Investment of $3m from the €84m Moringa fund will help Asante Capital’s efforts to develop plywood, essential oils and food products industries in the east African nation.

Investors looking to integrate impact principles into their portfolios without foregoing performance ought to consider timber funds.

The purchase of a stake in Cutler, California-based Wawona Packing Company marks the sixth investment from the $893m Fund IV.

The $50m investment marks the debut agri investment and second investment overall from The Rise Find, TPG Growth’s $2bn global impact fund.

Hal Berger, principal with Marina, told Agri Investor that the company's primary mandate will be to act as 'an accelerator for companies in need of growth capital and operating experience to take their companies to the next level.'

The $300m fund of funds will target returns of about 20% through investments with mid-market private equity funds in frontier and emerging markets, potentially including agriculture-focused funds.

The Australian Agricultural Company has appointed Shehan Dissanayake executive director, “a first step in strengthening the company’s executive ranks” as AACo looks to expand into more export markets.

CIO Roland Lescure said the challenge in doing so has been finding ways to measure the actual environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts of the companies his firm invests in.

The firm's Head of real assets Paul Jayasingha tells Agri Investor that while the firm has yet to find any agricultural funds that meet the Secure Income Fund’s investment criteria, he hopes to in the future.

Mainland’s founding shareholders will retain a significant shareholding in the business and senior management will remain in their present positions.