Private Equity

The public-private fund will see Duet open an office in Nigeria, as it provides credit and equity for six food and beverage companies.

The $14.2bn fund is investing in a pellet-producer with a guaranteed supply chain from Weyerhauser to sell to power plants in the UK.

The appointment follows an annual report revealing the UK DFI made the highest level of investment in its history last year.

The fund has led the largest-ever agtech private equity investment, into a company that produces inputs to improve crop resistance.

The US-based firm continues to see opportunity in Asia’s rising middle class and its growing demand for safer, healthier food, co-founder Henry Kravis said.

The farmland investment firm is raising a second fund, after closing its first on $173m last year.

Institutional investors are increasingly looking to co-investment options as a means of actively managing returns from real assets, experts tell Agri Investor.

The private equity firm plans to continue Camil Alimentos' acquisition growth trajectory in Latin America.

The RBIC has invested $3.7 million in organic quinoa-based baby food and toddler snacks company NurturMe.

The firm has doubled the acreage across its farmland investments having recently acquired six properties for €5.2m.