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The fundraise comes shortly after Helios Investment Partners and Development Partners International also successfully raised capital for Africa.
Private equity firms such as KKR and Abraaj Capital have made their first forays into Africa through food and agri companies. Here Matthew Goodburn, editor of Private Equity International, considers the continent's private equity potential.
Privateer Holdings has raised the round from a mix of family offices, high net worth individuals and institutional investors including PayPal's Peter Thiel.
The biotech developer and manufacturer of algae-based chemicals serving the animal health, human health and water treatment market, has closed a Series B funding round on $7 million.
The Canadian venture capital fund's exit involved a range of successful investments including AgraQuest, Chromatin and MCN BioProducts.
Michel Maupu brings experience in the food & agri, chemicals, equipment and consumer sectors.
The US pension fund has invested in three funds since August including US Farming Realty Trust III, Paine & Partners Fund IV and ACM Permanent Crops fund.
The $120m Indian private equity fund has invested in Sustainable Agro-commercial Finance, a rare agriculture-focused Non-Banking Financial Company, in its fourth investment so far.
Happy Birthday to us! Tuesday marked Agri Investor’s one-year anniversary. And what a year it has been.