Private Equity

A lively LP panel at the Agri Investor Forum in Chicago last week presented some useful pointers for managers on fees, pitches and more.

The agri fund management and advisory community should move on from describing the market’s macro appeal to sharing practical and educational investment advice with institutional investors, and vice versa.

The timber investment firm has acquired pine plantation assets in Virginia for an institutional investor.

AgIS Capital has invested in California Olive Ranch on behalf of a private institutional investor.

The food and agri PE company led a Series B round for Door to Door Organics, a Colorado-based organic produce delivery company.

The conversation impact investing market over the last five years has been worth $23bn and the report suggests this figure will more than triple over the next five.

Speakers on the structuring panel at Agri Investor’s Forum in Chicago last week said that the market is still experimenting with finding the right structures to fit the right proposition.

Social enterprises in India are in need of capital from the private sector. And the opportunities are appealing, according to Audrey Selian, director of Artha Initiative.

The agribusiness-focused private equity firm has hired a new operating director.

National politics and the risks they entail can create havoc for agriculture investment managers.