Sustainability

As the market begins to cool slightly, producers are increasingly trying to make themselves investor-ready – which presents an opportunity for buyers, too, say PwC's Kosta Kangelaris and Jaclyn Hope.

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the venture capital downturn of 2022 have created innumerable opportunities across the agtech space.

BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group wins the award for Global Fund Manager of the Year as PSP Investments retains its crown for the Institutional Investor of the Year.

Co-founders Ellie Rubenstein and Ross Iverson discuss the added value role the firm plays for LPs and why they receive queries about their portfolio companies as soon as they close a deal.

The asset manager has also made investments into British greenhouses and a land-based aquaculture system in Norway, as it builds out its food infrastructure assets.

The ocean impact fund exceeded its €120m target and its structure means SWEN could forfeit 50% of its carried interest it if fails to hit certain impact KPIs.

As some individual farmers hold back on committing to decades long land use agreements, private capital portfolios can play a role in looking long-term to help the sector decarbonize.

New Forests has become one of the world’s largest timberland asset managers in less than 20 years under founder David Brand, who discusses the development of forestry, agri and the firm’s future alongside new CEO Mark Rogers.

The carbon project developer's Paniri Agricultural Co ‘will be seeking further investment to grow its AUM’, a spokeswoman for the company told Agri Investor.