New Forests Announces First Investment for TAFF2
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global investment manager of nature-based real asset and natural capital strategies New Forests announced that the first investment made through its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) is in a project to conserve and restore the Kuan Kreng Landscape (KKL) in Thailand - the country’s second
Read moreLester Asset Management Launches Canada’s First Biodiversity Fund
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Biodiversity is the interconnected network that supports life as we know it. It is ideally designed, with each animal species, plant, insect, natural resource, and climatic phenomenon playing a distinct role in the majestic and graceful machine that is Earth. Being born into it for
Read moreGresham House Launches $380M Biodiversity Fund Anchored by Willis Towers Watson
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Gresham House has launched the Gresham House Biodiversity Co-Invest LP (GHBC), a new sector specialist strategy to accelerate the deployment of nature-based solutions to mitigate biodiversity loss while gaining strong financial returns. Anchoring the strategy, which has a funding go
Read moreSource Agriculture Raising $75M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media U.S. farmland investment company Source Agriculture (Source Ag.) is currently raising up to $75 million to fund its goal of bringing to bear its vision and new approach to farmland investing. The process started in November 2023, when the company engaged counsel and began its filing of a
Read moreTemasek, Norinchukin Bank Back Seviora Holdings’ T3F Strategy
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Let’s dig into this one. Temasek has partnered with Singapore-based investment manager Seviora Capital, part of Seviora Group, an independent asset management group with $52 billion in AUM, that itself is wholly owned by Temasek. Through this partnership they will jointly invest i
Read moreRest Super Makes its First Alternative Impact Investment in Cibus Fund II
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Rest Super (Rest), one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds with 1.9 million members and more than A$80 billion (US$52.3 billion) in global AUM, has made its first alternative asset class impact investment in Cibus Fund II. Advised by London-based Cibus Cap
Read moreFuture Food Fund II Announces Final Close at €40M
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media More food tech news out of Europe. Dutch agrifood tech impact investor Future Food Fund II (FFF II) announced its final close at €40 million (US$43.11 million) with the support of aligned entrepreneurs and other high-profile backers such as the European Investment Fund (EIF) - which commit
Read moreSouthview Timberland Investments Opens to Investors
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media With the goal of increasing accessibility to the sustainable timberland asset class, Atlanta-based Southview Timberland Investments announced it is accepting investors for the first time since its launch, opening to a broader pool of accredited investors, family offices, and select instituti
Read moreTall Grass Fund I Adds Farm Credit Canada as a Key Investor
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Tall Grass Ventures, a Canadian investment firm with a focus on early-stage agri-food tech startups, announced it has welcomed Farm Credit Canada (FCC) as one of the largest investors in its inaugural fund - Tall Grass Fund I. “Tall Grass is excited to have the support of FCC as w
Read moreBregal Investments Launches Bregal Sphere Nature Strategy With Ag Focus
By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media Global private equity investment firm Bregal Investments announced its first venture into impact investing with the launch of Bregal Sphere Nature Strategy, a dedicated natural capital platform with a focus on agricultural supply chains. Headquartered in London and New York, Bregal
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