Emerging carbon forestry markets are triggering potential opportunities to grow the use of CEA in seedling nurseries.
Forestation: A Greenhouse Opportunity?
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The Inflation Reduction Act: Equilibrium Implications
The most significant commitment to clean energy and carbon sequestration in US history has significant implications for Equilibrium’s portfolio strategies.
An Overview of Western Water Risk to Agriculture
Equilibrium’s Controlled Environment Food and Carbon Transition Infrastructure strategies are inextricably linked to water risks and opportunities.
Equilibrium teams with European firm for CEA R&D in Singapore
Chairman Dave Chen says the pair will address technological challenges stemming from heat and humidity that could help clear the path for controlled environment agriculture’s growth throughout broader Southeast Asia.
WE INTERVIEWED EQUILIBRIUM’S CEO ABOUT THEIR NEW $1 BILLION CEA FUND. HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
If it was up to you, which would you choose? Both offer a year-round supply of fresh, pesticide-free, locally-grown produce. So, how would you choose between the two?
With the constant hype and appeal of growing vertically, most CEA newcomers tend to choose vertical farms, often thinking of greenhouses as the less innovative method.
Equilibrium closes industry’s largest Controlled Environment Agriculture fund at $1.022 billion
“There have been boom periods in controlled agriculture, in high tech greenhouses. But even the Dutch industry now realizes something different is happening right now,” says David Chen, CEO with Equilibrium. Today, the company closes the industry’s largest Environment Agriculture fund at $1.022 billion.
Amid record heat, Equilibrium Capital raises $1 billion for second greenhouse fund
The heat wave made the case more starkly than could any investment pitch deck.
In their offices in Portland, the team at Equilibrium Capital was putting the finishing touches on the real assets manager’s second greenhouse agriculture fund just as the temperature in the Oregon city hit a record-shattering 116 degrees. The Controlled Environment Foods Fund II is itself a record-breaker as Equilibrium’s first billion-dollar fund.
Five Things for Wednesday, including a $1B fund and America’s top pizza city
It’s a lot of green to grow a lot of greens — and other fruits and vegetables. Portland-based Equilibrium Capital has raised more than $1 billion to invest in a new generation of greenhouse-based agriculture, which advocates say better addresses climate change and other environmental problems tied up with traditional farming.
How to Select the Right Equity Partner for Your Greenhouse Business
It is difficult not to take note of the amount of investment capital flowing into private greenhouse vegetable and vertical farming operations these days. Why is this a trendy investment area, and what opportunities do investors see in these markets?
Equilibrium backs Revol Greens’ plans for $110m Texas greenhouse
Equilibrium plans to invest more than $110 million to back its portfolio company Revol Greens, as it expands into Texas through a four-phase construction of what it says will be the world’s largest indoor lettuce facility.