Wisbusiness.com, 09.25.08
The first private equity fund to focus exclusively on agricultural and clean technologies in Wisconsin has been launched.
“The AgTech Fund is poised to be one of the nation’s largest private equity funds focusing exclusively on agricultural technologies,” said Jason Smith, president of Peak Ridge Capital, a global alternative asset firm with a Midwest office in
Madison.
The AgTech Fund will direct its focus toward early and growth stage companies with scalable products or services in the agriculture industry. “The fund will focus on investing in companies that provide better, faster and more efficient methods of agricultural production that will make future agricultural companies and producers more competitive globally,” said Smith.
The first private equity fund to focus exclusively on agricultural and clean technologies in Wisconsin has been launched.
“The AgTech Fund is poised to be one of the nation’s largest private equity funds focusing exclusively on agricultural technologies,” said Jason Smith, president of Peak Ridge Capital, a global alternative asset firm with a Midwest office in
Madison.
The AgTech Fund will direct its focus toward early and growth stage companies with scalable products or services in the agriculture industry. “The fund will focus on investing in companies that provide better, faster and more efficient methods of agricultural production that will make future agricultural companies and producers more competitive globally,” said Smith.