Ceres Partners

Ceres Partners manages two vehicles. Ceres Farms, LLC is an open-ended co-mingled fund launched in 2007 that acquires and leases productive US farmland. The Ceres Food & Agriculture Opportunity Fund pursues growth equity investments in emerging operating companies across the food and agriculture sector.

Brandon Zick serves as Chief Investment Officer and is the public face of the firm's investment strategy. He has discussed the firm's farmland approach on the Behind the Markets podcast and in an Agri Investor profile of the 17-year-old open-ended farmland fund.

The firm acquires productive US agricultural land for its Ceres Farms fund, then leases the properties to generate income. Specific sourcing channels are not publicly detailed, but the firm's 17-year operating history in farmland suggests an established network of brokers, farmers, and landowners, particularly in the Midwest and other agricultural regions.

WisdomTree announced a definitive agreement to acquire Ceres Partners in September 2024 (per Agri Investor). The deal would bring Ceres's farmland and food-equity strategies under a publicly traded asset manager, though closing details and post-acquisition governance structure have not been publicly specified.

The firm's website and public disclosures indicate a US focus. Its Ceres Farms fund explicitly targets US farmland, and the FAO fund invests in US-based emerging food and agriculture operating companies. No international investments are disclosed.

The Ceres Food & Agriculture Opportunity Fund targets growth equity investments in emerging operating companies. Altss research tags the firm's private equity strategy as spanning early-stage, seed, startup, and growth-stage deployment.

The Ceres Farms fund is structured as an open-ended co-mingled vehicle, which typically permits ongoing subscriptions and redemptions within defined windows. The fund has operated since 2007. Current subscription status is not publicly confirmed and would require direct inquiry with the firm.