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Ceres Partners
Founded in 2007, Ceres Partners is an Indiana-based investment firm that specializes in farmland and growth equity investments in food and agriculture...
Ceres Partners
Founded in 2007, Ceres Partners is an Indiana-based investment firm that specializes in farmland and growth equity investments in food and agriculture businesses. The firm prefers to invest in early to growth-stage companies operating in the sector.
General information
Firm type
Generalist
Year founded
2007
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
South Bend
Corporate office
South Bend, IN, United States
Additional offices
Hingham, MA
Principals
Brandon Zick
CIO
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What investment strategies does Ceres Partners run?
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.
Who runs investment decisions at Ceres Partners?
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.
Does Ceres Partners invest only in the United States?
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.
What investment stages does Ceres Partners target in its private equity fund?
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.
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