NCH Capital

NCH Capital is led by its founders, George Rohr and Moris Tabacinic. The firm’s country heads — who have been with NCH for an average of over 20 years — source and manage investments on the ground, supported by the New York leadership team. NCH’s website identifies 17 senior executives across its US and European offices who collectively oversee the firm’s operations and investment activities.

Sourcing relies on NCH’s permanent in-country offices and its three-decade local reputation in Eastern Europe. The firm states that its well-established local presence and unique access to opportunities provide an execution edge. Country teams are responsible for identifying new investments and managing day-to-day portfolio operations.

Although agribusiness is NCH’s dominant platform, the firm also manages capital across private equity, real estate, and public securities. Its real estate pipeline has included resort-development projects in Corfu, Greece and Montenegro. The firm’s historical roots were in broad private equity and opportunistic real estate across Eastern Europe before it concentrated on farmland at scale.

As of its last public update, NCH manages 640,000 hectares of agricultural land and has invested approximately $1.5 billion in Eastern European agribusiness projects. Its operations originate about 4 million metric tons of crops annually for global markets and employ roughly 9,000 people across their portfolio companies. The firm also reports paying rental income to 100,000 Ukrainian landowners.

NCH operates through branded subsidiary platforms. AgroProsperis oversees large-scale farming and supply chain services, while AgroTerra focuses on crop cultivation, advanced seed production, and supply chain logistics. Both subsidiaries serve external small-to-medium enterprise farmers through expanded supply chain services, giving NCH a broader commercial position in the Ukrainian agricultural economy beyond its own land holdings.

NCH raises dedicated private equity and agribusiness funds from external investors. Its first fully dedicated agribusiness fund raised $1.2 billion in 2007. This fund-commitment model means institutional allocators access NCH’s strategy as limited partners in its fund vehicles, while the firm executes directly on the ground as an owner-operator.

AgroProsperis and AgroTerra are wholly formed and managed subsidiaries of NCH Capital that execute the firm’s agribusiness strategy in Ukraine and surrounding countries. AgroProsperis manages large-scale farming and supply chain operations, while AgroTerra specializes in cultivation and has developed a contract seed-production business for global seed companies. Day-to-day management is handled through NCH’s local offices.