Agri Investor

What Agri Investor does

Agri Investor is a subscription-based intelligence and data platform dedicated to private investment in agribusiness, agriculture, forestry and natural capital. It is operated as a flagship media brand within PEI Group (legal entity PEI Media), a private diversified media conglomerate, and was launched as a dedicated publication in 2014 (with PEI Group's broader institutional history extending back further). Its core product is a proprietary searchable database tracking more than 4,000 limited partners and general partners, over 2,000 agri funds, plus placement agents, investment consultants and law firms active in the asset class, complemented by a Live Fundraising Chart, LP Tearsheets, Investor Intentions research, the annual Agri-Food and Forestry 20 ranking, the Agri Investor Global Awards (40 categories across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific), and a daily editorial feed covering deals, fundraising and people news. The platform is delivered via a web portal with a freemium registration entry point feeding two paid tiers — Team Access for teams of 2-10 and Enterprise-Wide Access for organisations of 11+, with a Platinum tier offering 24/5 bespoke research support from analysts based in London, New York and Hong Kong.

The business model is recurring subscription revenue from institutional clients, supplemented by print/digital publication sales via PEI Group's bookstore and ancillary event revenue through PEI Events. The go-to-market is sales-led and enterprise-oriented: subscribers are required to request a demo before onboarding, dedicated Client Services teams deliver 1:1 and group training, and multi-year enterprise contracts bundle database access, editorial content, analyst support and special pricing on PEI Group events such as NEXUS. Customers are segmented vertically into institutional investors (LPs), agri and natural capital fund managers (GPs), and service providers; the sales motion is supported by content marketing, SEO, daily intelligence emails, podcasts, PR coverage and a global events calendar. The company has no public API, no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, and no disclosed revenue or headcount; recent product momentum has come from the November 2025 subscription platform refresh, the Agri-Food and Forestry 20 ranking and the January 2025 DORA compliance statement positioning PEI Group as a regulated ICT third-party service provider to financial entity clients.

Name

Agri Investor

Legal name

PEI Media

Website

https://agriinvestor.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Agri Investor is a PEI Group-owned subscription intelligence platform providing institutional investors, agri fund managers and service providers with a proprietary database of 4,000+ LPs/GPs and 2,000+ agri funds, editorial research, rankings and awards.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Asset Intelligence and Research

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Agriculture & Food / AgTech Growth Equity (FSANACAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Natural Resources — Farmland & Agriculture (FSAAAKAI)

Keywords

• Alternative asset intelligence
• Agri investment data
• Institutional research
• Private equity intelligence
• Natural capital data

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Access (Team and Enterprise): Recurring subscription revenue from two tiers — Team Access for teams of 2-10 and Enterprise-Wide Access for organisations of 11+. Higher tier (Platinum) provides 24/5 bespoke research and analytics support.
2. Registration-based Free Limited Access: Free registration grants limited access to news, analysis, and data, plus regular email updates; intended to funnel users to paid subscriptions.
3. Bookstore / Print Sales: Sale of physical/digital publications via linked PEI Group Bookstore.
4. Bespoke Research & Analytics Services: Premium research and analytics support service delivered to Platinum subscribers by experienced analysts in London, New York, and Hong Kong.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Agri Investor operates a subscription-based intelligence platform providing proprietary databases tracking limited partners (LPs), general partners (GPs), and agri-focused funds, alongside editorial news, research reports, podcasts, and an annual awards program. The platform serves institutional investors, fund managers, and service providers with data and analysis on private investment in agribusiness, farmland, timberland, agtech, and natural capital globally.

Product overview

Agri Investor is a subscription-based intelligence platform — operated as a publication of PEI Group — that combines a core searchable database (the Agri Investing Database covering 1,700+ GPs, 2,350+ LPs and 2,000+ agri funds) with editorial modules: the News & Analysis feed (Deals, Fundraising, People), Commentary & Podcasts, Data & Reports (including LP Tearsheets, Agri Investor Fundraising Reports, the Agri-Food and Forestry 20 Ranking, the Agri Investor Annual Review magazine, and thematic reports on Impact Investing, ESG, Forestry, Sustainability, DEI and Foreign Ownership of Australian Farmland & Water), the recurring Agri Investor Awards program, and ancillary tools such as the Live Fundraising Chart and the Investor Calendar. Two commercial tiers — Team Access (2–10 seats) and Enterprise-Wide Access (11+ seats) — bundle the database, downloads, analyst access, and discounted entry to PEI Group events such as NEXUS.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Agri Investing Database
• Live Fundraising Chart An interactive chart tracking live fundraising activity across agri and natural capital funds globally, complementing the static Agri Investor Fundraising Reports.
• Investor Calendar An annual downloadable calendar listing upcoming industry events relevant to agri, timberland, and natural capital investors, available as a downloadable image/PDF resource.
• LP Tearsheets & Investor Intentions Detailed profile briefs (tearsheets) on institutional limited partners (LPs) active in agriculture and natural capital, including forward-looking Investor Intentions pieces on allocation pacing and deployment plans.
• Agri Investor Awards An annual industry awards program recognizing leading GPs, LPs, and deals across Global, Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific categories, held annually since 2021 with winners published each spring.
• Agri-Food and Forestry 20 Ranking An annual ranking of the top fundraisers in the global agri-food and forestry private investment asset class, published each November as a recurring editorial and data product.
• Agri Investor Fundraising Reports Periodic data reports tracking fundraising activity in natural capital and agri private investment, providing aggregated fundraising figures and trend analysis across the asset class.
• Agri Investor Subscription Access (Team and Enterprise tiers) Subscription tiers bundling the Agri Investing Database, downloads, analyst access, daily intelligence, and discounted entry to PEI Group events such as NEXUS. Team Access targets teams of 2-10; Enterprise-Wide Access targets organisations of 11+; Platinum adds bespoke research.
• Agri Investor Annual Review An annual flagship magazine published each March and available for download to subscribers, covering the year's most important agri investment themes and award winners.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Private Equity InternationalflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister publication under PEI Group covering private equity; provides data intelligence services and is referenced as a complementary intelligence platform to Agri Investor.
• PERE (Private Equity Real Estate)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister publication under PEI Group providing data intelligence services for private real estate.
• Private Debt InvestorflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister publication under PEI Group covering private debt; sister database referenced alongside Agri Investor's data services.
• Infrastructure InvestorflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister publication under PEI Group covering infrastructure investing; sister database referenced.
• PEI GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgri Investor is a flagship brand within PEI Group, alongside Buyouts, Infrastructure Investor, Infrastructure Investor Deals, New Private Markets, PE Hub, PEI, PERE, Private Debt Investor, Private Funds CFO, RCW, PERE Credit, PERE Deals, Responsible Investor, Secondaries Investor, and VCJ. Agri Investor benefits from group-wide events, subscription sharing and bookshop.
• PEI EventscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPEI Events hosts Agri Investor's global events calendar and signature forums (including NEXUS, Agri Investor Forum, Impact Summit); subscribers get special pricing to PEI Group events.
• European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) / DORA regulatorsminorOthersPEI Group has issued a DORA Statement (effective Jan 16, 2025) clarifying its role as an ICT third-party service provider under the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act; not a critical ICT service provider but maintains DORA-aligned contractual arrangements with financial entity clients.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Private Equity International: Flagship sister publication under PEI Group covering global private equity, operating the same subscription database + editorial + awards model as Agri Investor. It is the closest direct analogue in the PEI Group portfolio and shares events, distribution and cross-promo infrastructure with Agri Investor.
• Infrastructure Investor: PEI Group sister publication covering private infrastructure investment with the same subscription database, editorial feed, awards and event-driven GTM motion as Agri Investor.
• New Private Markets: PEI Group sister publication covering private market funds and investors, with overlapping LP/GP database and editorial infrastructure shared with Agri Investor.
• Responsible Investor: PEI Group sister publication covering ESG and responsible investment across alts. Uses the same awards, editorial and subscription model as Agri Investor, with overlapping LP/GP buyer base in the natural-capital and agri-ESG niches.
• Buyouts: PEI Group sister publication focused on US buyouts and PE deal activity. Uses the same subscription, database and awards model as Agri Investor and benefits from shared PEI Group distribution infrastructure.
• PERE (Private Equity Real Estate): PEI Group sister publication providing data, news and awards for the private real estate investment market. It is structurally identical to Agri Investor — same database/editorial/events/Awards stack — but focused on real estate rather than agriculture.
• Private Debt Investor: PEI Group sister publication covering the private debt market using the identical subscription intelligence model as Agri Investor — database of LPs/GPs/funds, awards, events, and editorial coverage.

Emerging players

• AgFunder: Emerging agtech-focused VC firm and research publisher with a proprietary AgriFoodTech investment dataset and regular research reports. Has partial overlap with Agri Investor's agtech and agrifood coverage but is a VC and media startup rather than an established subscription intelligence platform.

Broad incumbents

• PitchBook: Broad incumbent in PE/VC data and intelligence, owned by Morningstar. Provides overlapping coverage of agri and natural capital funds within a much wider alts database, competing for the same institutional LP/GP research budget as Agri Investor.
• Preqin: Broad incumbent in alternative assets data and intelligence covering PE, VC, real estate, infrastructure, private debt and natural capital. Offers an overlapping LP/GP/fund database to a largely institutional buyer base, but at much larger scale and across all alts rather than agri-specialist (no direct data is provided, but Preqin is the established incumbent in the same buyer category).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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