SIGNATURE Agri Investments

Name

SIGNATURE Agri Investments

Legal name

SIGNATURE Agri Investments Proprietary Limited

Website

https://signature-agri.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Fund Management

NAICS

Open-End Investment Funds (52591), Open-End Investment Funds (525910), Other Crop Farming (1119)

SIC

Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Natural Resources — Farmland & Agriculture (FSAAAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Assets — Farmland (Row Crops, Permanent Crops) (FSAHAIAI), Natural Resources Funds (Timberland, Farmland, Minerals) (FSANAEAK), Supply Chain, Marketing & Contracting Advisory (Grain/Livestock Marketing) (AFACAJAH)

Keywords

• Agricultural fund management
• Farmland investment funds
• Alternative asset management
• ESG investing solutions
• African agribusiness investment

Headquarters

HQ city

The Hague

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fund management fees and carried interest: SIGNATURE Agri Investments generates revenue as a fund manager, collecting management fees on assets under management and carried interest (performance fees) on investment returns above hurdle rates for limited partners (institutional investors, pension funds, family offices). Returns are generated through a combination of capital gain, lease income, and profit share from farming operations.
2. Farming operations revenue: Portfolio farms generate revenue through the sale of agricultural commodities (macadamia nuts, avocados, blueberries, wheat, soya, maize, milk) into domestic and export markets. Revenue is hard currency-linked via exports and supported by vertically integrated processing, logistics, and market access.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SIGNATURE Agri Investments is a private, management-controlled fund management company that raises and deploys institutional capital into commercial agricultural projects across Africa. It manages dedicated agricultural fund mandates (Old Mutual African Agricultural Fund and Ulimi Fund) and invests across the full agricultural value chain — from land, irrigation and farming through to processing, logistics, and market access — in seven mega-farms and several associated enterprises. The firm serves institutional investors, pension funds, and family offices seeking exposure to African agricultural real assets.

Product overview

SIGNATURE Agri Investments is an independent fund management company affiliated with the Old Mutual Group, offering agricultural investment fund products across Sub-Saharan Africa. The company manages three main fund products: Old Mutual African Agricultural Fund (PoI, vintage 2015), Old Mutual African Agricultural Fund (PCC, vintage 2017), and Old Mutual Malawi Agricultural Fund (Ulimi Fund, vintage 2018). Additionally, the company is launching the Regenerative Capital Fund (ReCa), a USD 400 million open-ended blended equity vehicle. The funds invest in a portfolio of commercial farming operations including macadamia production (Gala and Jacoma in Malawi), avocado farming (Label Avocados in Morocco), blueberry production (Jaouda Berries in Morocco), integrated milling and farming (Pandagric in Nigeria), and row crop operations (Kakulu and Blackstar in Zambia). The investment approach focuses on commercial farming projects with ESG integration, value-chain development, and sustainable agricultural practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Old Mutual African Agricultural Fund (PoI) Agricultural investment fund mandate (vintage 2015) managed by Signature on behalf of institutional investors, deploying capital into commercial farming projects in Africa.
• Old Mutual African Agricultural Fund (PCC) Agricultural investment fund mandate (vintage 2017) managed by Signature on behalf of institutional investors, deploying capital into commercial farming projects in Africa.
• Old Mutual Malawi Agricultural Fund (Ulimi Fund) Malawi-focused agricultural investment fund mandate (vintage 2018) managed by Signature alongside CDC and AgDevCo as institutional shareholders, investing in commercial farming in Malawi.
• Regenerative Capital Fund (ReCa) USD 400 million open-ended blended equity investment vehicle managed by Signature to scale regenerative agriculture and nature-based solutions across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Quantifiable outcome

• Global macadamia market projected to grow from USD 3.0 billion today to USD 6.7 billion by 2036
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Zalar AgricoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJaouda Berries was developed in partnership with Zalar Agri, a Moroccan agricultural company. First harvest in Kenitra in 2021 and scheduled for 2022 in Agadir and Immouzer.
• Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)minorOthersSIGNATURE is a signatory to TCFD, incorporating climate-related financial risk disclosures into its investment process.
• Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR)minorOthersSIGNATURE is a signatory to FAIRR, supporting responsible investment in protein and animal agriculture value chains.
• Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF)minorOthersSIGNATURE is a signatory to PBAF, supporting standardised biodiversity impact accounting in financial disclosures.
• Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) InitiativeminorOthersSIGNATURE is a supporter of the Finance for Biodiversity Initiative, contributing to biodiversity-related financial disclosure and impact measurement.
• Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)minorOthersSIGNATURE is a supporter of TNFD, adopting nature-related risk disclosure frameworks aligned with emerging global standards.
• Good Food Finance Network (GFFN)minorOthersSIGNATURE is a supporter of the Good Food Finance Network, contributing to sustainable food systems finance initiatives.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Phatisa: Phatisa is a pan-African private equity fund manager dedicated to food and agricultural value chains across Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the most directly comparable fund manager to SIGNATURE in mandate, geography, and target crops.
• Cordiant Capital: Cordiant is a Canada-based fund manager investing in food, agriculture, and forestry in emerging markets. Its EM-focused mandate and ESG-integrated approach are closely comparable to SIGNATURE's beyond-farming strategy.
• SilverStreet Capital: SilverStreet Capital manages agricultural investment funds focused on African food and farming businesses. Its fund-of-funds and direct investment model overlaps directly with SIGNATURE's mandate structure.
• Zeder Investments: Zeder is a JSE-listed investment company focused on food and agricultural assets across Southern Africa. It directly competes with SIGNATURE in deploying institutional capital into African agricultural operating companies.

Broad incumbents

• Actis: Actis is a global emerging-markets private equity firm with significant African agricultural and real-asset exposure. Its broader geographic mandate and larger fund sizes make it an incumbent comparable rather than a direct competitor in niche farmland.
• Nuveen (TIAA) Global Farmland: Nuveen Global Farmland is one of the world's largest institutional farmland investment platforms, with multi-billion-dollar AUM across geographies. It is a broad incumbent comparable in real-asset farmland fund management rather than an Africa specialist.
• Hancock Natural Resource Group (Manulife): Hancock Natural Resource Group is a Manulife-owned timberland and farmland investment manager with decades of institutional farmland experience. It represents a broad incumbent comparable in farmland asset management scale.
• Brookfield Asset Management: Brookfield is a global alternative asset manager with significant real-asset, agriculture, and infrastructure exposure. Its real-assets franchise competes with SIGNATURE for institutional capital seeking inflation-linked real-asset exposure.
• AgDevCo: AgDevCo is a UK-based specialist development finance institution focused exclusively on African agriculture. As an existing co-investor with SIGNATURE in Jacoma, it is highly comparable in deal mix though operating as a DFI rather than a pure return-driven fund manager.

Emerging players

• African Agriculture Fund (AAMFI): AAMFI is an Africa-focused agriculture fund manager building exposure to food and farming value chains on the continent. As a smaller and earlier-stage platform, it is an emerging peer comparable in mandate if not in scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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