Aqua Capital
Aqua Capital is a private equity firm that manages funds investing in innovative, sustainable businesses across the Agribusiness and Food value chain.
Through our funds, we aim to be the preferred partner for mid-sized, high-potential companies in our sector.
As a private equity manager, we support the transition of family-owned companies and management teams combining operational expertise with an entrepreneurial approach.
Aqua Capital is a private equity firm that manages funds investing in innovative, sustainable businesses across the Agribusiness and Food value chain.
Through our funds, we aim to be the preferred partner for mid-sized, high-potential companies in our sector.
As a private equity manager, we support the transition of family-owned companies and management teams combining operational expertise with an entrepreneurial approach.
Our goal is to achieve top quartile returns for our investors, by buying, growing, and transforming sustainable world-class businesses able to provide high quality food globally
Aqua Capital is committed to offering investors exposure to companies playing in the intersection of four macrotrends that, in our view, are redefining the future of Agriculture & Food in the foreseeable future and creating highly compelling opportunities:
- The need to produce more food, more efficiently, to feed 10 billion people by 2050.
- The urgent demand to address sustainability and climate change across Ag & Food productions chains.
- The growing demand of food as foundation of health and wellness systems.
- The transformational value creation opportunities created by the coming of age of technological disruption in Ag & Food systems.
Aqua Capital Funds’ Highlights
45
Investments since inceptions organized in 18 platforms
+$1bn
Capital raised since inception
+12,000
Number of people employed by Aqua-managed funds portfolio companies
Diversified
Portfolio access to upstream, midstream, downstream and services in Ag & Food
Innovative
Portfolio providing access to Ag & Food tech and innovation through a sustainable investment approach and positive-impact themes
Experienced
One of the largest and most experienced private equity Ag & Food-dedicated investment and operating professionals globally
Aqua Approach to Value Creation
Professionalize
Closes the gap in relation to top-tier international governance / public market standards. Create “managerial alpha” building high performance, great place to work organizations.
Grow
Driving sustained, high quality top and bottom-line growth through commercial and operational excellence while, in most cases, executing accretive add-on acquisitions.
Transform
Improving business models through innovation, digitalization, cross-border expansion, or new product/service lines.
Impact
Embed opportunities in value-creation plan through objective-driven initiatives, improvement of key ESG yardsticks and de-risking companies.
News & Insights
Aqua Capital Featured on Financial Times 100+ Global Impact List
Today we’re excited to announce that in collaboration with the GIIN, the Financial Times has just published a list of 100+ impact investors, including Aqua Capital. This searchable list highlights our impact assets under management and our strategic focus across key sectors and global regions. This initiative marks a significant [...]
Aqua Capital Joins Amazonia Finance Network
Aqua Capital Joins Amazonia Finance Network June 17, 2024 - MANAUS, Brazil – For the first time, the Amazonia Finance Network (AFN) members convened in person in Manaus during IDB Invest's Sustainability Week, a flagship event that convenes hundreds of global leaders from business, government, and civil society to [...]
Aqua Capital announces final closing of Ag & Food PE Fund III
Aqua Capital is delighted to announce that its Fund III has reached a final close of $450m of committed capital, surpassing its original target. Sao Paulo – April 1, 2024 – Aqua Capital, a private equity firm investing in sustainable and innovative companies within the Ag and Food sectors, announced today the [...]