Agcapita is a Calgary based, agriculture private equity firm that allows investors to cost effectively allocate a portion of their portfolios to Canadian farmland via its professionally managed Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership without the need to take on the complex responsibilities of ownership themselves. Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership is the third in a family of private equity funds which has grown to almost $100 million in assets under management.
Our firm is built around the core premise that the world is in a bull market in commodities driven by inflation and a step-change increase in demand and, accordingly, that investments with direct or indirect exposure to
Investment Team: Stephen Johnston, John Mackay, Harold Kunik and Barclay Laughland between them have over 50 years private equity and fund management experience and past management of almost CAD$ 500 million in emerging market, private equity funds for one of the Europe's largest banks.
Advisory Board: Our advisory board members have 25 years experience in large scale farm operations; 2 PhDs in agriculture related fields – biotechnology and economics; 37 patents in plant genetics, 15 pending; and over 20 years in senior government positions in Saskatchewan.
Field Team: Our field personnel travel across Canada sourcing land, renters and performing the front-line monitoring of our portfolio. Current field personnel range from farmers with a lifetime of on the ground experience to a qualified agronomist.
