Astarte Capital Partners, a real assets investment firm headquartered in London, and SilviPar AB, a forestry development and management company headquartered in Stockholm, have announced the final close of their inaugural SilviPar Astarte Impact Forestry Fund (SAIFF) at $325.3 million. With an initial target of $200 million, SAIFF was significantly oversubscribed. Drawing investors from over 25 countries across five continents, it is shaping up to be the largest and most diverse institutional capital pool ever assembled for investment in Paraguay.
At its closing size, SAIFF is targeting a portfolio of more than 80,000 hectares (200,000 acres) where approximately 60 million trees will be planted and 3,000 direct and 30,000 indirect jobs will be created in a part of the world that has much to offer with respect to natural capital investments. This portfolio is aimed to generate strong financial returns for investors, combined with significant volume of carbon removal estimated