Astarte Capital Partners and SilviPar AB close inaugural Impact Forestry Fund at $325m

Astarte Capital Partners, a real assets investment firm headquartered in London, and SilviPar AB, a forestry development and management company headquartered in Stockholm, have held a 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 more than 25 countries across five continents, it is shaping to be among the largest and most diverse institutional capital pools ever assembled for investment in Paraguay.

At its closing size, SAIFF is targeting a portfolio of more than 80,000 hectares (200,000 acres) with the intention of planting approximately 60 million trees and creating 3,000 direct and 30,000 indirect jobs 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 a significant volume of carbon remov