Alexander Munk

Social Impact: Advancing Food Safety Increased demand for (perishable) foodThe world’s population is expected to increase by two billion people in the next 30 years, with demand for food and livestock in 2050 estimated to be 56% greater than in 2010. As health-conscious and richer consumers around the world seek to consume more meat, fruits and […]

01:21 Introducing Uday 02:26 Breaking down the food and agriculture investment food chain 06:33 Why invest in India and SEA 10:30 Family business 12:19 Mandala Capital’s playbook 18:19 Agritech investing for productivity and efficiency 29:17 Mandala’s approach to impact investing

Indian Renewables and the Rise of the Circular Economy In contrast to the ‘take-make-waste’ linear model, a circular economy approach to economic development is today widely favoured because it benefits businesses, society, and the environment. Regenerative by design, it aims to gradually decouple growth from the consumption of our planet’s finite resources. This month, we share […]

Achieving Scalable & Sustainable Impact In turn, these questions have contributed to a myriad of pressures on policymakers and commercial entities. As balance sheets weaken (especially for early-stage companies) and both a social need and opportunity have become even more widespread, fund managers looking for sustainable food and agriculture investment opportunities must rethink the meaning […]

Impact Report 2020:Sustainable and Scalable Impact These strains have led to depleting resources and resulted in long-term secondary lasting effects, often overlooked and not easily measured, such as climate change, degrading soil health, water pollution, seafood sustainability, chemical runoffs human health problems, and infant nutrition deficiencies. We are committed to achieving the UN Sustainable Development […]

New Technology: Over the last 5-10 years, several new technologies have been developed and are staring to make inroads into the input ag system. Molecular or Marker assisted breeding and advanced breeding techniques Precision Agriculture – data analytics Microbial or Biologics Gene editing Robotics New crops Molecular or marker assisted breeding: Advances in molecular or […]

Perspectives on the Agriculture Industry – Part I: Consumer Influence Executive Summary: The Ag and Food industries are changing rapidly as consumer demands and technology innovation drive change. The next 20 years promise to be an exciting time as we see a whole new range of foods and technology in the marketplace. The last 60 […]

Recap of the Food Future Funds Symposium 2019 Over 60 thought leaders across the food value chain and key members of the global investment community were exclusively invited to participate in this event. What ensued was a fruitful afternoon full of intriguing ideas and new collaborations fostered between industry players, all with the aim of […]

2019 Impact Report: Advancing Sustainable Food and Agriculture Sustainable impact requires durability that ensures impact on all stakeholders beyond an investment cycle or fund life. The inherent challenge in our work is the potential for a promoter or owner of a business to have a time horizon and return expectations that are not fully aligned […]

Keventer’s Tetra Pak UHT Milk Campaign Highlights Quality and Safety Our portfolio company Keventer has produced this ad to showcase their UHT Milk made using Tetra Pak’s aseptic processing and packaging technology. Keventer Milk offers consumers the highest standards of safety and nutrition by using the best-in-class technology that the world has to offer.

Keventer Agro’s Modern UHT Facility: Advancing Food Safety Keventer Agro produces Keventer Milk at Eastern India’s largest state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. It is aseptically packaged using the most advanced UHT technology by Tetrapak and requires no boiling or chilling.

Metro Dairy: A Strategic Dairy Investment Produced by Metro Dairy, a subsidiary of Mandala Capital portfolio company Keventer Agro.