Tether Acquires 70% Stake in Adecoagro

Adecoagro Acquires Profertil to Become Controlling Shareholder

December 15, 2025

Agriculture

Adecoagro S.A. has acquired the remaining 50% stake in Profertil S.A. from YPF S.A., becoming the controlling shareholder with 90% ownership (Asociación de Cooperativas Argentinas retains 10%). The transaction (together with the earlier acquisition of Nutrien's 50% stake) gives Adecoagro control of a low‑cost, large‑scale urea producer in Argentina and was financed through cash, debt and a US$300 million equity raise.

H.I.G. Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Life Agro

November 5, 2024

Agriculture

H.I.G. Capital, through an affiliate, acquired a majority stake in Life Agro, a Brazil-based producer of specialty agricultural inputs. Life Agro’s founder and CEO Matias Ezequiel Tiecher remains a significant shareholder and will continue as CEO; the company (~200 employees) operates two production facilities and eight distribution centers and has grown ~45% CAGR over the past five years.

10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II Completes Business Combination With African Agriculture, Inc.

December 6, 2023

Agriculture

10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. II completed its merger with African Agriculture, Inc., with the combined company changing its name to African Agriculture Holdings Inc. and beginning trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker AAGR. The transaction brings a commercial-scale alfalfa farming operation (currently ~750 acres in production out of ~62,000 acres secured in Senegal) to the U.S. public markets and is intended to fund scaling of agricultural production and geographic expansion across Africa.

Tether Ventures Acquires Minority Stake in Bit2Me

August 7, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Tether Ventures, the investment arm of Tether, has acquired a minority stake in Bit2Me and is leading a €30 million investment round to support the Spanish crypto platform's expansion. The funding and Bit2Me's new EU CASP authorization under MiCA will fuel the company's growth across the European Union and strengthen its presence in Argentina and other Latin American markets.

ACON Investments Acquires Majority Stake in Sola de Antequera (Alsur)

July 31, 2020

Food & Beverage

ACON Investments, together with Madrid-based Quarza Inversiones, acquired a majority stake in Sola de Antequera S.A. (Alsur), a producer, processor and distributor of preserved and canned vegetables with production facilities in Spain and Peru and sales across Spain and the United States. The Jiménez Family and Mario Mustafá Aguinaga retain a significant minority stake; ACON said the strategy will focus on expanding Alsur's footprint in Spain and accelerating growth into the U.S.

The Tie Acquires Stakin

January 6, 2026

Financial Services

The Tie, an institutional digital-asset solutions provider, has acquired staking provider Stakin (which manages roughly $1.5 billion in assets under delegation) to launch a new Infrastructure Solutions division. The acquisition brings Stakin’s non-custodial, enterprise-grade staking infrastructure into The Tie’s institutional platform to offer a unified gateway and expanded capabilities for hedge funds, asset managers, banks and other institutional clients.