On January 14, 2025, Homestead Capital USA LLC (Homestead), an asset manager focused on strategic investments in U.S. farmland, announced that Kudu Investment Management, LLC (Kudu), a provider of permanent capital solutions to independent asset and wealth managers worldwide, has made a minority investment in Homestead. Seward & Kissel is pleased to have represented Kudu in connection with this investment management industry transaction.

New York-based Kudu provides long-term capital solutions—including generational ownership transfers, management buyouts, acquisition and growth finance, as well as liquidity for legacy partners—to asset and wealth managers globally. Based in San Francisco, Homestead invests in high quality farmland across strategic regions, crops, lease types, and farm operators and primarily works with small and mid-sized farmers to help improve capacity and profitability.

Seward & Kissel LLP (www.sewkis.com) is a leading New York law firm, originally established in 1890, offering legal advice emphasizing business, financial and commercial law and related litigation.

The company’s press release describing this transaction is available here.

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