In addition to Shanghai Dolly Farm, which combines nature and modernity, when you see the shrimp seedlings of Guolian Aquatic Products and the organic green ecology of Beijing Centennial Chestnut Garden, you will find that modern agriculture is no longer synonymous with the legendary "mess", but presents a "money" scene led by modern technology.
More importantly, they have begun to be robbed by venture capitalists.
Venture capital follows the policy
In recent years, the investment of venture capital in agriculture has shown a gradual increase trend, and even in 20 10, its investment has shown explosive growth.
According to the data provided by China Investment Group, in 2006, the amount of private equity institutions investing in agricultural projects was only $56 million, but in 2007, this figure suddenly increased to $396 million, and by 20 10, its investment amount reached14.89 million, exceeding the sum of the previous four years.
Why do venture capital institutions suddenly increase their investment in agriculture? In this regard, Feng Po, an analyst of China Investment Group, told the reporter that agricultural investment began in succession in 2006, and gradually warmed up by 20 10, and the investment in modern agriculture will be even greater in the future. Now is a good time to invest in modern agriculture. On the one hand, there is policy support, on the other hand, market demand is gradually reflected.
20 1 1 is the first year of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, and the policy support is quite obvious. It is understood that during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, Beijing will delimit five metropolitan modern agricultural industrial circles, namely, cities, suburbs, plains, mountainous areas and cooperation zones outside Beijing, allocate agricultural resources efficiently according to the characteristics of different regions, and highlight the regional characteristics of agriculture in the suburbs of big cities. Zhao Genwu, director of the Municipal Agriculture Bureau, said recently that through the construction of agricultural industrial circle, the self-sufficiency rate of vegetables in Beijing will be increased to 35%, the output value and benefit of protected agriculture will be increased by more than 30%, the landscape farmland will reach more than 6.5438+0.000 mu, and the ecological service value of agricultural system will be increased by 654.38+00%.
Beijing is just a weather vane of China. According to the Twelfth Five-Year Plan of Guangxi, the plan is that the per capita income of farmers in Guangxi will reach 8,000 yuan in the next five years. In addition, many cities have begun to increase investment in modern agriculture, hoping to take advantage of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan".
Different from traditional agriculture, "modern agriculture" is defined as socialized agriculture that widely applies modern science and technology, means of production provided by modern industry and scientific management methods. In the history of agricultural development divided by the nature and level of agricultural productivity, it belongs to the latest stage of agriculture.
Competing for new agricultural projects
There are not a few venture capitalists pointing to agricultural investment. At present, venture capitalists and private investors who have set foot in China's agriculture include Sequoia Capital, Qingyun Venture Capital, Zhiji Venture Capital, CDH Capital, Jiuding Investment, China Merchants Fund, Advantage Capital and Chen Da Venture Capital.
Judging from the listed agricultural enterprises, the development of Shengnong should be second to none. From June 5438 to February 2006, Shengnong Development received more than 20 million investment from Chen Da Venture Capital, and then Chen Da made additional investment. Before Shengnong Development went public in 2009, Chen Da made a lot of money.
With the increasing attention paid to agricultural investment, on June 24th, 2007, Guolian Aquatic Products won the joint investment of157,700 US dollars from investment institutions such as Zhilong Jinjin Phase I, Yimei Investment and Tongchuang Ye Wei's Nanhai Growth Venture Capital Fund. On 20 10, Guolian Aquatic Products successfully entered the GEM stage, and Zhiji Venture Capital, as a foreign capital, also successfully "landed".
Chen Zeng, its managing partner, said in an interview: "From the perspective of mariculture, Guolian Aquatic Products holds three very important magic weapons, one is shrimp seedlings; Followed by feed; The third is drugs and facilities for pest control. These three points are highly technical links, which are difficult for general shrimp farmers to master. " More precisely, the mastery of these technologies by Guolian Aquatic Products is the embodiment of modern agriculture.
June 20 10, Beijing Centennial Chestnut Garden Ecology received an investment of 30 million yuan from Tiantu Venture Capital, and then in June 201kloc-0/65438 10, Shanghai Li Duo Farm received an investment of 70 million yuan from Qingyun Venture Capital and other institutions. It is said that this farm is a farm whose land has been "washed" for three years. It is said that the light water recycling system cost 60 million yuan.
In this way, a series of new agricultural projects were won by venture capitalists. Cao Yue, president of United Capital, said that the important task of United Capital as an investment bank is to guide more venture capital into low-carbon agriculture. He predicted that neither medical care nor clean technology would be as big as the coming new agricultural investment tide.