Agrinam Acquisition Corp

Formed to effect a Business Combination with an Agribusiness company focused on High-value crops within the primary sector (Superfoods & Specialty products), food tech and Wine & Spirits.

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About us

Agrinam is a newly-organized special purpose acquisition corporation formed under the laws of the Province of British Columbia for the purpose of acquiring a company in the Agribusiness industry in North America, either in the primary sector (with a focus on Superfoods and specialty products produced in high-tech greenhouses) or the value-added sector (with a focus on Food Tech as well as Wine & Spirits produced in new regions that have a niche differentiator relative to the competition).

Agrinam also intends to generally target companies for its Qualifying Acquisition that have adopted best ESG practices and technologies for the efficient use of resources and are committed to taking care of the environment, including companies that will seek to promote the recycling of resources by applying the circular economy concept to reuse all possible inputs and avoid or reduce pollution and environmental degradation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agrinam is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of completing its Qualifying Acquisition.

All dividends are eligible dividends unless indicated otherwise.

Transaction Details

Investor Presentation Deck

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Investor Call Transcript

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Merger Announcement Release

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Events

ICR Conference 2024

Date: January 9, 2024

Time: 3pm ET.

Governance documents

Audit Committee

Code of Ethics

Compensation Committee Charter

Our team

Board of directors

Nicholas Thadaney is a finance, technology and capital markets senior executive with over 25 years experience. He recently founded Partners Capital Corp. and previously served as Head of the Toronto Stock Exchange in the role of President & CEO, Global Equity Capital Markets, TMX Group and prior to that as CEO of ITG Canada Corp.

Leveraging many years as a successful operator and senior business leader, in 2018, Mr. Thadaney co-founded Partners Capital Corp. (PCC), a firm focused on advising, co-investing and partnering with entrepreneurs and their management teams to accelerate the growth of their businesses through innovative capital and strategic solutions. PCC specializes in the finance, technology and healthcare sectors catering primarily to the mid market (SME) segment. Mr. Thadaney also currently serves as a senior advisor to a number of firms and a director on the boards of Coinsquare Inc., INX Ltd, DVX Capital Markets, and Ghost Kitchen Brands.

Mr. Thadaney was previously President and Chief Executive Officer, Global Equity Capital Markets, and a member of the senior management team of TMX Group until February 2018. In his roles with TMX Group, Mr. Thadaney was responsible for all equity listing and trading activity across the company’s equities markets and alternative trading systems, including heading the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Alpha, TMX Select, and TSX Private Markets. He also oversaw TSX Trust – TMX Group’s transfer agency and corporate trust services provider.

Prior to joining TMX Group in 2015, Mr. Thadaney was Chief Executive Officer of ITG Canada Corp. (now Virtu Financial) since 2005, with responsibility for managing all aspects of the business, as well as a Member of ITG’s Global Executive Committee. He joined ITG Canada in 2000. Before his tenure at ITG, Mr. Thadaney was Vice-President, Business Development (Equities) at C.T. Securities Inc.(Canada Trust), which was later acquired by T.D. Securities Inc. (TD Bank) in 1999.

Mr. Thadaney has been a board & committee member of a number of prominent businesses, industry associations, and registered charities, including: Bermuda Stock Exchange; CanDeal; Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC); Investment Industry Association of Canada; Junior Achievement (JA) Canada, Mount Sinai Hospital Asset Management Industry Hold’em for Life Charity (Co-Chair); Toronto Financial Services Alliance (now Toronto Finance International); Young Presidents Organization (Ontario Chapter); and the World Federation of Exchanges SME Advisory Board.

Lara Zink is currently President & CEO of Women in Capital Markets. WCM is the largest network of female professionals in Canadian finance, with initiatives that impact the careers of countless female professionals & students across Canada. From 1995 to 2019 Lara worked at RBC Capital Markets. She sold North American and European equity research and investment banking products to Canada’s largest institutional investors, including pension funds, bank owned mutual funds, and independent fund managers.

Prior to joining WCM, Lara spent 18 months in venture capital. She is an angel investor and a mentor at a startup accelerator called NEXT Canada. NEXT accelerates the growth trajectory of aspiring and scaling entrepreneurs with education, mentorship, funding, and access to Canada’s strongest entrepreneurial network.

Lara holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from UWO, and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management. Lara is a Governor on the University of Toronto Governing Council, she sits on two Foundation boards, the CAMH Campaign Cabinet, and is a volunteer for the Special Olympics.

Jennifer Reynolds is the President & CEO of Toronto Finance International (TFI), a public-private partnership whose mission is to promote and develop Toronto’s financial services sector, and to establish its prominence as a leading global financial centre.

Jennifer’s 20 year career in the financial services industry has included senior roles in investment banking, venture capital, and global risk management. Prior to joining TFI, Jennifer was the President & CEO of Women in Capital Markets (WCM), Canada’s largest industry association and advocacy group for women in the financial sector.

Jennifer is a Director on the Board of BF&M Insurance Group Ltd, Director on the Board of the Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV), and a Director on the Board of Women’s College Hospital Foundation, and was previously a Director on the Board of Citibank Canada. Jennifer is the Co-Chair of the UN convened Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) network and also serves on the Advisory Council for the Institute of Sustainable Finance. In 2015 and 2017, she was named a Women’s Executive Network (WXN) Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner.

Jennifer is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Women’s Leadership program, and she received her MBA from McGill University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Economics and Political Science from McGill University. Jennifer also holds the Institute of Corporate Directors Designation, ICD.D.

Donald Olds is an experienced executive, entrepreneur and director with significant success raising capital for diverse private and public companies with a strong focus in technology and life sciences. Most recently, he was President and CEO of Montreal-based NEOMED Institute, a position he held until the successful closing of a merger with Vancouver-based CDRD.

He has held multiple executive positions as CEO, COO and CFO of private and public life companies and began his business career as a commercial, corporate and investment banker working across multiple industry verticals including forest products, technology and manufacturing. Mr. Olds has significant corporate governance experience as a board member and chair of both for profit and not for profit organizations.

He is currently lead director at Goodfood Markets (TSX:FOOD), director and HR/Governance committee chair of Acasti Pharma (NASDAQ:ACST), lead director and audit committee chair at Cannara Biotech (TSXV:LOVE), chair of Aifred Health (private) and director of Oligomedic Inc. (private). He is past chair of Oxfam Québec and director of Oxfam International, stepping down after his maximum 3 successive terms. He holds an MBA (finance and strategy) and M.Sc. (Agriculture) from McGill University.

Contact

United States Office
801 Brickell Avenue, 8th Floor
Miami, Florida,
United States, 33131
Mexico Office
Homero 106, Int. 1602
Col. Polanco
Mexico City, 11570