Yards advises Arkéa Capital on DeLaFerme’s fundraising round

Yards advises the Resalt fund (managed by Arkéa Capital) on its equity investment in the Rhône-Alpes-based start-up Delaferme, which specialises in on-farm organic dairy processing.

RESALT, an impact fund in the agri-food sector recently launched by Arkéa in partnership with Canopée PE and Vertigo Lab, supports agricultural and food businesses across the entire value chain, with a focus on transition, resilience and self-sufficiency.

Founded in 2020, Delaferme (formerly known as Bio&Lo) is a start-up that sets up and maintains micro-dairies, and markets yoghurt packaged in pouches to the catering sector, the hotel industry (Novotel, Mercure) and specialist retailers. It is also developing a business processing apples into compote, based on the same business model.

Through this strategic initiative, Delaferme will be able to co-finance the purchase of yoghurt machines and micro-dairies so that they can be leased, with an option to buy, to farmers who, at the time the project begins, do not always have the financial means to purchase them themselves.

The Yards team comprised:

• on the M&A matters: Julien Brouwer (partner) and Patricia Khoury (associate)
• on the Tax matters: Jérémie Yéni (partner) et Marin du Repaire (associate)
• on Employment law matters: Marion Ayadi (partner) et Raed Kacem (associate)