Investment Timeline
Holde’s business concept was invented in 2016 by four Romanian entrepreneurs determined to develop a modern agricultural business where efficiency and operational excellence is the main driver of the results. Formally established in 2018, Holde has undergone a rapid growth in the course of the past two years thanks to multiple financing rounds during which significant capital was raised.
2016
- The initiators lay the foundations for the concept of managing multiple agricultural sites in Romania
- Preparation of the initial business plan and strategy
- Field research, searching for farms for sale
- Discussions with potential investors
2017
- Certinvest team joins the project and contributes to defining the Holde Agri Invest project
- Preparation of the corporate governance concept
- Beginning of equity financing raising by Certinvest
2018
- Establishing Holde Agri Invest SA and Holde Agri Management SRL
- Attracting first investors
- Purchasing the first farm of 2,800 ha
- Establishing Shared Services Centre and hiring the necessary team members
2019
- Acquisition of agricultural machinery and equipment worth 2 million euro
- Closing Series A funding of 5 million euro
- Raising 2 million euro (10 million lei) from Bucharest Stock Exchange investors during the private placement
2020
- Acquisition of Agromixt Farm
- Increasing acreage to 8,000 ha
- Second private placement for HAI shares
- Listing on AeRO market of BVB
2021
- Extending Rosiori farm by 2,000ha
- Reaching total acreage of almost 10,000 ha
- Performing operational optimizations
- Increasing storage capacity
- Beginning investments in irrigation
2022
- Extending Rosiori farm by 440 ha
- Acquition of Contesti farm, the fourth core farm of Holde
- Reaching total acreage of almost 12,000 ha
- Partnering with Toneli Holding to ensure circular farming
- Finalizing the share capital increase and raising 21 million lei