Stafford Timberland has secured funding from Australian and international investors.
About $270 million was raised from three Australian industry superannuation funds.
Stafford partner Geoff Norman did not disclose the superannuation fund investors but said he welcomed the new investors in the current challenging environment.
"The global financial crisis has made raising money for this fund very challenging and we are happy with the result," Norman said.
The Stafford fund is a fund-of-fund structure and has made investments in Australian, US and South American forests.
Norman said the current turmoil in agricultural managed investments schemes did not affect overseas investors.
"It's a very local issue that has only affected the sentiment of Australian investors. However, we have found a lot of opportunity from the collapse of such schemes and we feel this uncertainty will help us find more opportunities for our funds," he said.
Stafford Timberland has offices in London, the US and Asia.
Prior to setting up Stafford Timberland, Norman co-founded firms including Pantheon in Asia and Quay Partners in Australia.
