second growth
noun
: forest trees that come up naturally after removal of the first growth by cutting or by fire
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Siddhi Capital raised a second growth equity fund of $135 million to invest in food, beverage and food tech, managing partner Melissa Facchina tells Axios.
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Richard Collings, Axios, 30 July 2024
That doubled to $4.4 billion with the second growth fund in 2022.
—Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
The sparrow may indicate disturbance, while the becard is a fly-catcher-like mid-level insect-eating bird of second growth and river-edge forest.
—Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2013
The trouble is that this second growth doesn’t yield much grain, which is why farmers plow up the paddies and plant new seedlings.
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 7 Nov. 2022
Private equity giant Blackstone has been fundraising for its second growth fund this year.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 29 June 2022
When treviso is forced to undergo a second growth in the dark, its leaves firm up and spiral into creepy tentacles.
—Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2021
Permira aims to raise some $2.5 billion for its second growth fund focused on investments in smaller, growing technology companies, people familiar with the fund said.
—Laura Cooper, WSJ, 9 June 2021
Most people here would like to see a sustainable and responsible logging industry that focuses on second growth and utilizes the thousands of miles of logging roads that already exist in the Tongass.
—Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 28 Sep. 2020
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Richard Collings, Axios, 30 July 2024
That doubled to $4.4 billion with the second growth fund in 2022.
—Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
The sparrow may indicate disturbance, while the becard is a fly-catcher-like mid-level insect-eating bird of second growth and river-edge forest.
—Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2013
The trouble is that this second growth doesn’t yield much grain, which is why farmers plow up the paddies and plant new seedlings.
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 7 Nov. 2022
Private equity giant Blackstone has been fundraising for its second growth fund this year.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 29 June 2022
When treviso is forced to undergo a second growth in the dark, its leaves firm up and spiral into creepy tentacles.
—Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 1 Nov. 2021
Permira aims to raise some $2.5 billion for its second growth fund focused on investments in smaller, growing technology companies, people familiar with the fund said.
—Laura Cooper, WSJ, 9 June 2021
Most people here would like to see a sustainable and responsible logging industry that focuses on second growth and utilizes the thousands of miles of logging roads that already exist in the Tongass.
—Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 28 Sep. 2020
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