Challenger's Fidante Partners has signed on a private equity manager focused on food and agribusiness. : Challenger's Fidante Partners has signed on a private equity manager focused on food and agribusiness. Fidante will market Minneapolis-headquartered Proterra Investment Partners' Asia Food Strategy to European investors. Proterra has $4.4 billion in total assets, of which $1.4 billion in the Asia arm that operates out of Singapore, Shanghai and Mumbai. "This partnership with Proterra is part of Fidante's broader strategic plan to successfully build our European product set as well as our global distribution footprint," Fidante Partners head of distribution David Cubbin said.