Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Gotham Greens raised the Series B capital to expand the construction of its greenhouse projects into new cities.
The listed real estate investment trust has hired Bill Hughes to handle acquisitions and farm management in the Midwest region.
The private equity firm invested a further $18m into Allflex Corp to support its recent acquisition of SCR, a livestock monitoring company.
A recent data report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association puts venture capital investment into agriculture at $175m in 2014.
The US private equity fund has closed on $250m.
San Diego County Employees Retirement Association will hire external managers to handle a $50m-$75m timber increase. It is also planning a $150m “re-up” in agriculture investment during the year.
Southeast Venture Holdings is considering launching an institutional fund to target the sustainable aquaculture sector. It is currently raising $75m for its Healthy Earth sustainable food brand.
Bioenterprise Corp will receive the funding over a five-year period as part of a government initiative to boost early-stage companies.
The institutional manager is selling down the assets of the 2005 Fund I.
The US farmland REIT increased the monthly dividend by 16.7% in January.