Nora Zhou
CVF invested $5m of equity and mezzanine debt into Waterman Industries, a manufacturer of water control and irrigation equipment.
The fund manager is expecting to announce a first close on $300m this month ahead of a second closing on $500m in June.
XpertSea, an inventory management provider for aquaculture producers, raised the capital from one of Canada's largest seed capital investment funds.
Arvegenix, the St Louis-based developer of pennycress oilseed, closed a $2.5m Series A round with investors including BioGenerator, Missouri Technology Corporation, and Monsanto's venture arm.
The Brazilian investment bank's Gerrity Lansing talks about investor quality, pipelines, Brazil's advantages and what's next for BTG Pactual.
Cibus Global has a platform for advanced non-transgenic breeding of plants.
Impact First Investments has invested in Catalyst AgTech, an Israeli company developing technology that minimizes the environmental impact of agrochemical products.
Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual closed its first timberland fund on $860m after exceeding its $750 million target.
National farmland returns were 2.08%, with row crops performing worst.
Changing demographics is driving a trend by next-generation landowners to manage for appreciation and create sustainability through socially responsible farming practices, according to a whitepaper from land brokerage Peoples Company.