Founders Fund’s commitment to Privateer Holdings should encourage other institutions to consider the industry, according to Ryan Brown, chief executive of GrowPros, an investment firm and consultancy.
The venture capital round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, and comes after Soylent raised $3m on a crowdfunding platform.
The water management tech company SWIIM, is raising $3.5m on AgFunder to expand its reach across hundreds of Californian farms.
The Indonesian cashew processing company has raised $1 million to expand the business further. KKR donated to the social enterprises in 2013.
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has committed several million dollars to Privateer Holdings which is raising $75m in Series B funding.
The joint venture between Spruce Capital Partners and Xeraya Capital has closed MLS Capital Fund II on $150m.
The food and agribusiness private equity firm attracted investment from the Middle East for the first time and exceeded its $800m target.
MycoTechnology is raising $5m to $10m to develop its technology platform aimed at enhancing food flavours naturally and improving nutritional value. Major food companies are also considering making bids to acquire the company outright.
Hampton Creek has raised $90m in a round led by Li Ka-shing's Horizon Ventures and Silicon Valley VC firm Khosla Ventures.
A year in the life of an agri fundraising platform; AgFunder co-founder Rob Leclerc tells Agri Investor the story so far and his ambitions for 2015.