The Indian food and agribusiness private equity fund is close to a first close on $100m; it is currently on $80m with commitments from a range of DFIs and Rabobank.
The Asia-based asset management firm has raised two agri funds for private capital to co-invest alongside institutional clients.
The development organisations are raising $25m to provide loans to agriculture projects banks are still not reaching.
Led by Google’s Innovation Endeavours and Flextronics’ Lax IX, Farm2050 will support agtech start-up companies that can help improve agriculture production globally.
The UK forestry and wind farm asset manager has closed a top-up fundraising on £32m ahead of a £25m target. This takes the total fund size to $118m.
The social impact investor invested $2m in debt into Tropha Estates while African Agricultural Capital Fund and Jacoma Estates, Tropha's sponsor, invested $2m in equity each.
Global Environment Fund, CDC’s forestry manager, has received interest from a number of continental and north European pension funds.
The US venture capital firm, which has made two agtech investments this year, is raising its fifth vehicle.
The alternatives investment bank and agribusiness consultancy have established Agricultural Asset Management to offer investment opportunities in the US and Eastern Europe.
Kilter Rural Investment, an Australian water and agriculture investment firm, is launching a collective water investment vehicle in December.