The technology venture capital fund has raised $125m for Fund III as it narrows its focus on technology applications, away from infrastructure and analytics.
The agtech business accelerator and commercialisation agent will receive funding from the Canadian government to help encourage the agtech market’s development in Canada.
The New Zealand university has launched a fund to invest into agriculture technology in the country, funding projects such as forestry automation and biomaterials.
Invested Development, the early-stage impact fund, has invested into iProcure, a sales and inventory management software company based in Africa.
The agri and real estate fund manager has already established two funds and is now looking for opportunities in the fruit markets of Canada and Europe.
The African agribusiness-focused firm is targeting up to $200m for Fund II and wants private sector participation to exceed Fund I’s 35% benchmark.
The Peru-based energy company is looking for private capital to shore up its bio-fuel business.
The lending institution could leverage investment from the private sector into Angola’s agriculture industry alongside its own commitment.
Upfront Ventures led the seed round of funding for plant-growing technology start-up Grove Labs, alongside three other VC firms and an individual angel investor.
The firm will list on the Nasdaq exchange after raising IPO capital to acquire the vineyard business of the Taggares family, according to an SEC filing.