The SLM Australia Livestock Fund is negotiating an A$20m - A$30m debt and equity deal with an undisclosed institutional investor.
Advantage Capital Partners will invest a $150m fund targeting US small businesses across the agriculture value chain.
NGP Global Agribusiness Partners, the subsidiary of NGP Energy Capital, has closed its inaugural fund on $402m, some 25% above target.
Two high net worth individuals have made $1.5m in soft commitments for direct deals via Black Sea Agriculture.
Two brothers from Northern Queensland have set up National Land Lease (NLL), after selling 180,000 acres of family land to a corporate fund and leasing it back under a long-term contract.
The agribuiness holding company has raised around $4m for its first project in Sierra Leone from investors including a US foundation and West African merchant bank.
The diversified Latin American fund has $35m in soft commitments from family offices and is now being marketed to institutions as it works towards a $300m target.
The Australian investment manager has hired Michael Blakeney as investment director, taking the team to 15 people.
Treedom Group also sees scope to work with institutional investors on processing Agarwood trees, which produce oud oil commonly used across the Middle East.
Hot off its micronutrient company exit last month, the venture capital firm is launching its biggest fundraising yet, targeting $125m.