4Front Capital has completed its first round of capital raising to make strategic investments in the production and distribution of cannabis in various states in the US, leveraging off its consultancy business.
Greensoil Investments is raising a third fund to invest in food and agriculture technology companies in Israel and the Netherlands.
CannaVest, a manufacturer and distributor of hemp derivatives, closed a $6.5m financing with an undisclosed institutional investor.
The Estonian agtech start-up, which uses cloud-based software, raised the capital from the Estonian Development Fund and a local VC firm to expand its services across Europe.
AfDB is seeking capital from Brazil, Argentina, China and India to invest across the value chain.
The Canadian biotech company is raising $15m in Series B funding to accelerate its second bio-stimulator product for agricultural production.
Start-ups in sustainable agriculture areas like precision farming; supply chain tech; soil, weather and water tech; and internet-based products for agriculture can apply.
SEDCO Capital's agribusiness private equity fund will soon make its first investment into non-land assets. It is targeting $150m by the end of the year.
Google Ventures led the $15m Series B round into Farmer Business Network, which was founded by an ex-Google employee. Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers joined the round.
The fund manager is expecting to announce a first close on $300m this month ahead of a second closing on $500m in June.