The Canadian venture capital fund's exit involved a range of successful investments including AgraQuest, Chromatin and MCN BioProducts.
Australian sheep meat and cereals investment manager Growth Farms has held a first close of its first fund on A$35 million.
Aspada Investment Company has invested $3.2m into InI Farms, a vertically-integrated horticulture company. Kushal Agrawal, chief financial officer, discusses the sector's opportunities.
The US timberland investment manager is raising a non-US timber fund to focus on buying assets in Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand and Uruguay.
WISErg Corp, a waste management and organic fertiliser producer, has raised $11m in Series B funding in a round led by Second Avenue Partners, an early stage investment firm.
The UK development finance institution has joined Finnfund in committing to Miro Forestry, a sustainable forestry company operating in Sierra Leone and Ghana.
Colombian cocoa private equity fund Serfinco Agronegocios has held a first close on $10 million. The 20-year fund is targeting $30 million overall and hopes to close by the end of the year.
The venture capital firm recently closed Fund V on $537m and intends to invest one-third into agriculture with the remaining targeting healthcare opportunities.
The aerial imaging and drone operator training company raised "a few million" from Stephen Polk, a private investor and former chairman and chief executive of R L Polk & Co.
Edyn, a garden sensor manufacturer, has exceeded its $2 million pre-Series A funding target on AgFunder.
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