Some agtech companies are turning to charity fundraising to help finance their projects because regular investment into the industry remains low.
The real assets fund platform has hired Atish Babu, who previously founded and worked at Omnivore Capital, to launch a new agri investment offering.
Kazakh agribusinesses signed a number of deals, said to have an average value of $300m, with foreign investment partners at KazAgro's three-day event.
The agencies hope that providing such insurance facilities will encourage private equity investment into emerging agriculture markets such as Africa.
The Canadian farmland investment company has received temporary certification to offer Shariah products to Islamic investors.
The two countries recently signed memorandums of understanding in an effort to enhance agricultural trade between them.
The soft commodities producer met investors in Europe two weeks ago and will start formal fundraising later this year.
Agro Nica Holdings will launch a $40m institutional fundraise next month after recently completing an early round from family office capital.
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 Illinois-based pension fund has transferred its agricultural investments account from Cozad/Westchester to the Hancock Natural Resource Group.