Proteus Environmental Technologies and Grower’s Secret now own a controlling stake in the firm after injecting $20 million to help fund its expansion plan.
Millennium Investment & Acquisition Company, a closed-end management investment company, has detailed plans to buy a US facility that produces premium activated carbon.
The Agriculture Fast Track Fund has invested nearly $2m into four agribusinesses in the two countries across the sugar, poultry, horticulture and milk sectors.
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.
Strong demand and less leverage means there is no bubble in North American farmland values, according to John Goodreds, senior director, natural resources.
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.
8 Miles LLP has invested into a Ugandan poultry business, its second investment into Africa’s agriculture sector.
LBO France is selling its 33% stake in Labeyrie – one of the world's largest producers of foie gras – to rival Paris-based buyout firm PAI, making a 1.7x return on its investment.