The fund has backed Beloorbayir Biotech and is now fundraising for Fund II, targeting $200m.
The insurer has committed $47.5m to Old Mutual African Agri Fund, a buy-and-leaseback fund that aims to improve farms and plantations and build social infrastructure for workers.
The California-based agritech firm has closed a $10 million round of Series A-1 funding.
The African republic will invest a further $56.8m into its joint ventures with Olam, underlining the projects' importance in developing Gabon's nascent palm and rubber industries.
The Canadian farmland fund manager has been approached by at least two institutional investors interested in buying the assets of two of its existing retail funds.
WP Global Partners will manage agribusiness investments for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead pension. The fund wants to play the sector through co-investments, venture capital and private equity funds.
The private markets group is finalising a fourth hire to its real assets team as it emphasises the importance of the asset class.
Impact investment lender Calvert Foundation plans to establish an agri-related sideline.
The firm aims to hold a ‘one-and-done’ $400m close by Q3 and deploy the Southeast Australian dairy farm fund within 18 months.
Agriculture and food technology could be a good hedge for farmland investors as VC firms hope to improve productivity, according to Omnivore Partner's Mark Kahn.