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The lending institution could leverage investment from the private sector into Angola’s agriculture industry alongside its own commitment.

Upfront Ventures led the seed round of funding for plant-growing technology start-up Grove Labs, alongside three other VC firms and an individual angel investor.

The firm will list on the Nasdaq exchange after raising IPO capital to acquire the vineyard business of the Taggares family, according to an SEC filing.

The firm's asset management business is offering segregated mandates to institutional investors wanting to invest into Australian and New Zealand farmland.

The Timberland Investment Management Organisation is buying 50,000 acres from Plum Creek, acquiring it for a separate account investor.

The US private equity firm has invested $200m into Ethiopia's Afriflora, an Ethiopian-based grower and distributor of sustainably grown roses.

A consortium is investing into COFCO Group in a strategic partnership to build large-scale pig farms and meat processing plants in China.

The ranch fund management firm is targeting $50m and has received its first commitment, from repeat investor T. Boone Pickens.

The $10bn Russian Direct Investment Fund is exploring opportunities for co-investment across the country’s agribusiness value chain.

Investment opportunities abound in the Indian agriculture sector, not least in its inefficient supply chain, writes strategy consultant Deepak Nighoskar.