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The development finance institution has joined Dutch development bank FMO and GAFSP to invest $15m collectively into Malawi Mangoes.
The real assets fund platform has hired Atish Babu, who previously founded and worked at Omnivore Capital, to launch a new agri investment offering.
The lending institution could leverage investment from the private sector into Angola’s agriculture industry alongside its own commitment.
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 new commitment by the Washington State Investment Board was approved at an April board meeting and takes its total commitment to agri to $650 million.
The US-based fund has closed on $124m after gaining commitments from three institutions, including the Washington State Investment Board.
Omnivore Partners, the Indian venture capital firm focusing on agtech, has invested into Mitra, a machinery company. The firm's Fund I is now 50 percent deployed.
Craigmore Farming Partnership, a New Zealand own-and-operate agri fund with a focus on dairy, is planning to hold a final close in June.
The drought challenging California farms and orchards illustrates that agri investors’ choices aren’t always black and white.
Rogue Rovers, an electric farm vehicle manufacturer, has received a $25,000 grant from Oregon BEST, the technology development company.