Staff Writer
Rapper Snoop Dogg reportedly wants to raise $25m for cannabis-related deals – a trend analysts expect to continue.
Planet Labs raised the Series C capital in a round led by Data Collective and joined by prominent VC firms such as Founders Fund.
The mobile application agtech firm raised the latest round from new and existing investors.
Meneba Beheer, a Dutch flour business and former portfolio company of CVC and Bencis, has been charged by the Dutch regulator for price fixing. Both private equity firms face fines as a result.
The firm is teaming up with Enviva Holdings to develop wood pellet plants to export the biomass fuel to Europe.
The private equity firm will invest at least $100m in Sundrop Farms from its $6bn Asia Fund II.
A lack in economies of scale, low-tech farming techniques and broken value chains remain thorny issues for China's agriculture industry, according to local private equity professionals.
Permira will sell Arysta to Platform Specialty Products
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive is putting US-based firms off travelling to Europe to meet investors.
Aqua Capital's $173m fund has backed companies including Comfrio, which operates foodservice logistics in Brazil for brands like Starbucks and Outback Steakhouse.