Invested Development, the US-based impact fund, has made its third agtech investment into a robot technology company through its $20m BSP Fund.
State-backed private equity firm Hopu Investments will co-invest into Noble Agri alongside Cofco Corp in the creation of a new vertically integrated agribusiness joint venture.
HoneyComb Corp, the drone technology firm, raised $150,000 from Oregon BEST and Portland Development Commission for product development.
Scottish Equity Partners, Albion Ventures and the Scottish Investment Bank have invested in the livestock monitoring technology firm.
The fund has backed Beloorbayir Biotech and is now fundraising for Fund II, targeting $200m.
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.
Impact investment lender Calvert Foundation plans to establish an agri-related sideline.
The UK-based DFI is keen to invest into African and South Asian food processing businesses as it develops its direct investment platform.