Treedom Group also sees scope to work with institutional investors on processing Agarwood trees, which produce oud oil commonly used across the Middle East.
Hot off its micronutrient company exit last month, the venture capital firm is launching its biggest fundraising yet, targeting $125m.
OnFarm, the agriculture data technology company, raised $800,000 in convertible notes through online fundraising platform AgFunder. The offering was twice oversubscribed.
Global Water Development Partners, established by Blackstone and two ex-IFC employees, wants to work with large institutions and investors in improving water infrastructure worldwide.
In the wake of fund dissatisfaction among pension funds, farmland asset managers want to be flexible with their investment offerings.
Large investors are increasingly interested in own-and-operate strategies, according to placement agents.
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 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.