With slower than expected exits from its first Indian Agribusiness fund, the impact investment firm has indefinitely postponed plans for a $150m follow up.
Arbaro Partners has set up an impact investment fund, and has hired Finnfund's Hana Skelly to manage it.
Seven US universities will receive funding for research to make biofuel production more efficient and less costly.
The USDA has licensed the fund to receive equity investment from the US Farm Credit System to invest in small food and agri businesses.
A mix of strategic and venture investors plan to build faculty research at seven US universities into digital, biotech and genomics agri companies.
The funding will go toward deployment of the company’s agri sensor and analytics product designed for use on unmanned drones.
The sustainable TIMO focuses on non-core timber investments with additional revenue streams from conservation easements with its fourth fund.
The US development bank's capital will be used for small and medium agribusiness loans that ultimately benefit smallholder farmers.
Halderman, an agri-focused general partner whose institutional clients include the New Mexico Education Retirement Board, has merged with Hageman Group-backed US Agriculture.
The Singapore-based agribusiness company will invest the money in processing facilities in India and Nigeria that source produce from smallholder farmers.