North Bridge Venture Partners has led a follow-on funding round in Cool Planet, a biofuel and agtech company.
The new fund will target both international and domestic investors and has already begun fundraising.
Omnivore Partners, an agtech-focused Indian VC firm, will soon make the final investment for its Fund I and head back to market for Fund II.
UBS AgriVest's 2006 vintage open-ended vehicle has raised $82.5m of new money over the last year, reflecting modest investment levels, with volatile land prices and increased competition stifling deal activity.
Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp and its asset management unit Lion Global Investors have closed a S$550m private equity fund to invest in agriculture and commodity companies across Asia.
Stafford Capital Partners will invest in dairy, beef and row crops, and is splitting its commitments between primaries, secondaries and co-investments.
Agribusiness and natural resources are among the sectors for which 67 Africa-focused funds are currently raising capital, according to PEI data.
The new fund, solely focused on the New Zealand dairy market, is targeting NZ$350m, with a final close to take place in the first quarter of 2016.
The Small Enterprise Assistance Fund (SEAF), the impact investment fund manager with investments in over 33 countries, is gearing up to launch a new $100m India-focused agri fund.
Integrated Ag will invest in distressed and underutilised farm properties and underlying farm businesses in states like Arizona and Nevada.