Cibus Global has a platform for advanced non-transgenic breeding of plants.
The Indian agribusiness private equity fund manager is set to launch Fund II in the coming weeks after Fund I invested in Godavari Biorefineries this week.
Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual closed its first timberland fund on $860m after exceeding its $750 million target.
A trade association that represents local and regional family farmers growing fresh produce launched the $4m agtech fund alongside Silicon Valley Venture Partners.
The Australian beef cattle fund manager announced the lending facility during the same week as Beef Australia 2015, the industry event held in Rockhampton, Queensland, where speakers pointed to continued beef price hikes.
Chinese drone technology company DJI is raising more capital in an effort to expand its offering globally.
Stevia First Crop, a California-based agricultural biotechnology firm that focuses on the industrial scale production of stevia, raised the capital to expand research and development.
Skyward is the latest drone-related company to raise capital in a seed round led by a group of venture capital firms including Verizon Ventures, the VC arm of the telecommunications giant.
RDIF and RCIF will be responsible for creating the cereal-focused fund and seeking capital from international investors. An experimental free trade zone in Heilongjiang province, China's biggest grain producing region, was also agreed.
AquaVenture Holdings, a Californian water service provider created by Virgin Green Fund and VC firm Element Partners, raised the capital from seven investors in a round led by Element.