PensionDanmark's CEO expressed interest in the fund that will attract commitments from the private sector alongside a Kr500m ($75m; €67m) injection from the government.
Meritus Ventures and Innova Memphis were selected by the USDA to be RBICs and are raising $125m between them to invest into early-stage rural and agtech companies in Tennessee.
The knowledge-based platform for farmers, which won World's Best Startup in 2014, is in talks with a variety of venture capital firms in Europe and the US about the capital raising round.
The drone producer and software platform has received new funding from venture capital firms including WestSummit Capital which led the top-up round after initially closing the Series C round on $50m.
The South African food and agribusiness private equity fund is targeting $175m overall and expects some repeat investors from its first $100m fund.
Sohan Lal Commodity Management is looking to raise fresh capital from investors to fund expansion into new countries and growth of its NBFC.
This is the council's second investment into an agriculture-related fund this year.
Tropical Farms, a subsidiary company of AIM-listed agriculture investment company Agriterra, wants to raise capital to develop its outgrower scheme.
The venture capital firm expects that agriculture technology firms will make up a portion of the $125m Opportunity Fund.
Blue Sky Strategic Australian Agriculture Fund will invest across agriculture infrastructure, agribusiness private equity and water entitlements offering an IRR of 12%-15%.