Phoenix Africa’s Sierra Leone rice farming project started operations in October and is now raising $1.1m to expand and buy more infrastructure.
The US timberland fund management firm is fundraising two funds: Timbervest Targeted Opportunities Fund and Timbervest Crossover Partners IV.
Inocucor Technologies, a company that produces yeasts and bacteria to improve the productivity of soil, seeds and plants, attracted venture capital investment to the round.
The private equity arm of Cargill has closed two funds: Black River Agriculture Fund 2 on $587m and Black River Food Fund 2 on $700m.
Domaine Chanzy is raising £1.9m and will list the IPO on Seedrs, the UK fundraising platform, in a first for the industry.
Dutch pension fund PGGM has committed between €50 million and €100 million to Black River Food Fund 2, a private equity fund managed by the private equity subsidiary of US agribusiness Cargill.
The Australian dairy fund manager, which doesn't want to disclose the size due to the potential impact on farmland prices, will hold a final close later in the year.
Planet Labs raised the Series C capital in a round led by Data Collective and joined by prominent VC firms such as Founders Fund.
The Uruguayan timber group recently raised $70m for its second domestic timber investment trust, Bosques del Uruguay II.
The mobile application agtech firm raised the latest round from new and existing investors.