Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund has committed several million dollars to Privateer Holdings which is raising $75m in Series B funding.
The joint venture between Spruce Capital Partners and Xeraya Capital has closed MLS Capital Fund II on $150m.
The food and agribusiness private equity firm attracted investment from the Middle East for the first time and exceeded its $800m target.
MycoTechnology is raising $5m to $10m to develop its technology platform aimed at enhancing food flavours naturally and improving nutritional value. Major food companies are also considering making bids to acquire the company outright.
Hampton Creek has raised $90m in a round led by Li Ka-shing's Horizon Ventures and Silicon Valley VC firm Khosla Ventures.
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The Harvest Fund will invest into listed securities in the food and alcohol industry.
UB Nordic Forest Management, the forestry management arm of the investment bank, is close to fully deploying Fund I with its latest acquisition.
Freight Farms, which makes mobile crop production facilities, raised the funding in a round led by venture capital firm Spark Capital.
Resource Management Services, the US-based institutional fund manager, will raise the capital across two funds; one targeting international markets and another targeting the US forestry market.