Heartland is based in Ohio, where agriculture is one of the US State's largest industries and ripe for small business lending.
Private equity firm Hosen Capital reportedly now plans to raise $400m for its latest agri fund, said to be anchored by Chinese agribusiness conglomerate New Hope Group.
Its infrastructure and timberland team is responsible for an A$8bn global portfolio, making it one of the largest infrastructure investors in the world.
The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund's annual report revealed agriculture was among its top three sectors for investment in fiscal year 2015.
Kester Capital has made a 3.4x return from the sale of Briefing Media after three years of ownership.
John Rushen joins Insight from Aon Hewitt where he was head of EMEA investment services and has also held senior positions at BlackRock and Mercer.
Fanisi is a $50 million venture capital fund making direct investments in high growth businesses, set up by Amani Capital and the Norwegian development fund.
Sherpa Asset Management is selling the pistachio and almond farm near Fresno for around $26m.
The resource-efficiency focused investment company has hired Peter Juul Kristensen from pork chain genetics company Genus PIC.
Sherpa Asset Management's agri investment arm will soon close on around $40m of commitments across two projects in Colombia and Peru.