The Trussbridge-led consortium has bought a majority stake in gluten-free producer La Maison Cannelle.
The role is based in Lisle, Illinois and is part of a wider expansion plan for Prudential's agriculture lending and equity investment business.
At the recent Australia Forum, Agri Investor interviewed Strategis Partners managing director Jay Horton about multi-crop insurance and how the agri investment community can use it.
Innovation Endeavors, the VC fund launched by Google chairman Eric Schmidt, invested in the round alongside other heavy hitting VC players and a crowd-funding platform.
The UK development finance institution's free online ESG guidance tool for fund managers includes a specific agriculture and aquaculture profile.
The deal comprises 3,519 aggregate acres of irrigated cropland in California and Florida, for approximately $35 million.
The fund of funds house is looking to fill two new roles in Sydney and London after recently hiring an investment analyst in Sydney.
The funding will support Agrivision Africa's $30 million expansion programme, including the modernisation of existing grain production operations.
The timberland investment manager has hired Geoffrey Seeto as managing director of New Forests Asia to lead the expansion and consolidation of its Asian business.
Zymergen, a Californian company, raised funding from Data Collective and AME Cloud Ventures, the early stage fund of Jerry Yang, founder of Yahoo, among a range of other big VC players.