Lazard, the US financial advisory and asset management firm, has hired Alberto Weisser as senior advisor for global agribusiness and related sectors in its financial advisory department.
Greenshields Agri, an owner-operator of farmland in the northern grain belt of England, has applied for a listing on AIM and wants to raise £3m at IPO.
3D Robotics raised the Series C round from a range of angel and VC firms as investment into the technology surpassed $80m in 2014.
The NYSE-listed REIT released its annual earnings report last week detailing a net loss of $671,300. Nasdaq-listed peer Gladstone Land reported a net loss of $125,000 on the year.
LandFund Partners II follows the $7m Fund I which closed in 2013.
Water&Soil, a Hungarian agtech firm that has invented a water-retaining solution for soil, is looking for $10m in private capital investment.
The real estate division of French insurance giant AXA marked the start of its aim to grow its forestry portfolio by acquiring a large swathe of forest land in Finland for €11.2m.
Arcadia Biosciences, which wants to list on Nasdaq, is backed by BASF Venture Capital, Mandala Capital, CMEA Ventures and Saints Capital among others.
The life sciences venture capital firm is raising $200 million for its second fund that will have a strong focus on agricultural innovation. VC firm AVAC and BayerCrop Science have invested into the fund as partners.
The $155m Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners LP has made its first investment into a cage-free chicken egg producer, Iowa Cage-Free.