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The funding will help Roslin Technologies and university researchers improve the health of farmed animals and raise agricultural productivity through veterinary vaccines and tools for diagnosing disease.

Ultimately, the firm plans to help address the 20 billion pounds of produce that goes to waste each year due to surplus or cosmetic reasons.

The infusion of capital will support efforts to commercialize carinata as a sustainable feedstock for bio jet fuels and animal feed.

He focused on private equity investments in Europe and was a board member of a number of portfolio companies including Wyevale Garden Centres and Australian beef business CDC.

With commitments from four new investors – among them AXA and KBC – the impact investor has raised a total of $140m for its agRIF fund.

The National Farmers’ Federation and the boutique investment firm have already committed A$121m of the fund’s capital and expect a first close end of June.

New Hampshire-based Conservation Forestry raised $269m for its fourth fund, with European pensions playing a key role, according to chief operating officer Paul Young.

The firm will pick up PENM Partners’ $100m stake in Masan Group and invest an additional $150m in the company’s meat platform, according to sister publication Private Equity International.

The bill would have used a 65 percent tax credit to attract private capital contributions to a rural business investment fund (RBIF) investing into job-creating agriculture and rural businesses.

The NGP Capital-spin out has raised just over half of its $750 million target on its second fund, according to a recent SEC filing.