Evans Properties, Agro-Iron and Shrieve were among the investors in a round that will help the fertiliser producer prepare to build a second manufacturing plant.

US-based plant nutrient producer Anuvia Plant Nutrients raised $23m from a consortium including agricultural and land management company Evans Properties and corporate joint venture AIS-JV yesterday.

The round was led by TPG Alternative & Renewable Technologies (TPG ART), a subsidiary of private equity group TPG, and filled out by private equity firm Osceola Capital Management, growth capital fund Pontifax AgTech and Florida Opportunity Fund.

AIS-JV is a specialist vehicle co-founded by micronutrients, real estate and mining group Agro-Iron and industrial…