The agricultural marketplace operator has completed the series F round's $360m second tranche, which followed a $175m first close featuring FedEx in January this year.

US-based agriculture marketplace operator Indigo Agriculture increased a series F round already backed by courier services provider FedEx to $535m yesterday following the close of its $360m second tranche.

The additional tranche consisted of $260m in preferred equity financing and $100m in convertible equity and came after $175m in convertible equity financing and $25m in debt financing from financial services firms including Pacific Western Bank in January this year.

FedEx, Flagship Pioneering and Alaska Permanent Fund took part in…

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