Meet some of the bold and exceptional founders transforming our food and agriculture system

Atomo Coffee

#COFFEE #MOLECULAR #UPCYCLE

Round Size
$9.0 million
Round Name
Seed
 Atomo Coffee

  • Atomo is making molecular coffee from upcycled and sustainable ingredients. 

Investors

AgFunder, Bessemer Venture Partners, Horizons Ventures, S2G Ventures.

Root AI

#AGROBOTICS #GREENHOUSE #HARVESTING

Round Size
$7.2 million
Round Name
Seed
 Root AI

  • Root AI makes autonomous harvesting robots for greenhouses. 

Investors

AgFunder, Accomplice, First Round Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures.

SIMULATE

#PLANTBASED #CHICKEN #D2C

Round Size
Undisclosed
Round Name
Series A
 SIMULATE

  • SIMULATE's first product is NUGGS: D2C frozen plant-based chicken nuggets. 

Investors

AgFunder, Alexis Ohanian, Maven Ventures, McCain Foods, NOMO Ventures, Rainfall Ventures.

MycoWorks

#Leather #Biomaterials #Mycelium

Round Size
$17.0 million
Round Name
Series A
 MycoWorks

  • MycoWorks produces high quality leather alternatives from mycelium.  

Investors

AgFunder, Data Collective, Novo Holdings.

Wefarm

#Marketplace #FarmManagement

Round Size
$13.0 million
Round Name
Series A
 Wefarm

  • Wefarm is building a peer-to-peer farmers network and marketplace in Eastern Africa.

Investors

AgFunder, Norrsken Foundation, True Ventures.

FieldIn

#FarmManagement #Software #FNV

Round Size
$12.0 million
Round Name
Series A
 FieldIn

  • FieldIn develops farm management software for the Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables market. 

Investors

AgFunder, Cavallo Ventures, Gal Ventures, Germin8, Terra Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures.

AI Palette

#Foodtech #MachineLearning #Marketing

Round Size
$750000
Round Name
Seed
 AI Palette

  • Using AI to help food companies originate new products.

Investors

AgFunder, Decacorn Capital, Entrepreneur First, SG Innovate.

Tray

#RESTAURANTTECH #KIOSK #POS

Round Size
Undisclosed
Round Name
Seed
 Tray

  • TRAY is reimagining the Point-of-Sale system around self-service.

Investors

AgFunder, Greycroft.

Intelligent Growth Solutions

#CEA #Hardware #Horticulture #IndoorAg

Round Size
£5.4 million
Round Name
Series A
 Intelligent Growth Solutions

  • IGS develops smart infrastructure and software for indoor ag. 

Investors

AgFunder, S2G Ventures, Scottish Investment Bank.

Brightseed

#Biotech #AI #Machinelearning #Foodtech #Ingredients

Round Size
Undisclosed
Round Name
Seed
 Brightseed

  • Brightseed is using AI to discover natural functional medicines in common food crops.

Investors

AgFunder, Fifty Years, Germin8, Horizons Ventures.

DeHaat

#Marketplace #Smallholders #SupplyChain

Round Size
$4.0 million
Round Name
Seed
 DeHaat

  • DeHaat is Farmer's Business Network for smallholder farmers with over 100k users.

Investors

AgFunder, Omnivore Partners, Pi Ventures.

The Yield

#DecisionSupport #IoT #MachineLearning

Round Size
A$6.5 million
Round Name
Series A
 The Yield

  • The Yield is an AI powered micro-climate analytics platform for agriculture.

Investors

AgFunder, Bosch, KPMG.

Sentera

#DroneImagery #DecisionSupport #PrecisionAg

Round Size
$16.5 million
Round Name
Series A
 Sentera

  • Sentera is a drone mapping company that provides spatial maps to growers. 

Investors

AgFunder, Continental Grain, Middleland Capital, S2G Ventures.

ImpactVision

#FoodProcessing #Imagery #MachineLearning

Round Size
$1.4 million
Round Name
Seed
 ImpactVision

  • Real-time food quality and safety decisions.                                              

Investors

AgFunder, Acre Venture Partners, Merian Ventures, Xandex Ventures.

Phylagen

#FoodSafety #Traceability #Logistics

Round Size
$14.0 million
Round Name
Series A
 Phylagen

  • Phylagen is a traceability technology based on microbial environmental fingerprinting.

Investors

AgFunder, 3M Ventures, Breakout Ventures, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, Humanity United.

Stem

#SUGARSUBSTITUTE #HEALTH #FOODTECH

Round Size
Undisclosed
Round Name
Seed
 Stem

  • Stem has developing a natural low-cost sugar substitute for food products.

Investors

AgFunder, Data Collective, Felicis Ventures, WTI.

Chinova Bioworks

#Biotech #Foodtech

Round Size
$2.0 million
Round Name
Seed
 Chinova Bioworks

  • Chinova produces a powerful green label food preservative from mushroom chitosan.

Investors

AgFunder, DSM Venturing, Natural Products Canada, Rhapsody Venture Partners.

Solinftec

#FarmManagement #IoT #MachineLearning

Round Size
Undisclosed
Round Name
Series B
 Solinftec

  • Process optimization for farming. Operating on 12M+ acres.

Investors

AgFunder, TPG ART.

Aerobotics

#Imagery #MachineLearning #TreeCrops

Round Size
$2.0 million
Round Name
Series A
 Aerobotics

  • A smart pest management platform using satellite, drone, and in-field scouting.

Investors

AgFunder, 4Di Capital, AngelList, Lee Edwards, Nedbank VC, Savannah Fund.

Trace Genomics

#Biotech #AI #Machinelearning

Round Size
$13.0 million
Round Name
Series A
 Trace Genomics

  • 23andMe for soil that analyzes the soil microbiome and prescribes treatments.

Investors

AgFunder, Stage 1 Ventures, Tiger Global.