Top 10 AgTech Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – January 1st to March 31st, 2026
Several interesting transactions closed in the AgTech sector over the past quarter. If you would like more info on these deals or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.
PIPE
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- MustGrow Biologics, fully integrated provider of innovative biological and regenerative agriculture solutions that supports sustainable farming received CAD 2 million of development capital.
Buyout/LBO
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- Deveron, an agriculture technology company that focuses on providing data acquisition services and data analytics to the farming sector in North America, was acquired by Rock River Laboratory, via its financial sponsor Aqua Capital, through a $37.4 million LBO.
- Thorn Creek Insurance Services, agricultural and livestock insurance services that safeguards agricultural enterprises, commercial operations, and personal assets against risk and uncertainty, was acquired by Relation Insurance, via its financial sponsor Aquiline, through an LBO.
Corporate
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- AgritechBC Solutions, an environmental technology company based in Canada that offers environmental remediation and ecosystem restoration services related to soil, water, and agricultural productivity, and more, was acquired by CleanGo Innovations (CNQ: CGII).
Merger/Acquisition
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- AgBiTech, a baculovirus-based insecticides that focuses on science-based biological insect protection, was acquired by xarvio, a subsidiary of BASF (ETR: BAS).
Later Stage VC
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- Plant Path, a plant breeding company that addresses challenges such as health, nutrition, and the environment, raised $3.66 million of venture funding.
- Tomorrow.io, a local weather forecasting platform that improves weather forecasting with new micro weather information, raised $175 million of venture funding in a deal led by Stonecourt Capital and HarbourVest Partners.
Early Stage VC
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- Direct Yield Market, digital marketplace that connects the buyers and sellers of crop protection products, raised venture funding from NYA Ventures.
- Intersect Agriculture, vertical indoor farming company for sustainable farming that engages in the conversion of waste into nutrients through rearing insects in a net carbon-negative process, providing customers with protein-rich animal feed and enhanced productivity, raised $100,000 of venture funding in the form of SAFE notes.
Seed Round
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- Bloom Spatial, a vegetation management software for electric utility cooperatives to solve tangible vegetation problems, raised $499,998 of Seed funding from Elevate Ventures, Flywheel Fund and Paragraph Studio.
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Karen Witt
Managing Director
20 years of experience in financial services including all facets of lending and portfolio management. Advised companies on mergers and acquisitions, market expansion, product launch and process improvement. Industry experience includes banking/fintech/payments, construction/real estate development, energy, manufacturing, agriculture, and software development. BA (Business) and MBA from Anderson School of Management, University of New Mexico. FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses
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