Top 10 AgTech Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – October 1st – 15th, 2025
Several interesting transactions closed in the AgTech sector over the past two weeks. 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
- Argo Graphene Solutions, develops graphene and nanomaterial technologies for concrete, construction, electronics, and clean tech, received $254,300 of development capital through a private placement.
Later Stage VC
- Aqueus, agricultural soil amendment that improves soil structure, boosts nutrient availability, and increases crop yields, raised venture funding from Really Cool.
- Ascribe, crop protection products against pests, fungi and other small organisms, raised $15.02 million through a combination of Series A, Series A-1, and Series A-2 venture funding in a deal led by Corteva and Acre Venture Partners.
- Fork Farms, hydroponic vertical farming technology that produces a harvest of vegetables and herbs, raised venture funding from Serra Ventures.
- FruitScout, crop load management platform that automates farming processes, raised $4.8 million of venture funding from Barrel Ventures and other investors.
Accelerator/Incubator
- Alpaca FibreShed, fiber organization that helps small farmers in Ontario manage their fleeces, joined i.d.e.a. Fund as part of its Cohort 4 and received $20,000 in funding.
- Saiwa, AI and machine learning platforms for agricultural and environmental monitoring, joined Boundless Accelerator, i.d.e.a. Fund, and WEtech Alliance as part of Cohort 4, and received $20,000 in funding in the form of a grant.
Seed Round
- BIOSORRA, carbon-based agricultural biofertilizer that promotes environmental regeneration and long-term carbon sequestration, raised $3.5 million of Pre-Series A funding in a deal led by atmosfair and Fondo Nimbus.
- Maia Farms, mycoprotein that provides an alternative to red meat and utilizes crop biomass by transforming mushrooms, raised $1.25 million of Series A seed funding from Genome British Columbia.
- RedNOx, subsurface NOx and N2O sensors for deployment in farmland, raised $1.94 million through a combination of Seed-1, Seed-2 and Seed-3 funding from Nihon Yamamura Glass Company, Rev1 Ventures, and other investors.
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