Nitricity
Venture Round in 2025
Nitricity is an energy company focused on renewable nitrogen fertilizer production with zero carbon emissions. It develops electrified, climate-smart fertilizer products and manufactures nitric acid and ammonia, which can be used separately or combined to produce ammonium nitrate fertilizer. The approach aims to bring products closer to farmers, enable timely application, reduce runoff, and maximize nitrogen delivery on a global scale.
Klim
Convertible Note in 2024
Klim enables farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture at scale by providing them financial support, knowledge, documentation tools, and a community via our digital companion for farmers.
Klim-verified carbon removal credits, generated by Klim farmers, help companies to transition to net zero by offsetting their carbon emissions locally and with maximum impact and transparency.
Plantible
Convertible Note in 2024
Plantible Foods, Inc. is a company that focuses on developing and producing sustainable plant-based protein. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, the company extracts flavors from lemna and utilizes aquatic plants to create its products. Plantible operates a proprietary agricultural manufacturing platform designed to help food companies innovate while minimizing costs. Its plant-based protein is all-natural, organic, and free of major allergens, exhibiting functional characteristics similar to those of egg whites, whey protein, or casein. This allows clients to enhance the quality of their products while benefiting from a more sustainable and cost-effective protein source, ultimately contributing to the optimization of the food industry.
Verdi Expeditions
Convertible Note in 2024
Verdi Expeditions is a scalable platform for agricultural automation and tailored plant health.
Applied Carbon
Series A in 2024
Applied Carbon is a company focused on developing innovative mobile pyrolysis systems that produce biochar and sequester carbon on a large scale. Their technology targets degraded or blighted lands in urban and peri-urban areas, efficiently converting on-site biomass waste into biochar, a sustainable form of charcoal derived from agricultural waste. This process not only facilitates organic waste disposal but also enhances soil health by improving nutrient and water retention and aiding in the remediation of contaminants. By trapping atmospheric carbon, Applied Carbon aims to contribute to environmental sustainability and soil regeneration while addressing the challenges posed by climate change.
Yard Stick
Convertible Note in 2023
Yard Stick develops a handheld device that measures soil carbon levels in real-time. This enables evidence-based regenerative farming practices, improving soil health, increasing farmer income, and combating climate change by sequestering carbon.
Creative Food Labs
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Creative Food Labs specializes in biotechnological processes aimed at upcycling agricultural waste into valuable ingredients, particularly xylitol and other sugar substitutes. The company operates a biorefinery that employs innovative fermentation methods to convert agricultural byproducts into healthy alternatives for the food industry. Their offerings include a range of products such as beer, wine, and cheese, allowing food manufacturers to incorporate sustainable ingredients that align with consumer demands for clean labels and natural components. Through its focus on sustainability and health, Creative Food Labs supports the food sector in adapting to new trends while minimizing waste.
Future Acres
Venture Round in 2022
Future Acres is an agricultural robotics company dedicated to advancing sustainable farming practices through automation. The company has developed a modular robotic platform that includes its flagship product, Carry, a self-driving robot designed to transport crops across various terrains and weather conditions. This autonomous system aims to enhance the efficiency of farm operations by enabling farmworkers to effectively navigate their environments and streamline the process of moving produce from fields to processing centers. Through its innovative technology, Future Acres seeks to improve productivity and sustainability in the agricultural sector.
Nitricity
Venture Round in 2022
Nitricity is an energy company focused on renewable nitrogen fertilizer production with zero carbon emissions. It develops electrified, climate-smart fertilizer products and manufactures nitric acid and ammonia, which can be used separately or combined to produce ammonium nitrate fertilizer. The approach aims to bring products closer to farmers, enable timely application, reduce runoff, and maximize nitrogen delivery on a global scale.
Planet FWD
Series A in 2022
Planet FWD produces climate-friendly snacks sourced from regenerative farming practices that capture carbon from the atmosphere. It operates a platform connecting brands and consumers seeking sustainable products.
Propagate
Venture Round in 2021
Propagate is a regenerative agriculture company focused on facilitating the integration of agroforestry systems for farmland owners. By promoting the cultivation of permanent crops alongside traditional farming practices, Propagate enhances farm profitability while improving environmental outcomes such as water quality, biodiversity, and soil health. The company offers an end-to-end solution that includes farm planning software, technical assistance, project development services, and financing programs, thereby helping farms mitigate risks associated with incorporating fruit, nut, and timber trees into their operations. Founded in 2017, Propagate’s software, Overyield, currently supports over 55,000 acres of agroforestry and has helped plan more than 3,000,000 trees and shrubs. The company actively manages over 2,400 commercial acres through its regional agroforestry hubs in New York and Kentucky and has successfully planted over 200,000 trees in the past five years. Propagate is also partnered with various organizations, including USDA programs, to further its impact in sustainable agriculture.
Climate Robotics
Venture Round in 2021
Climate Robotics is a company focused on developing advanced robotics and artificial intelligence aimed at addressing climate change and improving soil health. Founded in 2020 and based in the United States, the company creates technology designed to sequester carbon effectively. One of its key innovations, the pyrobot, identifies degraded or blighted land in urban and peri-urban areas and transforms biomass waste on-site into biochar. This process not only aids in carbon capture but also enhances soil quality, contributing to the company's goal of promoting environmental sustainability.
Planet FWD
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Planet FWD produces climate-friendly snacks sourced from regenerative farming practices that capture carbon from the atmosphere. It operates a platform connecting brands and consumers seeking sustainable products.
Hawaii'i 'Ulu Cooperative
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Hawai'i 'Ulu Cooperative is dedicated to sustainable agricultural practices, focusing on the cultivation of breadfruit through the efforts of over 100 member farmers who operate small family farms. The cooperative aims to revitalize Hawaii's indigenous food system by providing homegrown, minimally processed breadfruit products. By offering recipe-ready frozen food packs, Hawai'i 'Ulu Cooperative facilitates access to this staple crop, encouraging its incorporation into everyday meals and promoting the use of local, sustainable ingredients.
Full Harvest
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Full Harvest is a San Francisco-based B2B marketplace that connects large farms with food companies to sell surplus and imperfect produce that would otherwise go to waste. The platform provides an end-to-end online distribution channel, enabling farms to monetize excess harvest by offering discounted, edible produce directly to food and beverage businesses. By unlocking unused produce, the company aims to create an additional revenue stream for farmers, lower costs in healthy food production, and significantly reduce food waste and resource use in the supply chain.
Vence
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Vence is a technology company that provides a hardware and software solution for livestock management, focusing on virtual fencing and autonomous animal control. Their platform employs sensors and GPS technology to enable farmers to remotely manage the movement and grazing of cattle through a smartphone application. This innovative approach not only enhances the utilization of available grazing resources but also significantly reduces costs associated with traditional fencing, such as hardware, maintenance, and labor. Additionally, Vence's system offers valuable insights into animal behavior, health, and fertility, ultimately helping livestock breeders optimize their operations and increase protein yield.
Hawaii'i 'Ulu Cooperative
Venture Round in 2020
Hawai'i 'Ulu Cooperative is dedicated to sustainable agricultural practices, focusing on the cultivation of breadfruit through the efforts of over 100 member farmers who operate small family farms. The cooperative aims to revitalize Hawaii's indigenous food system by providing homegrown, minimally processed breadfruit products. By offering recipe-ready frozen food packs, Hawai'i 'Ulu Cooperative facilitates access to this staple crop, encouraging its incorporation into everyday meals and promoting the use of local, sustainable ingredients.
Full Harvest
Venture Round in 2020
Full Harvest is a San Francisco-based B2B marketplace that connects large farms with food companies to sell surplus and imperfect produce that would otherwise go to waste. The platform provides an end-to-end online distribution channel, enabling farms to monetize excess harvest by offering discounted, edible produce directly to food and beverage businesses. By unlocking unused produce, the company aims to create an additional revenue stream for farmers, lower costs in healthy food production, and significantly reduce food waste and resource use in the supply chain.
Farm Link Hawai‘i
Venture Round in 2019
Farm Link Hawai‘i, Inc. is an online marketplace established in 2015, based in Waialua, Hawaii. The company connects local growers of fruits, vegetables, eggs, dairy, meat, seafood, and other products to various buyers, including grocers, restaurants, caterers, and other food service businesses. Through its platform, Farm Link Hawai‘i facilitates the ordering, pick-up, and delivery of these locally produced goods, promoting the local agricultural economy and ensuring that fresh products reach consumers efficiently.
Blue Ocean Barns
Grant in 2019
Blue Ocean Barns is a United States-based company that sources, processes, and markets seaweed as a cattle feed additive aimed at reducing methane emissions in dairy and beef production. By integrating this innovative approach, the company contributes to the creation of sustainable natural ecosystems while providing consumers with climate-friendly dairy and beef products. Through its efforts, Blue Ocean Barns seeks to address environmental concerns associated with traditional cattle farming and promote more sustainable agricultural practices.
Terviva is a food and agriculture company focused on pongamia-based ingredients for protein, oil, and biofuel. It develops high-yield pongamia cultivars and proprietary bean processing to produce sustainable oil and protein ingredients for food, energy, and agricultural markets. Through a tree cultivation platform, the company domesticates and scales pongamia orchards, enabling producers to grow more with fewer inputs and less land while restoring farmland to productive use.
Vence
Venture Round in 2019
Vence is a technology company that provides a hardware and software solution for livestock management, focusing on virtual fencing and autonomous animal control. Their platform employs sensors and GPS technology to enable farmers to remotely manage the movement and grazing of cattle through a smartphone application. This innovative approach not only enhances the utilization of available grazing resources but also significantly reduces costs associated with traditional fencing, such as hardware, maintenance, and labor. Additionally, Vence's system offers valuable insights into animal behavior, health, and fertility, ultimately helping livestock breeders optimize their operations and increase protein yield.
Smart Yields
Grant in 2017
Smart Yields Inc. is a technology company based in Honolulu, Hawaii, founded in 2015, that specializes in developing a mobile and desktop application aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity. Its platform utilizes a network of integrated sensors to monitor environmental conditions such as soil, air, and water quality, providing farmers with real-time data and alerts about their farm's health. By leveraging crowd-sourced data, Smart Yields connects farmers with agricultural researchers and local communities, facilitating informed decision-making to optimize crop yields and resource management. The application also features digital record-keeping and hazard alerts, enabling farmers to automate operations and reduce waste. Smart Yields is committed to empowering farmers and addressing unmet agricultural needs, contributing to initiatives aimed at doubling food production in Hawaii by 2030. The company has gained recognition for its innovative approach and has participated in several prestigious accelerator programs.
GrubTubs Inc. is a company focused on developing animal feed for local family farms by repurposing food waste. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, GrubTubs collects leftover food from restaurants and delivers it to local farms, where the food is transformed into chicken feed. Additionally, the company cultivates insects that serve as a nutritious food source for chickens, pigs, and fish. By implementing a waste collection system that includes providing restaurants with specialized tubs for food scraps, GrubTubs helps restaurant owners manage and reduce food waste while fostering a connection between urban eateries and rural agriculture.
Ceres AI is a SaaS company specializing in aerial spectral imagery and analytics for farmers and agribusinesses. Utilizing proprietary sensors, machine learning models, and plant science, Ceres delivers validated intelligence to farms across the US, Australia, and South America. This enables early detection of pests, diseases, water, and fertilizer issues.
Kunoa Cattle Company
Seed Round in 2015
Kunoa Cattle Company, LLC, established in 2014 and located in Kilauea, Hawaii, specializes in large-scale local food production with a focus on sustainability and respect for Hawaii's natural and cultural resources. The company manages approximately 2,000 cattle across extensive pasture lands on Kauai and Oahu. Kunoa operates a USDA-inspected livestock harvest facility, acquired in 2016, which provides top-tier livestock processing services. Utilizing local forages and holistic planned grazing techniques, Kunoa emphasizes the production of quality-oriented, pasture-raised beef products. Through its commitment to renewable energy and responsible food production practices, Kunoa Cattle Company aims to deliver fresh, healthy beef while promoting environmental stewardship in the region.
Terviva
Venture Round in 2013
Terviva is a food and agriculture company focused on pongamia-based ingredients for protein, oil, and biofuel. It develops high-yield pongamia cultivars and proprietary bean processing to produce sustainable oil and protein ingredients for food, energy, and agricultural markets. Through a tree cultivation platform, the company domesticates and scales pongamia orchards, enabling producers to grow more with fewer inputs and less land while restoring farmland to productive use.
Verdi is a developer of advanced data science platforms focused on enhancing precision agriculture, particularly in irrigation management. The company creates scalable control systems that facilitate plant-level healthcare and automation, even in challenging farming environments. By leveraging geospatial analytics, Verdi's network of irrigation valves allows farmers and growers to make informed irrigation decisions. This innovative approach enables users to customize water and fertilizer application at the individual plant level, thereby optimizing cultivation processes. Verdi aims to empower agricultural professionals with the tools needed to effectively build, manage, and scale their farming operations.
Verdi Expeditions is a scalable platform for agricultural automation and tailored plant health.