Fall Line Capital

Fall Line Capital is a private equity firm based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2011. It targets investments in farmland and agricultural technologies in the United States, acquiring and actively managing broadacre farmland while pursuing technology companies whose products support its landholdings. The firm focuses on realizing productivity gains from farmland and deploying tech-enabled solutions across the agricultural sector.

Yanniv Dorone Ph.D

Senior Vice President

Vic Method

Director

Mike Novelly

CFO

Eric O’Brien

Partner

Joaquin Oliverio

Director

Libby Spalding

Investor

Giulia Stellari

Director

Baptiste Tellier

Managing Director

Past deals in AgTech

Bonsai Robotics

Series A in 2025
Bonsai Robotics develops vision-based automation technologies for agricultural and off-road vehicles, offering machine navigation systems powered by computer vision and artificial intelligence to enable autonomous operation. The company provides analytics and telematics for reporting and insights to help growers improve productivity, efficiency, and safety, reducing reliance on manual labor. Based in San Jose, California, Bonsai Robotics serves the farming sector with solutions that integrate autonomous navigation with data-driven decision support.

Lumo

Venture Round in 2024
Lumo modernizes water management for agriculture, initially focusing on grape growers in California. Its software-first solutions aim to reduce water, energy, and labor costs by optimizing irrigation, ultimately helping farmers better manage their water resources.

Bonsai Robotics

Seed Round in 2023
Bonsai Robotics develops vision-based automation technologies for agricultural and off-road vehicles, offering machine navigation systems powered by computer vision and artificial intelligence to enable autonomous operation. The company provides analytics and telematics for reporting and insights to help growers improve productivity, efficiency, and safety, reducing reliance on manual labor. Based in San Jose, California, Bonsai Robotics serves the farming sector with solutions that integrate autonomous navigation with data-driven decision support.

Lithos Carbon

Seed Round in 2022
Lithos Carbon is an agricultural carbon removal company focused on developing innovative carbon capture technology for farms. Founded in March 2022 by experienced entrepreneurs and experts in atmospheric geochemistry, the company aims to transform farmland into carbon capture centers, with a goal of removing one billion tons of CO2 from the atmosphere within this decade. Lithos Carbon's technology employs isotope dilution methods and advanced soil models, utilizing mineral weathering techniques that involve spreading basalt on croplands to enhance dissolved inorganic carbon and facilitate long-term storage as ocean carbonates. Their approach not only promotes significant carbon dioxide removal but also enhances crop yields and improves soil conditions. The company's solutions are custom-designed for specific fields and crops, ensuring immediate scalability and empirical effectiveness.

Lumo

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Lumo modernizes water management for agriculture, initially focusing on grape growers in California. Its software-first solutions aim to reduce water, energy, and labor costs by optimizing irrigation, ultimately helping farmers better manage their water resources.

Mermade Seafoods

Seed Round in 2022
Mermade Seafoods is a pioneering company in cellular aquaculture, focusing on the production of cell-based seafood. Its innovative approach uses a sustainable fermentation process to create clean, healthy, and sustainable protein-rich products.

FarmWise

Series B in 2022
FarmWise, established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in developing and manufacturing robotic machinery for agriculture. The company's primary product is a mechanical weeder, designed to track and remove weeds in vegetable crops, enhancing farm efficiency and reducing herbicide usage. FarmWise also offers comprehensive training and support to ensure optimal use of its technology.

Verge

Series A in 2022
Verge Ag, established in 2016 and headquartered in Lethbridge, Canada, specializes in precision agriculture technology. The company's primary mission is to simplify farming operations by connecting growers more effectively with their land. Verge offers two key software solutions: First Pass, which optimizes path planning for producers, and Launch Pad, a comprehensive platform integrating farm operations management. These products aim to address labor shortages, enhance machinery productivity, and mitigate soil degradation. Sold globally through resellers, Verge's technology empowers farmers to increase the efficiency of their existing equipment using artificial intelligence and digital simulation, ultimately boosting profitability across entire farms.

Agrofy

Series C in 2021
Agrofy operates an online platform facilitating transactions between agricultural industry participants. Established in 2015, it offers a wide range of products and services for farmers, including machinery, inputs, infrastructure, tools, crops, cattle, insurance, loans, farmlands, jobs, and vehicles.

Smartwyre

Series A in 2021
Founded in 2018, Smartwyre is a Denver-based company that develops software for the agriculture industry. Its platform enables real-time product, pricing, and rebate data sharing among farm input distributors, retailers, and manufacturers, driving profitability.

Agrofy

Series B in 2019
Agrofy operates an online platform facilitating transactions between agricultural industry participants. Established in 2015, it offers a wide range of products and services for farmers, including machinery, inputs, infrastructure, tools, crops, cattle, insurance, loans, farmlands, jobs, and vehicles.

Verge

Seed Round in 2019
Verge Ag, established in 2016 and headquartered in Lethbridge, Canada, specializes in precision agriculture technology. The company's primary mission is to simplify farming operations by connecting growers more effectively with their land. Verge offers two key software solutions: First Pass, which optimizes path planning for producers, and Launch Pad, a comprehensive platform integrating farm operations management. These products aim to address labor shortages, enhance machinery productivity, and mitigate soil degradation. Sold globally through resellers, Verge's technology empowers farmers to increase the efficiency of their existing equipment using artificial intelligence and digital simulation, ultimately boosting profitability across entire farms.

Smartwyre

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, Smartwyre is a Denver-based company that develops software for the agriculture industry. Its platform enables real-time product, pricing, and rebate data sharing among farm input distributors, retailers, and manufacturers, driving profitability.

Hi Fidelity Genetics

Series A in 2018
Hi Fidelity Genetics LLC is a startup based in Durham, North Carolina, focused on developing innovative hardware and software for plant-breeding applications. The company specializes in creating tools that measure and predict plant traits, which are essential for enhancing productivity in agriculture. As the global population increases and climate change poses challenges to food supply, Hi Fidelity Genetics aims to democratize seed breeding and provide effective genetic modification services. Their technology seeks to improve the profitability of producers while maintaining sufficient food supplies, thereby addressing pressing agricultural needs in a changing environment.

Granular

Series B in 2015
Granular is a software and analytics platform focused on enhancing the efficiency and decision-making capabilities of farmers. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides tools such as data-driven crop models, farmland research, and profit measurement at the field level. These resources enable farmers to raise healthier crops while optimizing resource use, ultimately helping them build and sustain stronger businesses. Granular is supported by prominent investors from Silicon Valley, including Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, and Khosla Ventures. Through its cloud-based solutions, Granular aims to power some of the world’s most efficient farms.
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