1) TaniHub TaniHub is a business-to-business network that connects farmers with companies that utilize or sell agricultural goods.
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Country: Indonesia State: Jakarta Raya City: Jakarta Started in: 2015 Founders: Edwin Setiawan, Ivan Arie Sustiawan, Michael Jovan Sugianto, Miftahul Choiri, Oki Setiawa, Pamitra Wineka, Wahyu Setyo Nugroho, Wawan B. Setyawan, William Setiawan Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding: $94,500,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 12 (MDI Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Flourish Ventures, Golden Gate, Openspace Ventures) You can find their website here
2) Ynsect The agro-food and environmental biotech industries are served by Ynsect's goods and services.
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Country: France State: Ile-de-France City: Paris Started in: 2011 Founders: Alexis Angot, Antoine Hubert, Fabrice Berro, Jean-Gabriel Levon Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $399,281,338 Funding rounds: 10 Number of investors: 21 (Bpifrance, European Commission, FootPrint Coalition, Idinvest Partners, Astanor Ventures) You can find their website here
3) Red Sea Farms Red Sea Farms is an agriculture technology firm that enables commercial crop production utilizing mostly salt water.
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Country: Saudi Arabia State: Ha'il City: Thuwal Started in: 2018 Founders: Mark Tester, Ryan Lefers Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: $14,348,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 5 (Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures, Global Ventures, KAUST Innovation Fund, Future Investment Initiative Institute, RPD Innovations) You can find their website here
4) Sayurbox Sayurbox is a web-based platform that provides healthful vegetables and fruits.
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Country: Indonesia State: Jakarta Raya City: Jakarta Started in: 2016 Founders: Rama Notowidigdo Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $5,000,000 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 (Insignia Ventures Partners, PT. Astra International Tbk, Patamar Capital) You can find their website here
5) Agricool Agricool recycles shipping containers into urban farms to cultivate local, flavorful, pesticide-free fruits and vegetables.
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Country: France State: Ile-de-France City: Paris Started in: 2015 Founders: Gonzague Gru, Guillaume Fourdinier Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $38,948,162 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 11 (Bpifrance, Kima Ventures, XAnge, Daphni, La Famiglia) You can find their website here
6) eFishery eFishery is an agtech firm that provides a fish and shrimp farming integrated feeding system.
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Country: Indonesia State: Jawa Barat City: Bandung Started in: 2013 Founders: Chrisna Aditya, Gibran El Farizy, Muhammad Ihsan Akhirulsyah Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $20,216,007 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 14 (500 Startups, Social Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, InnoVen Capital, Aqua Spark) You can find their website here
7) Louis Dreyfus Company The Louis Dreyfus Company is a global commodity merchandiser as well as a major agricultural asset owner and processor.
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Country: The Netherlands State: Zuid-Holland City: Rotterdam Started in: 1851 Number of employees: 10001+ Funding: $100,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 (ADQ, EBRD (Investment Firm)) You can find their website here
8) Pure Harvest Smart Farms Pure Harvest Smart Farms is a tech-enabled agribusiness based in the United Arab Emirates that specializes in producing superior fruits and vegetables all year.
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Country: United Arab Emirates State: Abu Dhabi City: Abu Dhabi Started in: 2016 Founders: Mahmoud Adi, Sky Kurtz Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $89,447,339 Funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 6 (Shuaa Capital psc, Shorooq Partners, Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund (MBRIF), Sancta Capital Group) You can find their website here
9) Eden Farm Indonesia Eden Farm is an agricultural supply chain company based in Indonesia.
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Country: Indonesia State: Jakarta Raya City: Jakarta Started in: 2017 Founders: David Setyadi Gunawan Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $1,744,711 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 8 (Investible, Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Global Founders Capital, AC Ventures) You can find their website here
10) N.THING N.THING is a Seoul-based agri-tech firm that uses IoT technology and data to drive innovation in the farm-to-table food value chain.
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Country: South Korea State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi City: Seoul Started in: 2014 Founders: J Jeong, Kenny Chung, Leo Kim, Seth Nam, SS Han, Tony Baik Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $15,076,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 8 (Woowa Bros, Samsung Venture Investment, Spring Camp, SparkLabs Accelerator, Empower Investment) You can find their website here
11) iFarm Universal data-driven plant-growing technology for automated vertical farms
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Country: Finland State: Southern Finland City: Helsinki Started in: 2017 Founders: Alex Lyskovsky, Konstantin Ulianov, Max Chizhov Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $4,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 5 (Impulse VC, Gagarin Capital Partners, Matrix Capital, IMI.VC, Boris Kim) You can find their website here
12) Agrosmart Agrosmart provides smart farming software that allows for remote agroeconomic data monitoring and management automation.
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Country: Brazil State: Goias City: Campinas Started in: 2014 Founders: Mariana Vasconcelos, Raphael Pizzi, Thales Nicoleti Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $10,400,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 6 (SP Ventures, SVG Ventures, Banco Bradesco, InovaBRA, Start-Up Brasil) You can find their website here
13) Nutrition Technologies Black Soldier is used by Nutrition Technologies to make protein, oil, and organic fertilizer. Fly larvae for a better and greener future
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Country: Singapore State: Central Region City: Singapore Started in: 2015 Founders: Nick Piggott, Richard Hayler, Thomas Berry Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $14,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 7 (Openspace Ventures, Seeds Capital, Hera Capital, Spring SEEDS Capital, Nullabor) You can find their website here
14) Augmenta Using deep learning, automate the precision application of farm inputs in real-time, increasing production, improving quality, and lowering input costs.
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Country: Greece State: Attiki City: Athens Started in: 2016 Founders: Dimitri Evangelopoulos, George Varvarelis Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $11,150,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 5 (MassChallenge, CNH Industrial, HCVC, Marathon Venture Capital, Pymwymic) You can find their website here
15) Naïo Technologies Nao Technologies creates and sells agricultural and viticulture robots.
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Country: France State: Midi-Pyrenees City: Escalquens Started in: 2011 Founders: Aymeric Barthes, Gaetan Severac Number of employees: 1-10 Funding: € 19,500,775 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 7 (Bpifrance, Emertec, Capagro, Pymwymic, WiSEED) You can find their website here
16) SENCROP Sencrop is an agricultural technology firm that helps farmers make better decisions in their regular farming tasks.
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Country: France State: Nord-Pas-de-Calais City: Lille Started in: 2016 Founders: Martin Ducroquet, Michael Bruniaux Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $12,043,601 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 11 (Bpifrance, The Yield Lab, Breega, Demeter, Eduardo Ronzano) You can find their website here
17) Agworld Pty Ltd Agworld Pty Ltd is a software solutions supplier for the agricultural business, providing a data capture and administration platform.
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Country: Australia State: Western Australia City: Perth Started in: 2009 Founders: Doug Fitch, Matthew Powell Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: A$20,500,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 3 (Syngenta Ventures, REV, Yuuwa Capital) You can find their website here
18) xFarm Farm is a software-as-a-service platform for digitalizing farms and simplifying data collecting and analysis.
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Country: Italy State: Lombardia City: Milan Started in: 2017 Founders: Martino Poretti, Matteo Vanotti, Salvatore Ferullo Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: € 3,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 2 (United Ventures, TiVenture) You can find their website here
19) Vive Crop Protection Vive develops more effective and long-lasting pesticides for organic and non-organic farming.
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Country: Canada State: Ontario City: Mississauga Started in: 2006 Founders: Cynthia Goh, Darren Anderson, Gwynn Curran-Sills, Jane Goh, Jordan Dinglasan, Richard Loo Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $39,999,527 Funding rounds: 10 Number of investors: 12 (Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Ontario Centres of Excellence, Ontario, Middleland Capital, Export Development Canada) You can find their website here
20) GREENLABS Through its agri-tech platform as a service, GREENLABS assists every farming step from production to sales.
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Country: South Korea State: Seoul-t'ukpyolsi City: Seoul Started in: 2017 Founders: Sang Hoon Shin Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $26,845,998 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 (Hashed, Magna Investment, CKD Venture Capital Corporation) You can find their website here
21) DeHaat DeHaat is a website that sells farm products and services.
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Country: India State: Bihar City: Patna City Started in: 2012 Founders: Amrendra Singh, Shashank Kumar Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $49,286,284 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 8 (Sequoia Capital India, RTP Global, Prosus Ventures, AgFunder, Trifecta Capital Advisors) You can find their website here
22) FarMart FarMart is a micro-SaaS platform that assists food businesses in obtaining high-quality goods at low costs.
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Country: India State: Haryana City: Gurgaon Started in: 2015 Founders: Alekh Sanghera, Lokesh Singh, Mehtab Singh Hans Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $3,280,204 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 6 (500 Startups, LetsVenture, Indian Angel Network, Omidyar Network India, Catalyst Fund) You can find their website here
23) CropIn CropIn is a leading AI and data-driven agri-tech company that uses deep learning to give SaaS solutions to agribusinesses throughout the world.
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Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2010 Founders: Krishna Kumar Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $32,599,576 Funding rounds: 10 Number of investors: 12 (BEENEXT, Sahra Growth Capital, CDC Group, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Chiratae Ventures) You can find their website here
24) Stellapps Stellapps creates dairy management software programs that use technology to improve the characteristics of the dairy supply chain.
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Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2011 Founders: Jinesh Shah, Praveen Nale, Ramakrishna Adukuri, Ranjith Mukundan, Ravishankar Shiroor, Venkatesh Seshasayee Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $18,806,757 Funding rounds: 8 Number of investors: 11 (Qualcomm Ventures, BEENEXT, Blume Ventures, Venture Highway, Stride Ventures) You can find their website here
25) Bombay Hemp Company BOHECO, or Bombay Hemp Company, is a for-profit social enterprise that supports industrial hemp.
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Country: India State: Maharashtra City: Mumbai Started in: 2013 Founders: Avnish Pandya, Chirag Tekchandaney, Delzaad Deolaliwala, Jahan Peston Jamas, Sanvar Oberoi, Sumit Shah, Yash Kotak Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: ₹92,500,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 10 (Ratan Tata, Rajan Anadan, Yash Kela, Sanvar Oberoi, Ginni International) You can find their website here
26) Gramophone Gramophone is an AgTech platform that provides farmers with information and input planning to assist them achieve higher yields.
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Country: India State: Madhya Pradesh City: Indore Started in: 2016 Founders: Ashish Rajan Singh, Harshit Gupta, Nishant Mahatre, Tauseef Khan Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $7,900,000 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 13 (Info Edge, Better Capital, Paipal Ventures, Better Capital, Asha Impact) You can find their website here
27) Vegrow Vegrow is a software platform that collaborates with farmers to aggregate supply and sell to organized demand.
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Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2020 Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $2,500,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 8 (Titan Capital, Better Capital, Ramakant Sharma, Matrix Partners India, Ankur Capital) You can find their website here
28) AgNext Technologies AgNext is focused on quality estimates in agriculture and food at the interface of hardware, software, and analytics.
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Country: India State: Punjab City: Mohali Started in: 2016 Founders: Taranjeet Singh Bhamra Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $4,138,462 Funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 (Kalaari Capital, Omnivore, a-IDEA) You can find their website here
29) EM3 AgriServices EM3 is one of the first private sector companies to focus on farm mechanization and technological services.
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Country: India State: Uttar Pradesh City: Noida Started in: 2013 Founders: Adwitiya Mal Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $13,300,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 3 (Aspada, Global Innovation Fund, Soros Economic Development Fund) You can find their website here
30) FarmersFZ FarmersFZ is an online store that sells fresh and safe produce and agricultural items.
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Country: India State: Kerala City: Kochi Started in: 2015 Founders: Pradeep PS Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $475,859 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 5 (IAN Fund, Artha India Ventures, Nagaraja Prakasam, Nativelead Foundation, P K Gopalakishnan) You can find their website here
31) BigHaat BigHaat is an agriculture-focused e-commerce platform that connects farmers with high-quality agricultural products and information.
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Country: India State: Karnataka City: Bengaluru Started in: 2015 Founders: Raj Kancham, Sachin Nandwana, Sateesh Nukala Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $2,630,546 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 4 (Beyond Next Ventures, Ankur Capital, GenNext Ventures, Rockstud Capital) You can find their website here
32) UrbanKisaan In India, UrbanKisaan constructs vertical farms and distributes the food directly to customers through a subscription-based app.
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Country: India State: Andhra Pradesh City: Hyderabad Started in: 2017 Founders: Sairam Reddy, Srinivas Chaganti, Vihari Kanukollu Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $1,500,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 3 (Y Combinator, Adam Morley, Pioneer Fund) You can find their website here
33) BharatAgri BharatAgri is a platform that develops farming solutions to help farmers earn more money.
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Country: India State: Maharashtra City: Pune Started in: 2017 Founders: Sai Gole, Siddharth Dialani Number of employees: 44470 Funding: $3,289,663 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 10 (Uber, Google for Startups, Better Capital, India Quotient, 021 Capital) You can find their website here
34) Milk Mantra Milk Mantra is a dairy enterprise that sells raw milk to its customers.
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Country: India State: Orissa City: Bhubaneswar Started in: 2009 Founders: Srikumar Misra Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $39,460,000 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 5 (Aavishkaar Venture Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, Mumbai Angels, U.S. International Development Finance Corp, Neev Fund) You can find their website here
35) 24 Mantra Organic 24 Mantra Organic is a specialized food store dedicated to supporting farmers' livelihoods, customers' sustainable lifestyles, and the environment's sustainability.
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Country: India State: Andhra Pradesh City: Hyderabad Started in: 2004 Founders: Rajashekar Reddy Seelam Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $17,294,061 Funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 2 (VenturEast, Peepul Capital LLC) You can find their website here
36) XAG XAG is a startup that provides drone services to the agricultural market.
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Country: China State: Guangdong City: Guangzhou Started in: 2007 Number of employees: 44470 Funding: CN¥1,500,000,000 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 8 (SoftBank Vision Fund, Sinovation Ventures, GL Ventures, Hillhouse Capital Group, SFUND) You can find their website here
37) Shiyue Daotian It is a modern agriculture enterprise group that encompasses the entire industrial chain, including breeding, planting, processing, and distribution.
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Country: China State: Heilongjiang City: Wuchang Started in: 2013 Funding: CN¥1,450,000,000 Funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 5 (Sequoia Capital China, CMC Capital Group, YF Capital, Taihe Capital, Qicheng Ziben) You can find their website here
38) Feiwei Information Feiwei Information is a provider of real estate information management software for farmers.
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Country: China State: Shanghai City: Shanghai Started in: 2012 Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $17,031,350 Funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 5 (Redpoint Ventures China, GP Capital, Langcheng Capital, Zhejiang Junhui Holdings, Zizhu Xiaomiao Fund) You can find their website here
39) ProducePay ProducePay is an agriculture fintech startup that offers fresh produce growers funding, analytics, and marketplace capabilities.
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Country: United States State: California City: Los Angeles Started in: 2014 Founders: Ben Dusastre, Pablo Schwarzbeck Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $342,900,000 Funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 27 (FJ Labs, 500 Startups, Menlo Ventures, International Finance Corporation, CoVenture) You can find their website here
40) Indigo Indigo improves grower profitability, sustainability, and consumer health by combining natural microbiology with digital technologies.
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Country: United States State: Massachusetts City: Boston Started in: 2014 Founders: Geoffrey von Maltzahn, Ignacio Martinez, Noubar Afeyan Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding: $1,169,000,000 Funding rounds: 11 Number of investors: 12 (G Squared, Flagship Pioneering, Baillie Gifford, FedEx, Olive Tree Capital) You can find their website here
41) Sentera Insights into analytics and machine learning for digital agriculture.
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Country: United States State: Minnesota City: Minneapolis Started in: 2014 Founders: Eric Taipale, John Hudson Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $53,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 8 (S2G Ventures, Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, AgFunder, iSELECT FUND, Middleland Capital) You can find their website here
42) Koch Industries Koch Industries is a conglomerate that owns and operates a wide range of businesses and industries that produce the essentials of life.
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Country: United States State: Kansas City: Wichita Started in: 1940 Founders: Fred C. Koch Number of employees: 10001+ Funding: $101,596,246 Funding rounds: 2 You can find their website here
43) Bushel Bushel is the first automated mobile app platform allowing elevators and cooperatives to communicate with their growers in the grain sector.
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Country: United States State: North Dakota City: Fargo Started in: 2017 Founders: Jake Joraanstad, Ryan Raguse Number of employees: 101-250 Funding: $75,000,000 Funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 7 (Cargill, Continental Grain Company, Lewis & Clark Ventures, Germin8 Ventures, Lewis & Clark AgriFood) You can find their website here
44) Kula Bio Kula Bio is a corporation that provides modern agriculture with long-term biological solutions.
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Country: United States State: Massachusetts City: Somerville Started in: 2018 Founders: Daniel G. Nocera, Kelsey Sakimoto, Xiaowen Feng Number of employees: 11-50 Funding: $22,128,761 Funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 14 (BoxGroup, Collaborative Fund, Pillar VC, UpHonest Capital, The Nature Conservancy) You can find their website here
45) Taranis Taranis is an agriculture intelligence platform that monitors fields with the help of computer vision, data science, and deep learning algorithms.
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Country: United States State: Indiana City: Westfield Started in: 2014 Founders: Asaf Horvitz, Ayal Karmi, Eli Bukchin, Ofir Schlam Number of employees: 51-100 Funding: $59,550,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 22 (OurCrowd, iAngels, Vertex Ventures, Marc Benioff, Viola Ventures) You can find their website here
46) Plenty Plenty is a vertical farming firm that provides clients with fresh, pesticide-free produce.
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Country: United States State: California City: South San Francisco Started in: 2014 Founders: Jack Oslan, Matt Barnard, Nate Mazonson, Nate Storey Number of employees: 251-500 Funding: $541,000,000 Funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 11 (SoftBank Vision Fund, DCM Ventures, DCVC, Innovation Endeavors, Group 11) You can find their website here
