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Sound Agriculture Raises $75 Million Series D To Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture And Sustainable Food Production

Dec 07, 2022about 3 years ago

Amount Raised

$75 Million

Round Type

series d

EmeryvilleFarming

Investors

Northpond VenturesCavallo VenturesFall Line CapitalS2 G VenturesBayer, Syngenta Group VenturesBmo Impact Investment Fund

Description

Sound Agriculture, a leading agtech company improving how we farm and what we eat, announced a $75 million Series D equity investment, led by new investors BMO Impact Investment Fund and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, along with FootPrint Coalition and returning investors Leaps by Bayer, Syngenta Group Ventures, S2G Ventures, Fall Line Capital, Cavallo Ventures and Northpond Ventures. Since its founding in 2013, the company has raised a total of $155 million to develop nature-based solutions for sustainable food production, replacing up to 30% of climate damaging synthetic fertilizer and breeding tastier, healthier and more sustainable crops.

Company Information

Company

Sound Agriculture

Location

6401 Hollis Street

Emeryville, California, United States

About

Sound Agriculture uses molecular discovery to create climate-resilient crops, enhancing harvest yields for growers. They also use an innovative life science approach to sustainably increase farming productivity.

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