ProducePay
Series D in 2024
ProducePay, founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, is an AgTech company dedicated to transforming the fresh produce supply chain. By addressing the economic and food waste caused by its volatility and fragmentation, ProducePay offers a Predictable Commerce Platform that enhances connectivity between growers and buyers. This platform provides farmers with immediate access to financing, liquidity, and real-time pricing data, fostering transparency and enabling efficient business operations. Additionally, it facilitates connections with key industry players, allowing farmers to access tailored cash flow services. Through these innovations, ProducePay is committed to delivering fresher produce to consumers while promoting sustainable practices within the global fresh produce industry.
It's Fresh!
Series B in 2023
It’s Fresh develops innovative packaging technologies that manage ethylene, a natural gas causing ripening in fresh produce. By embedding its ethylene-capturing technology into packaging materials, It’s Fresh slows the ripening process during storage and transit, maintaining fruit and vegetable quality while extending shelf life and reducing food waste. The company serves growers, exporters, and retailers across various crop categories.
ProducePay
Funding Round in 2022
ProducePay, founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, is an AgTech company dedicated to transforming the fresh produce supply chain. By addressing the economic and food waste caused by its volatility and fragmentation, ProducePay offers a Predictable Commerce Platform that enhances connectivity between growers and buyers. This platform provides farmers with immediate access to financing, liquidity, and real-time pricing data, fostering transparency and enabling efficient business operations. Additionally, it facilitates connections with key industry players, allowing farmers to access tailored cash flow services. Through these innovations, ProducePay is committed to delivering fresher produce to consumers while promoting sustainable practices within the global fresh produce industry.
It's Fresh!
Series A in 2022
It’s Fresh develops innovative packaging technologies that manage ethylene, a natural gas causing ripening in fresh produce. By embedding its ethylene-capturing technology into packaging materials, It’s Fresh slows the ripening process during storage and transit, maintaining fruit and vegetable quality while extending shelf life and reducing food waste. The company serves growers, exporters, and retailers across various crop categories.
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.
ProducePay
Series C in 2021
ProducePay, founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, is an AgTech company dedicated to transforming the fresh produce supply chain. By addressing the economic and food waste caused by its volatility and fragmentation, ProducePay offers a Predictable Commerce Platform that enhances connectivity between growers and buyers. This platform provides farmers with immediate access to financing, liquidity, and real-time pricing data, fostering transparency and enabling efficient business operations. Additionally, it facilitates connections with key industry players, allowing farmers to access tailored cash flow services. Through these innovations, ProducePay is committed to delivering fresher produce to consumers while promoting sustainable practices within the global fresh produce industry.
Vestaron Corporation
Series B in 2021
Vestaron develops and manufactures peptide-based biologic crop protection products. Its offerings include Spear-T for thrips control in greenhouses, Spear-Lep for fruits and vegetables, and Leprotec for field use. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina with a research center in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Vestaron aims to provide growers with effective, safe, and sustainable biopesticides.
Enko Chem
Series B in 2020
Enko Chem, Inc., established in 2017 and based in Woburn, Massachusetts, specializes in the discovery and development of small-molecule and novel products designed to protect crops from pests and diseases. The company's proprietary technology platform enables it to swiftly identify safe and cost-effective solutions, contributing to sustainable food production.
Vestaron Corporation
Series B in 2019
Vestaron develops and manufactures peptide-based biologic crop protection products. Its offerings include Spear-T for thrips control in greenhouses, Spear-Lep for fruits and vegetables, and Leprotec for field use. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina with a research center in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Vestaron aims to provide growers with effective, safe, and sustainable biopesticides.
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.
ProducePay
Series B in 2018
ProducePay, founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, is an AgTech company dedicated to transforming the fresh produce supply chain. By addressing the economic and food waste caused by its volatility and fragmentation, ProducePay offers a Predictable Commerce Platform that enhances connectivity between growers and buyers. This platform provides farmers with immediate access to financing, liquidity, and real-time pricing data, fostering transparency and enabling efficient business operations. Additionally, it facilitates connections with key industry players, allowing farmers to access tailored cash flow services. Through these innovations, ProducePay is committed to delivering fresher produce to consumers while promoting sustainable practices within the global fresh produce industry.
Farmobile
Series B in 2017
Farmobile is a company that specializes in the real-time collection and organization of agronomic and machine data from various farming equipment. By utilizing advanced data collection software, Farmobile streams this data continuously, allowing it to be transformed into standardized, visual Electronic Field Records. This capability enables farmers to efficiently collect, analyze, and store their farm data. Additionally, Farmobile offers a platform called the Farmobile DataStore, where farmers can monetize their data by sharing it with trusted advisors and channel partners. Their services aim to create revenue-generating opportunities for farmers while ensuring easy access to important farm information through cloud computing and an API streaming solution.
AgriMetis
Series B in 2017
AgriMetis, LLC is a company specializing in the research, development, and production of sustainable crop protection products. Founded in 2014, it is headquartered in Lutherville, Maryland, with additional facilities in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Gaithersburg, Maryland. AgriMetis focuses on creating natural product-derived compounds that serve as fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, and nematicides, aimed at protecting crops from weeds, fungal diseases, and insect pests. By providing innovative and efficient solutions for crop protection, the company enables farmers to utilize safe and cost-effective options that contribute to sustainable agricultural practices.
Vestaron Corporation
Series D in 2016
Vestaron develops and manufactures peptide-based biologic crop protection products. Its offerings include Spear-T for thrips control in greenhouses, Spear-Lep for fruits and vegetables, and Leprotec for field use. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina with a research center in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Vestaron aims to provide growers with effective, safe, and sustainable biopesticides.
Farmobile
Series A in 2015
Farmobile is a company that specializes in the real-time collection and organization of agronomic and machine data from various farming equipment. By utilizing advanced data collection software, Farmobile streams this data continuously, allowing it to be transformed into standardized, visual Electronic Field Records. This capability enables farmers to efficiently collect, analyze, and store their farm data. Additionally, Farmobile offers a platform called the Farmobile DataStore, where farmers can monetize their data by sharing it with trusted advisors and channel partners. Their services aim to create revenue-generating opportunities for farmers while ensuring easy access to important farm information through cloud computing and an API streaming solution.
Food Freshness Technology
Venture Round in 2015
Food Freshness Technology Holdings Limited is a company that specializes in innovative solutions for enhancing food freshness and sustainability. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Bedford, United Kingdom, with additional offices in the United States, the company operates internationally across Europe, the Americas, Australasia, and Africa. It offers products such as It’sFresh!, a paper-thin, food-grade sheet designed to trap ethylene gas, which contributes to premature spoilage in fresh produce. Additionally, the company produces NatraLife, an organic wax technology emulsion and coating for various fruits and vegetables. Food Freshness Technology serves the entire fresh food supply chain, targeting growers, processors, distributors, and consumers. Its patented technologies aim to reduce waste, enhance food quality, and improve consumption experiences, ultimately addressing critical issues related to food security and sustainability in the sector.
LemnaTec
Venture Round in 2015
LemnaTec GmbH, founded in 1998 and headquartered in Aachen, Germany, specializes in digital plant phenotyping and seed testing. The company develops a comprehensive range of automated research platforms and software solutions, including LemnaTec Scanalyzers and LemnaTec OS, which facilitate the measurement of plant development in response to environmental changes. Their technology encompasses image analysis, high-throughput screening, and physiological measurements, addressing diverse applications such as root development, ecotoxicology, and stress response evaluations. LemnaTec's products are utilized by scientists worldwide, providing essential data to enhance research in plant growth and functionality. The company has established itself as a leading innovator in the field, continually advancing its offerings to meet the evolving needs of researchers.
Vestaron Corporation
Series C in 2014
Vestaron develops and manufactures peptide-based biologic crop protection products. Its offerings include Spear-T for thrips control in greenhouses, Spear-Lep for fruits and vegetables, and Leprotec for field use. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina with a research center in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Vestaron aims to provide growers with effective, safe, and sustainable biopesticides.
Food Freshness Technology
Private Equity Round in 2013
Food Freshness Technology Holdings Limited is a company that specializes in innovative solutions for enhancing food freshness and sustainability. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Bedford, United Kingdom, with additional offices in the United States, the company operates internationally across Europe, the Americas, Australasia, and Africa. It offers products such as It’sFresh!, a paper-thin, food-grade sheet designed to trap ethylene gas, which contributes to premature spoilage in fresh produce. Additionally, the company produces NatraLife, an organic wax technology emulsion and coating for various fruits and vegetables. Food Freshness Technology serves the entire fresh food supply chain, targeting growers, processors, distributors, and consumers. Its patented technologies aim to reduce waste, enhance food quality, and improve consumption experiences, ultimately addressing critical issues related to food security and sustainability in the sector.