Yara Growth Ventures

Yara Growth Ventures is the venture investment team of Yara International ASA, based in Oslo, Norway. Established in 2021, the organization focuses on investing in innovative startups within the agri-food industry and the clean hydrogen sector. Its primary goal is to support the development of solutions that contribute to responsibly feeding the global population and protecting the environment. By targeting disruptive technologies and business models, Yara Growth Ventures aims to foster advancements that align with sustainable agricultural practices and energy solutions.

Erkki Aaltonen

Managing Director

Björn Heinz

Investment Director

Stian Nygaard

Investment Director

George Roche

Investment Director

17 past transactions

HYDROGEN Mem-Tech

Venture Round in 2024
HYDROGEN Mem-Tech is focused on advancing the transition to sustainable energy through its innovative hydrogen separation technology, which incorporates carbon capture capabilities. The company specializes in the development of palladium membranes designed specifically for efficient hydrogen separation and carbon dioxide capture. Its technology is capable of producing clean hydrogen while minimizing maintenance costs and ensuring a low environmental impact. This makes it particularly beneficial for a range of industries, including refineries, bio-refineries, chemical manufacturing, steel production, power generation, gas networks, and agriculture. By providing clients with sustainable energy options that have zero emissions, HYDROGEN Mem-Tech enables them to gain a significant competitive advantage in their respective sectors.

Agrolend

Series C in 2024
Agrolend is a digital bank specializing in providing credit facilities for the agribusiness sector. It focuses on supporting farmers by offering loans for purchasing agricultural inputs like seeds, crop protection products, and nutrients.

Dynelectro

Seed Round in 2024
Dynelectro is a green energy technology company dedicated to minimizing CO2 emissions by converting fossil fuels into sustainable green fuels. It operates as a boutique innovation firm that specializes in advancing power-to-x systems. Dynelectro employs a proprietary method that significantly enhances the lifespan of high-efficiency electrolysis, allowing organizations to effectively offset intermittent power supply through the production of green fuels. This commitment to innovative solutions positions Dynelectro at the forefront of the transition to cleaner energy alternatives.

Azane Fuel Solutions

Series A in 2023
Azane Fuel Solutions develops and delivers bunkering infrastructure for ammonia fuel, enabling carbon-free shipping. Based in Oslo, Norway, the company is building the first units in an ammonia fuel bunkering network as part of a green ammonia value chain from production to consumption, supporting the shipping industry’s transition to more sustainable fuel options.

Verqor

Seed Round in 2023
Verqor is a platform that provides financing and technology solutions for the agricultural sector. It enables farmers to acquire inputs and equipment on credit through cashless transactions, supported by a data-driven credit scoring approach that promotes financial inclusion and modernization of farming practices. The platform also serves financial institutions by presenting low-risk agricultural lending opportunities based on credit criteria that consider nontraditional data sources. In addition, it helps crop buyers achieve more reliable supply chains by linking lenders, farmers, and buyers with transparent credit and procurement information. Verqor focuses on improving control and transparency across the agricultural value chain, accelerating access to capital, and enabling farmers to adopt new technologies and inputs to boost productivity.

Verdagy

Series B in 2023
Verdagy specializes in innovative water electrolysis technology for large-scale green hydrogen production. Based in Moss Landing, California, the company operates laboratory and pilot plant facilities to advance its technology platform, aiming to achieve low upfront capital costs and competitive unit economics.

Intelecy

Venture Round in 2023
Intelecy is a Norwegian technology company delivering machine learning–based solutions to manufacturers worldwide. Its platform analyzes industrial IoT data to prevent equipment breakdowns, predict failures, and optimize production, helping reduce waste, energy use, and operating costs. Backed by more than two decades of experience in automation, SCADA, MES, and industrial IT, Intelecy translates large, complex data into actionable insights for predictive maintenance and process optimization across diverse industries.

ecoRobotix

Series B in 2023
ecoRobotix is a Swiss developer of autonomous weeding machines for row crops, meadows, and intercropping cultures. The company builds systems that use vision, cameras, GPS RTK, and sensors to follow crop rows, identify weeds, and guide robotic arms to apply micro-doses of herbicide directly to target weeds, enabling precision spraying and reducing chemical use. Its solutions aim to lower environmental impact and farming costs by enabling ecological and economical weed control. Founded in 2011 and based in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, ecoRobotix markets platforms that cover inter-row spaces as well as crop rows, delivering substantial reductions in chemical applications while maintaining yields.

Agrolend

Series B in 2022
Agrolend is a digital bank specializing in providing credit facilities for the agribusiness sector. It focuses on supporting farmers by offering loans for purchasing agricultural inputs like seeds, crop protection products, and nutrients.

Jai Kisan

Series B in 2022
Jai Kisan is a fintech platform focused on providing sustainable financing solutions for rural emerging markets. The company enables farmers to gain insights into their financial status through an innovative, hyper-localized agriculture credit score, which digitizes their financial information and farming capabilities. By facilitating loans with low interest rates and minimal paperwork, Jai Kisan aims to mitigate the risks associated with capital flow to these markets. The platform operates through a network of physical access points, allowing clients to easily access affordable loans while generating risk-adjusted returns for lenders. This approach supports the financial empowerment of rural communities and enhances their access to necessary resources.

Sabanto

Series A in 2022
Sabanto is a company that offers a Farming-as-a-Service solution aimed at enhancing autonomy in agricultural machinery. It specializes in low-cost retrofitting of existing agricultural equipment, irrespective of brand or model, and develops software that supports the functionality of autonomous technology. This approach not only improves the utility of farming equipment but also aims to increase the return on investment for producers. Sabanto's technology facilitates comprehensive agricultural services through a supervised autonomous equipment platform, allowing farmers to monitor and operate their operations efficiently from a centralized location. By focusing on simple and cost-effective innovations, Sabanto is dedicated to advancing the future of agriculture.

HYDROGEN Mem-Tech

Venture Round in 2022
HYDROGEN Mem-Tech is focused on advancing the transition to sustainable energy through its innovative hydrogen separation technology, which incorporates carbon capture capabilities. The company specializes in the development of palladium membranes designed specifically for efficient hydrogen separation and carbon dioxide capture. Its technology is capable of producing clean hydrogen while minimizing maintenance costs and ensuring a low environmental impact. This makes it particularly beneficial for a range of industries, including refineries, bio-refineries, chemical manufacturing, steel production, power generation, gas networks, and agriculture. By providing clients with sustainable energy options that have zero emissions, HYDROGEN Mem-Tech enables them to gain a significant competitive advantage in their respective sectors.

Apollo Agriculture

Series B in 2022
Apollo Agriculture, established in 2015, is a Kenyan agtech company with a presence in Nairobi. It specializes in providing smallholder farmers with access to critical farming inputs, financing, and advisory services. The company leverages agronomic machine learning, remote sensing, and mobile technology to assess credit risk and tailor financial and technical assistance to each farmer's unique needs and location. This approach aims to enhance farm yields and profitability in emerging markets, with a focus on Kenya.

H2Pro

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2019, H2Pro develops innovative water-splitting technology for producing hydrogen fuel. Its proprietary E-TAC method decouples hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions, enabling efficient and sustainable green hydrogen production.

Tarfin

Series A in 2021
Tarfin is a European fintech company offering an agri-inputs marketplace with embedded working capital financing for farmers. Through its digital platform, Tarfin provides farmers access to financing at the point of purchase for essential agricultural inputs, helping to improve productivity and cash flow management.

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.

Boomitra

Seed Round in 2021
Boomitra is a US-based company that uses proprietary AI and satellite technology to monitor, report, and verify soil organic carbon up to 30cm depth. This enables cost-efficient, scalable carbon credit generation worldwide, with farmers and landowners earning the majority of proceeds.
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