SVG Ventures

Founded in 2010, SVG Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. It focuses on investing in early-stage technology companies operating within the agrifood, supply chain, sustainability, and climate sectors.

John Hartnett

Founder and CEO

Past deals in Internet of Things

Cynomys

Venture Round in 2024
Cynomys is a pioneering company specializing in IoT solutions for the livestock industry, focusing on monitoring environmental parameters and consumption rates in animal farms. Since its establishment in 2018, Cynomys has developed a patented self-contained device capable of tracking over 30 critical parameters that influence animal welfare, environmental impact, and overall farm productivity through a secure cloud platform. The company serves a diverse range of livestock operations, providing its solutions to customers in Italy, Spain, France, The Netherlands, and Mexico. Major clients include animal feed producers, distributors, and medium to large livestock enterprises. The management team comprises experienced professionals in technology, software, and hardware development, dedicated to promoting sustainability and improved awareness within the livestock sector.

Wandering Shepherd

Non Equity Assistance in 2024
Founded in 2013, Wandering Shepherd is a technology company based in Chandler, Arizona. It specializes in developing autonomous livestock monitoring systems, notably the Wireless Rumen Bolus, which remotely tracks the health and location of livestock, enhancing animal well-being and farm management.

Smart Paddock

Non Equity Assistance in 2024
Smart Paddock is an Australian company that develops IoT-enabled livestock management solutions. It offers ear tags and perimeter sensors that remotely monitor animal health, temperature, mobility, and location, delivering real-time insights to producers via web and mobile interfaces. The Bluebell ear tag attaches to each animal to gather data and support monitoring across the herd, including health status, well-being, pedigree management, and pasture utilization. The system aggregates data from tags and gateway sensors to provide early indications of health issues and accurate location tracking, helping farmers improve production efficiency and animal welfare.

Winely

Non Equity Assistance in 2024
Founded in 2018, Winely specializes in real-time fermentation tank analysis services. Utilizing IoT devices and AI, they optimize resources, reduce waste, and maintain quality in winemaking processes.

AxisTech

Non Equity Assistance in 2024
AxisTech is a technology company specializing in agrifood solutions. It develops smart agriculture technologies that maximize crop yield, minimize chemical usage, and enhance soil management. The company's IoT-based sensors collect data, which is then transmitted via LPWAN to cloud servers, and converted into user-friendly formats for analysis or managed through AxisTech's own alerting and dashboarding software. This enables clients to efficiently manage their parklands and facilities, saving time and resources.

Instacrops

Non Equity Assistance in 2023
Instacrops develops a real-time agronomic platform that converts farm data into actionable insights. It combines IoT sensors, satellite imagery, and AI to monitor agro-climatic parameters, weather forecasts, soil and crop health, pest risks, and irrigation needs. The platform provides preventative alerts and optimization recommendations for irrigation, fertilizer use, and pest management, delivering information through dashboards, reports, and alerts via email or SMS. It helps farmers make data-driven decisions to increase yields, conserve water, and promote sustainable agriculture. Founded in 2014 and based in Santiago, Chile.

Autonomous Pivot

Non Equity Assistance in 2023
Autonomous Pivot develops an AI-powered platform that converts center-pivot irrigation into a robotics-based system for autonomous irrigation, fertigation, and crop protection. The platform leverages on-pivot Ground Penetrating Radar to continuously sense soil water content and combines deep learning and AI agronomist capabilities to enable fully automatic symptom detection and precision management. It offers automated, real-time adjustments for irrigation, fertigation, and crop protection, with remote management, precise application, and environmental monitoring to help farmers optimize resource use, increase yields, and support sustainable agriculture.

Bactery

Non Equity Assistance in 2023
Bactery is a manufacturer of innovative bacteria-powered batteries, known as bacteries, which harness microbial processes in soil to self-recharge. This technology offers a continuous source of clean electricity, functioning effectively regardless of weather conditions or geographic location. Bactery's environmentally friendly batteries are particularly suited for powering remote applications, such as field sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, making them an ideal solution for sustainable energy needs in agriculture and other sectors.

SenseGrass

Non Equity Assistance in 2023
Founded in 2017, SenseGrass develops IoT devices and AI software for sustainable farming. It offers real-time soil intelligence via sensors and analytics, enabling farmers to optimize nutrient management, reduce chemical fertilizer use, and increase crop yields.

Cynomys

Non Equity Assistance in 2023
Cynomys is a pioneering company specializing in IoT solutions for the livestock industry, focusing on monitoring environmental parameters and consumption rates in animal farms. Since its establishment in 2018, Cynomys has developed a patented self-contained device capable of tracking over 30 critical parameters that influence animal welfare, environmental impact, and overall farm productivity through a secure cloud platform. The company serves a diverse range of livestock operations, providing its solutions to customers in Italy, Spain, France, The Netherlands, and Mexico. Major clients include animal feed producers, distributors, and medium to large livestock enterprises. The management team comprises experienced professionals in technology, software, and hardware development, dedicated to promoting sustainability and improved awareness within the livestock sector.

Xsights

Seed Round in 2023
Xsights is a software company that uses IoT solutions to facilitate asset tracking and livestock monitoring for the agriculture industry.

Tarvos

Non Equity Assistance in 2023
Tarvos is a Brazilian company established in 2017, specializing in agricultural pest monitoring solutions. The company has developed a sensor-based trap that counts and classifies insects, providing real-time data to inform users about pest presence in crops. This automated monitoring platform enables farmers to assess pest pressure, evaluate potential damage, and optimize the timing of insecticide applications. By delivering timely insights, Tarvos supports improved decision-making and enhances crop yields for its clients. Based in Campinas, Brazil, Tarvos aims to advance agricultural practices through innovative technology.

Verdi

Grant in 2022
Verdi is a developer of advanced data science platforms focused on enhancing precision agriculture, particularly in irrigation management. The company creates scalable control systems that facilitate plant-level healthcare and automation, even in challenging farming environments. By leveraging geospatial analytics, Verdi's network of irrigation valves allows farmers and growers to make informed irrigation decisions. This innovative approach enables users to customize water and fertilizer application at the individual plant level, thereby optimizing cultivation processes. Verdi aims to empower agricultural professionals with the tools needed to effectively build, manage, and scale their farming operations.

PostHarvest Technologies

Grant in 2022
PostHarvest Technologies develops a proprietary sensor system that monitors trace amounts of ethylene in cool rooms, optimizing storage conditions for fresh produce. This real-time data enables accurate tracking of ripening cycles, prediction of optimal load-out times, and improved produce quality.

Iamus Technologies

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Iamus Technologies Limited is an artificial intelligence and robotics firm based in Ireland, specializing in innovative solutions for the poultry industry. The company has developed advanced robotic technology tailored for poultry farmers, enabling them to make informed and safer production decisions. Over the past two years, Iamus Technologies has collaborated with poultry processors globally to identify key performance indicators that their robots can continuously monitor within poultry sheds. This technology utilizes machine learning to transform visual, environmental, and biometric data into actionable insights, allowing for automatic and precise data collection from birds across the production floor. The real-time analysis and feedback provided by Iamus's platform address the increasing demands of modern, intensive broiler production, enhancing operational efficiency and decision-making for both producers and processing facilities.

scoutlabs

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
SMAPP is a developer of advanced digitized traps designed for pest monitoring and management in agriculture. The company's innovative devices are equipped with built-in cameras and sensors that automatically capture and analyze data on pest populations, as well as environmental factors such as temperature and humidity. This technology provides farmers with real-time insights into pest activity, specifically targeting species like cotton owl moths. By utilizing the data collected, SMAPP aims to offer precise recommendations for pest control, enabling farmers to implement effective measures at the optimal time for crop protection. This decision support system enhances the ability to manage pest populations efficiently, ultimately contributing to improved agricultural productivity.

Space AG

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Space AG is a technology company based in Lima, Peru, founded in 2017, that specializes in the agricultural sector. It offers an integrated platform for the analysis and management of specialty crops, utilizing data captured from drones equipped with infrared and thermal cameras, as well as mobile sensors attached to tractors. The company has developed artificial intelligence models that assist farmers in making informed decisions, ultimately maximizing crop yields and optimizing the use of essential resources such as water, fertilizers, and pesticides. By leveraging advanced technology, Space AG aims to enhance productivity and reduce operational costs for agribusinesses.

scoutlabs

Pre Seed Round in 2022
SMAPP is a developer of advanced digitized traps designed for pest monitoring and management in agriculture. The company's innovative devices are equipped with built-in cameras and sensors that automatically capture and analyze data on pest populations, as well as environmental factors such as temperature and humidity. This technology provides farmers with real-time insights into pest activity, specifically targeting species like cotton owl moths. By utilizing the data collected, SMAPP aims to offer precise recommendations for pest control, enabling farmers to implement effective measures at the optimal time for crop protection. This decision support system enhances the ability to manage pest populations efficiently, ultimately contributing to improved agricultural productivity.

Iamus Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Iamus Technologies Limited is an artificial intelligence and robotics firm based in Ireland, specializing in innovative solutions for the poultry industry. The company has developed advanced robotic technology tailored for poultry farmers, enabling them to make informed and safer production decisions. Over the past two years, Iamus Technologies has collaborated with poultry processors globally to identify key performance indicators that their robots can continuously monitor within poultry sheds. This technology utilizes machine learning to transform visual, environmental, and biometric data into actionable insights, allowing for automatic and precise data collection from birds across the production floor. The real-time analysis and feedback provided by Iamus's platform address the increasing demands of modern, intensive broiler production, enhancing operational efficiency and decision-making for both producers and processing facilities.

Space AG

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Space AG is a technology company based in Lima, Peru, founded in 2017, that specializes in the agricultural sector. It offers an integrated platform for the analysis and management of specialty crops, utilizing data captured from drones equipped with infrared and thermal cameras, as well as mobile sensors attached to tractors. The company has developed artificial intelligence models that assist farmers in making informed decisions, ultimately maximizing crop yields and optimizing the use of essential resources such as water, fertilizers, and pesticides. By leveraging advanced technology, Space AG aims to enhance productivity and reduce operational costs for agribusinesses.

Verdi

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Verdi is a developer of advanced data science platforms focused on enhancing precision agriculture, particularly in irrigation management. The company creates scalable control systems that facilitate plant-level healthcare and automation, even in challenging farming environments. By leveraging geospatial analytics, Verdi's network of irrigation valves allows farmers and growers to make informed irrigation decisions. This innovative approach enables users to customize water and fertilizer application at the individual plant level, thereby optimizing cultivation processes. Verdi aims to empower agricultural professionals with the tools needed to effectively build, manage, and scale their farming operations.

Autonomous Pivot

Seed Round in 2021
Autonomous Pivot develops an AI-powered platform that converts center-pivot irrigation into a robotics-based system for autonomous irrigation, fertigation, and crop protection. The platform leverages on-pivot Ground Penetrating Radar to continuously sense soil water content and combines deep learning and AI agronomist capabilities to enable fully automatic symptom detection and precision management. It offers automated, real-time adjustments for irrigation, fertigation, and crop protection, with remote management, precise application, and environmental monitoring to help farmers optimize resource use, increase yields, and support sustainable agriculture.

Instacrops

Series A in 2021
Instacrops develops a real-time agronomic platform that converts farm data into actionable insights. It combines IoT sensors, satellite imagery, and AI to monitor agro-climatic parameters, weather forecasts, soil and crop health, pest risks, and irrigation needs. The platform provides preventative alerts and optimization recommendations for irrigation, fertilizer use, and pest management, delivering information through dashboards, reports, and alerts via email or SMS. It helps farmers make data-driven decisions to increase yields, conserve water, and promote sustainable agriculture. Founded in 2014 and based in Santiago, Chile.

GroGuru

Venture Round in 2020
GroGuru Inc. is a technology company based in La Jolla, California, specializing in smart irrigation solutions for agriculture. Founded in 2014, GroGuru provides software as a service that enables farmers to monitor and manage irrigation effectively. The company leverages an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor network to deliver precise measurements of soil moisture, salinity, and temperature. By utilizing advanced analytics, GroGuru offers real-time insights and recommendations that help farmers optimize water usage, improve crop yields, and make informed decisions regarding irrigation schedules and fertilizer application. The company's solutions aim to promote sustainable farming practices while reducing input costs and conserving vital water resources.

HiveKeepers

Venture Round in 2020
HiveKeepers is an AgTech company that specializes in beekeeping software designed to promote healthier hives. The company develops technology that allows beekeepers to record and monitor vital data about their bees, enhancing accessibility and management from any location. HiveKeepers offers a diverse array of devices that track beehive loads and streamline record-keeping processes. Additionally, the software includes features that help monitor beehive theft and assist clients in meeting traceability requirements, thereby improving overall hive management and security.

Instacrops

Seed Round in 2020
Instacrops develops a real-time agronomic platform that converts farm data into actionable insights. It combines IoT sensors, satellite imagery, and AI to monitor agro-climatic parameters, weather forecasts, soil and crop health, pest risks, and irrigation needs. The platform provides preventative alerts and optimization recommendations for irrigation, fertilizer use, and pest management, delivering information through dashboards, reports, and alerts via email or SMS. It helps farmers make data-driven decisions to increase yields, conserve water, and promote sustainable agriculture. Founded in 2014 and based in Santiago, Chile.

Wellntel

Venture Round in 2019
Wellntel is a company that specializes in groundwater monitoring systems. They have developed an affordable and accurate method for measuring water quantity in private wells using non-invasive sensors. This data is then transmitted to a cloud-based platform, providing real-time insights into groundwater usage and replenishment rates. Wellntel's system aims to empower families and farmers with information about their groundwater, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding conservation efforts and reducing water risks associated with lack of monitoring.

Agrosmart

Seed Round in 2018
Agrosmart is an agriculture technology company that provides a farming management platform to monitor irrigation, soil moisture, rainfall, and weather conditions, along with pest and disease risk. The platform uses sensors, meteorological data, satellite imaging, and image processing with cloud-based analytics to help farmers optimize irrigation, manage inputs, and estimate yields. It offers modules for irrigation management, soil monitoring, and climate forecasting. It serves a Latin American network and supports over 100,000 farmers and the agricultural supply chain, aiming to enable sustainable, climate-resilient production. The company is based in Campinas, Brazil.

AgShift

Seed Round in 2018
AgShift develops AI-based food quality inspection systems designed to provide objective and consistent quality control across the food supply chain. Its Hydra platform automates the quality assessment and grading of fresh produce and edible nuts using computer vision, IoT, and machine learning to deliver scalable, unbiased evaluations, generate digitized inspection reports, monitor quality trends, and maintain audit trails. The solution aims to reduce food waste, minimize recalls, and improve operational efficiency by enabling faster, data-driven decisions and standardized quality practices throughout the chain.

AgShift

Pre Seed Round in 2017
AgShift develops AI-based food quality inspection systems designed to provide objective and consistent quality control across the food supply chain. Its Hydra platform automates the quality assessment and grading of fresh produce and edible nuts using computer vision, IoT, and machine learning to deliver scalable, unbiased evaluations, generate digitized inspection reports, monitor quality trends, and maintain audit trails. The solution aims to reduce food waste, minimize recalls, and improve operational efficiency by enabling faster, data-driven decisions and standardized quality practices throughout the chain.

Arable

Series A in 2017
Arable Labs, Inc. specializes in developing a solar-powered Internet of Things (IoT) device equipped with advanced sensors for in-field crop monitoring. This technology allows farmers to digitize and optimize their agricultural decisions by providing critical data about the impact of weather and other factors on crop yield, quality, and harvest timing. Arable's integrated system combines unique spectral and thermal sensors with agronomic modeling and software tools, enabling users to monitor crop development and identify stressors such as water or nutrient deficiencies. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including farmers, agronomists, researchers, food processors, and agricultural enterprises, facilitating real-time insights and predictive analytics that enhance productivity and sustainability. Established in 2014, Arable is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Princeton, New Jersey. The company has received various accolades, highlighting its innovation in agricultural technology.

Stringify

Seed Round in 2015
Stringify is a technology company focused on creating a platform that integrates both physical and digital elements into a cohesive user experience. The platform is designed to facilitate the automation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, allowing users to discover, design, and control various aspects of their lives seamlessly. Stringify's solution provides customers with convenient access to their connected devices without the need for additional hardware, streamlining the process of managing and interacting with the technology that matters most to them. Through its innovative approach, Stringify aims to enhance the way individuals experience and engage with their environments.

Verdi

Verdi is a developer of advanced data science platforms focused on enhancing precision agriculture, particularly in irrigation management. The company creates scalable control systems that facilitate plant-level healthcare and automation, even in challenging farming environments. By leveraging geospatial analytics, Verdi's network of irrigation valves allows farmers and growers to make informed irrigation decisions. This innovative approach enables users to customize water and fertilizer application at the individual plant level, thereby optimizing cultivation processes. Verdi aims to empower agricultural professionals with the tools needed to effectively build, manage, and scale their farming operations.
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