Debt Financing Funded Agriculture and Farming Startups
The 23 debt financing rounds in agriculture and farming shown here span September 2021 through October 2022, with deal sizes ranging from $100K notes — Far…
The 23 debt financing rounds in agriculture and farming shown here span September 2021 through October 2022, with deal sizes ranging from $100K notes — Farmers Risk in Ames, Iowa and AgroSustain in Nyon, Switzerland among them — to Bowery Farming's $150M raise in New York in January 2022, the largest disclosed round in this set. Biery Cheese ($40M, Louisville, Ohio, October 2022) and Veracel Celulose ($39M, Bahia, Brazil, September 2022) rank second and third.
The United States dominates by company count, with entries across Ohio, Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut, Virginia, Kansas, and New York. International representation is nonetheless broad: Kimitec Group in Almería, Aquaconnect in Chennai, Protenga in Singapore, and Komaza in Kilifi, Kenya all appear in the same window. Sub-sectors span vertical farming (Bowery Farming, Freight Farms, Babylon Micro-Farms), agri-fintech (TerraMagna, Finapp), aquaculture, insect protein, and biological crop inputs.
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Frequently asked
What are the largest disclosed debt rounds in this agriculture dataset?
Bowery Farming leads at $150M (New York, January 2022), followed by Biery Cheese at $40M (Louisville, Ohio, October 2022) and Veracel Celulose at $39M (Bahia, Brazil, September 2022). TerraMagna in São José dos Campos, Brazil, closed a $30M round in January 2022, making Brazil the strongest non-US contributor by capital raised.
Which countries or cities appear most often among these debt-financed agriculture companies?
The United States accounts for the majority of entries, with companies spread across Massachusetts (Freight Farms, Crop One), Iowa (SwineTech, Farmers Risk), New York (Bowery Farming, Cooks Venture), Ohio, Connecticut, Virginia, and Kansas. Brazil and Switzerland each contribute two companies. Other geographies include Spain, Italy, India, Singapore, Kenya, New Zealand, and Macedonia.
What does the typical deal size look like for debt financing in this agriculture segment?
Of the 21 disclosed amounts in these 23 rows, the range is $100K to $150M. Most rounds fall well below $10M — at least eight companies raised $2M or less, and four closed at exactly $100K (BigHaat, AgroSustain, Cooks Venture, Farmers Risk). Bowery Farming's $150M is a clear outlier; removing it, the next largest is Biery Cheese at $40M.
How prominent is vertical farming as a sub-sector in this debt financing data?
At least four of the 23 companies operate in controlled-environment or vertical farming: Bowery Farming ($150M), Freight Farms ($12M, Boston), Babylon Micro-Farms ($3M, Richmond, Virginia), and Crop One ($2M, Millis, Massachusetts). These four together account for the largest share of disclosed capital in the dataset.
What is the date range covered by the rounds on this page?
The earliest round shown is Farmers Risk in Ames, Iowa, which closed in September 2021. The most recent are Biery Cheese ($40M, October 4, 2022) and Kimitec Group (undisclosed, October 3, 2022). The bulk of activity clusters in the first three quarters of 2022.
Are there agriculture debt deals outside traditional crop or livestock businesses?
Yes. The 23 rows include agri-fintech platforms (TerraMagna, Finapp, BigHaat), aquaculture tech (Aquaconnect, Chennai), insect-protein production (Protenga, Singapore), biological crop inputs (Kimitec Group, AgroSustain), and UV-light plant science (BioLumic, New Zealand), alongside more conventional entries like Biery Cheese and Veracel Celulose.
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