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GroGuru: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

GroGuru, a privately owned company located in San Diego, CA, specializes in providing advanced soil and irrigation monitoring systems to the commercial agriculture industry. Their goal is to help farmers increase crop production while effectively utilizing water, energy, and other limited resources in a sustainable manner. GroGuru offers a unique subscription-based solution that combines innovative hardware with their expertise to optimize irrigation practices for farmers. One of their groundbreaking inventions is the wireless underground system (WUGS) which allows for the installation of soil sensors in fields like corn and soybeans, even though they are typically destroyed during harvest. These patented WUGS-based systems can be buried deep below the till depth and communicate wirelessly through multiple layers of soil. This eliminates the need for annual installation and removal of sensors during seeding and harvesting for these types of crops. GroGuru is affiliated with various accelerator programs such as EvoNexus, AgLaunch, the Yield Lab, SVG-Thrive, and Plug and Play AgTech.

www.groguru.com LinkedIn San Diego, United States 11-50 employees
Agriculture AgTech Farming GreenTech B2B
Total raised
$2.5M
Rounds
3
Latest
Undisclosed round
Jul 2023

GroGuru has raised $2.5M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $2.3M announced in Jul 2023.

That round is below the $3.3M median round size for Agriculture and Farming companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

GroGuru Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$2.5M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$2.3M in Jul 2023
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
San Diego, United States

Latest funding round on record: Jul 2023.

GroGuru Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$2.3M
Seed
$70k
Undisclosed round
$100k

GroGuru raised $100k in an undisclosed round announced in Sep 2021.

1.3 years later, a Seed of $70k was announced in Dec 2022.

7 months later, an undisclosed round of $2.3M was announced in Jul 2023.

GroGuru Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Farooq Anjum
Founder
Locked
Patrick Henry
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the GroGuru team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file.

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GroGuru Funding Compared to Other Agriculture and Farming Startups

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GroGuru's latest round of $2.3M is below the median round in Agriculture and Farming. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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GroGuru Funding FAQs

What does GroGuru do?

GroGuru, a privately owned company located in San Diego, CA, specializes in providing advanced soil and irrigation monitoring systems to the commercial agriculture industry. Their goal is to help farmers increase crop production while effectively utilizing water, energy, and other limited resources in a sustainable manner. GroGuru offers a unique subscription-based solution that combines innovative hardware with their expertise to optimize irrigation practices for farmers. One of their groundbreaking inventions is the wireless underground system (WUGS) which allows for the installation of soil sensors in fields like corn and soybeans, even though they are typically destroyed during harvest. These patented WUGS-based systems can be buried deep below the till depth and communicate wirelessly through multiple layers of soil. This eliminates the need for annual installation and removal of sensors during seeding and harvesting for these types of crops. GroGuru is affiliated with various accelerator programs such as EvoNexus, AgLaunch, the Yield Lab, SVG-Thrive, and Plug and Play AgTech.

How much funding has GroGuru raised?

GroGuru has raised $2.5M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $2.3M announced in Jul 2023.

When did GroGuru last raise funding?

GroGuru's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $2.3M, announced in Jul 2023.

Who founded GroGuru?

FundedIQ lists Farooq Anjum (Founder) at GroGuru.

Who is the CEO of GroGuru?

Patrick Henry is listed as CEO at GroGuru.

Where is GroGuru headquartered?

GroGuru is based in San Diego, California, United States.

How many employees does GroGuru have?

GroGuru is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does GroGuru's funding compare to other Agriculture and Farming startups?

GroGuru's latest round of $2.3M is below the $3.3M median round size for Agriculture and Farming companies on FundedIQ across 1,320 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's GroGuru Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for GroGuru is left off this page rather than filled in.

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