Top 15 Agriculture (agtech) VC Funds in Ireland
A list of 15 VC funds that invest in Agriculture (agtech) startups based in Ireland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Agriculture (agtech) companies from Ireland. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Agriculture (agtech) VC Funds in Ireland
Investor | Agriculture (agtech) Ireland investments |
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Enterprise Ireland | 5 |
SVG Ventures | 4 |
SVG Ventures | 4 |
Radicle Growth | 1 |
Bimeda Ireland | 1 |
Act Venture Capital | 1 |
Fulcrum Global Capital | 1 |
Finistere Ventures | 1 |
WakeUp Capital | 1 |
Alimentos Ventures | 1 |
NDRC | 1 |
Atlantic Bridge | 1 |
Blue Wire Capital | 1 |
Astanor Ventures | 1 |
MML Capital Partners | 1 |
Enterprise Ireland is the government agency responsible for the development and funding of the indigenous business sector. Their mission is to accelerate the development of companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity.
It was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, IT
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
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- Imvizar — Imvizar focuses on life-size, location-based experiences that allow users to feel as if they've gone back in time, meeting renowned individuals and witnessing historical events all from the comfort of their own phone. Imvizar was founded by Michael Guerin and is located in Dublin, Ireland.
- Teleatherapy — Teleatherapy delivers speech therapy from home for parkinson's disease.
- Proveye — We are pioneering the potential of digital imagery for more predictable and profitable decision-making for agriculture and the environment.
We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.
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Investment focus
- Agriculture/Farming, Software, Science/Engineering
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Ireland
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- Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
- FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
- Muddy Machines — Muddy Machines is working on field robots to help farms manage labor-intensive crops by completing the fieldwork.
We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.
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Investment focus
- Agriculture/Farming, Software, Science/Engineering
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Ireland
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- Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
- FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
- Food4All — With the F4A App, you can explore discounted close-to-expiry products at your favourite supermarkets. Act now - save money and say no to food waste.
Radicle Growth is a San Diego, California based accelerator and venture capital firm focused early-stage ag and food tech startups.
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Investment focus
- Agriculture/Farming, Science/Engineering, Software
- Seed, Series A, Grant
- United States, Canada, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Leaf Agriculture — Leaf is a data network that connects apps and services to farm data from equipment, sensor, and software platforms.Leaf’s API allows developers to easily validate grower consent, access high-quality agriculture data, and scale their products. With Leaf, developers are building a food system that makes it healthier, increases farmers’ profits,benefits the environment, and is accessible to everyone.
- Full Harvest — Waste less, profit more. Source imperfect and surplus fruits and vegetables up to 10-30% off.
- Burro — Burro is a developer of an autonomous farming platform for use on farms and in other tough outdoor environments. It follows people and can autonomously run cargo around, relieving people of strenuous tasks which add little value, so that they can focus on more valuable work.
Bimeda is a global manufacturer, marketer and distributor of animal health products and veterinary pharmaceuticals. Through ongoing expansion and strategic acquisition, Bimeda® has established markets in more than seventy countries worldwide and has R&D, manufacturing and distribution capabilities across Europe, North America, South America,Africa, Asia and Australasia. Bimeda® employs almost 800 employees worldwide and has its global headquarters in Carrickmines, Dublin, Ireland. Bimeda is focused on providing a comprehensive, customer-driven service, selling consistently high-quality products, at a market-conscious price level.Within Ireland, Bimeda focuses primarily on the categories of parasite control, nutrition, mastitis and dairy production; providing high quality, cost-effective products to vets, animal health professionals and farmers around the country.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Data and Analytics, Agriculture/Farming
- Seed
- Ireland
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- Micron AgriTech — Micron Agritech is home to the Micron Kit, and allows farmers and vets to test animals on site for parasites and get results within 30 minutes
Technology-focused, investing capital and expertise to fuel growth in the most promising ideas and companies. Raised c.€600m across multiple funds and invest from seed to growth.We look for companies with potentially cutting-edge, category-defining businesses in markets including application software, IT infrastructure, communications, Internetand mobile. We help founders create and scale businesses globally. We work as a small team with diverse strengths accessing a community of over 200 founders. The teams and companies we back scale their investor base as they scale their business execution and ambition. We work closely with them in this process. Over the past 25 years have built a broad network of US and European investors and founders that share our vision and approach.Act is based in Dublin, Ireland.Our most recent funds are supported by the European Investment Fund.
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Investment focus
- Software, Hardware, Science/Engineering
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
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- Everyangle — Everyangle facilitates business in computer vision applications based on cisco meraki MV smart cameras across retail and industrial firms.
- CitySwift — CitySwift is a data-driven scheduling and planning technology for urban bus networks. It uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to predict journey times and passenger demand, making routes more efficient. Schedulers can create optimized timetables that take into account traffic, events, and hundreds of other external factors, ensuringon-time performance and increased passenger satisfaction.CitySwift was established in 2016 and is operating in Galway, Ireland.
- ID-Pal — ID-Pal is the easiest way to verify identities in real-time simply, securely and conveniently. Simple to use, easy to integrate, instantly customisable to the specific needs of any business, eliminating the complexity, cost, timelines and risk associated with regulatory compliance.
Feeding the world one investment at a time
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Investment focus
- Science/Engineering, Biotechnology, Agriculture/Farming
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Plastomics — Plastomics is a biotechnology startup that focuses in developing the next generation of crops by using chloroplast genetic engineering. Its technology platform is applicable to different crops and traits. Plastomics provides solutions for the many current industry challenges.The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in St. Louis,Missouri.
- Vytelle — Vytelle is a company with a deeper purpose and revolutionary technology that helps to advance bovine, deer and buffalo genetics faster by redefining reproduction.
- P&P Optica — What's in your food? Do better than visual inspection!Future-proof your plant with best-in-class automated detection of low-density foreign materials. Book a Call Proven Solutions for FSQA and Plant Operations Find and Identify Foreign Materials PPO works in-line to find low-density contaminants like plastic, cardboard, wood, rubber and more, down to very small sizes. Measure Quality
Finistere Ventures is an agricultural technology and life sciences venture capital investor. Founded in 2005, the company partners with other entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to build innovative companies that have the potential to transform modern agriculture, increase food security, improve nutrition, and enhance sustainability. Their appliedexperience as operators, and pioneering role in Ag Tech, is actively utilized to benefit its portfolio companies and Partners. Finistere has global access to the best new technologies from centers of Ag Tech excellence in the U.S., Australia, Israel, New Zealand, and Canada through its venture partner networks. Finistere’s locations in San Diego and Palo Alto, California keeps them connected to the centers of mainstream venture investment and the world’s leading innovation ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Science/Engineering, Agriculture/Farming, Health Care
- Series B, Series C, Series A
- United States, New Zealand, France
Portfolio highlights
- Animol Discovery — Animol is building its own pipeline of break-through proprietary veterinary small molecules led by a team of animal health industry experts with vast experience in bringing drugs to market. With our unique and powerful technology platform we deliver innovative medicines that are specifically designed for the needs of veterinary patients.
- Eggmented Reality — Eggmented Reality offers lab-grown protein ingredients prepared using fermentation technology. The company's first product will be a vegan version of ovalbumin, the main protein in egg whites. Founded by Dr. Itamar Yadid and Itay Bloch from the Migal Galilee Research Institute in 2022, Eggmented is based in Qiryat Shmona, Israel.
- ProTag — Heat and lameness detection with pinpoint accuracy. Continuous tracking technology that improves heat detection accuracy, lameness detection and grazing. ProTag can track the location and grazing behaviour of each cow. Giving you the tools to manage the quality of your pasture more effectively
WakeUp Capital is an early stage impact fund that backs European companies already shaping a better and brighter future.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Agriculture/Farming
- Series A
- Ireland
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- Inclusio — The inclusio diversity and inclusion platform is designed to measure and positively shift the culture of your organisation. Contact us for more information.
- MagGrow — Agricultural Magnetics Limited is an Irish company that produces innovative patented technology called MagGrow into the agricultural industry.The MagGrow system is a patented, proprietary technology for droplet formation that yields superior spray drift-reduction and spray coverage performance.MagGrow customers are seeing two core benefits ofup to 70% drift reduction and typical coverage of at least 20-40%. The MagGrow technology delivers significant savings in pesticide usage, scarce resources such as water and labor, extends spray windows and meets environmental and legislative requirements. . The agricultural spray technology operates across three global footprints, the USA, Canada, and Europe.
Accelerate innovation in aquaculture feed and technology.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Agriculture/Farming
- Seed
- Ireland
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- MicroSynbiotiX — Microsynbiotix, an Irish-based Biotechnology company making microalgal oral vaccines for aquaculture
NDRC builds high-impact new ventures. By providing the people, time, space and investment needed at the earliest stages of dedicated commercialisation work, NDRC is creating companies worthy of commercial investment and with the ability to scale. The NDRC team has the breadth of knowledge and expertise in technology and markets. NDRC worksside-by-side with researchers, entrepreneurs and venture teams to turn great ideas into successful new ventures.By the end of 2014, NDRC’s portfolio of startup ventures had secured a cumulative €88m in follow-on investment from commercial investors, with a combined market capitalisation of approx. €220m.
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Investment focus
- Software, IT, Data and Analytics
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Ireland, United States, United Kingdom
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- Dataships — Dataships uses top level data privacy software to help your brand, no matter your location.
- Hiiker — Find 1000s of the best backpacking and hiking adventures, with reviews, photos, and great places to stay.
- Legitify — Legitify is an AI powered solution using audio-video authentication that allows customers to notarize documents online remotely from anywhere, without the hassle of visiting a notary public in person.
Atlantic Bridge is a growth equity technology Fund with offices in Dublin, London, Palo Alto, Beijing, and Hong Kong. They focus on Middle Market Technology investments across Europe, with a strong emphasis on a transatlantic business building and investment exit model. We focus on making domain-specific investments in growth-stage companies,specifically in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Computer Visioning, IoT, Big Data, etc.Atlantic Bridge brings together a unique team of technology entrepreneurs, experienced managers, finance professionals, and investment experts. The team contains a wealth of international business experience across Europe, the US, and Asia. They have worked together in various capacities for the last 30 years, bringing a true partnership approach to their firm and their investments. Its investors include the founders, leading institutional investors, and private investors with a track record of investment in successful technology companies.Atlantic Bridge has developed a unique and differentiated strategy that focuses on specific technology themes and the implementation of the “Atlantic Bridge Model” for scaling companies internationally. The “Bridge Model” accelerates the scale-up of technology companies in the US and Chinese markets. This approach is highly differentiated and has delivered strong performance results to date.
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Investment focus
- Software, Hardware, Science/Engineering
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Inclusio — The inclusio diversity and inclusion platform is designed to measure and positively shift the culture of your organisation. Contact us for more information.
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- Syntiant — Syntiant's ultra-low-power deep learning processors enable Always-On Voice (AOV) control for most any battery-powered device, from earbuds to laptops, at near-zero power.
Blue Wire Capital (BWC) supports innovation by backing visionaries who want to change how the world works, primarily at pre-seed and seed. BWC provides exceptional founders and outstanding managers with fast & flexible access to capital, assistance, and a comprehensive network.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial, Other
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- United Kingdom, United States, France
We help the ambitious build a food system that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted and produces delicious food for all.
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Investment focus
- Food/Beverage, Gaming, Agriculture/Farming
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, France, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Unlocked Labs — unlocked labs' mission is to detox the body by unlocking the dormant superpowers of symbiotic microbes.
- MicroHarvest — MicroHarvest is an early-stage startup in Hamburg, Germany. The company is on a mission to produce better, healthier and tastier protein, produced sustainably using the power of microorganisms. Its proprietary and scalable technology allows producing nutritional biomass from fast-growing bacteria, with potential applications across the wholeprotein value chain. With that, MicroHarvest contributes to a world where everyone has access to nutritious food through a fair and resilient food system.
- Standing Ovation — Animal-free dairy cheese
MML Capital Partners is an independent investment firm, with over twenty years of history, focused on providing capital to businesses for expansion/acquisitions, management-led equity deals, recapitalisations and buy-outs.
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Investment focus
- Real Estate, Administrative, Manufacturing
- Private Equity, Funding Round, Series A
- United Kingdom, France, United States
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- Virginia International Logistics — Virginia International Logistics provides temperature controlled, dry freight, and containerized logistics across Ireland, UK and Europe.
- Global Packaging Services — Reusable metal crate multi-way packaging solutions, reusable metal crate multi-way packaging solutions.
- Roboyo — Roboyo is a team of creators and thought leaders offering innovative consulting and implementation services for intelligent process automation solutions. They partner with the best software manufacturers in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Personal Robotic Assistant (PRA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is aninnovative technology to automate structured business processes. RPA works like one of your employees, accessing the user interface of your existing applications and automatically executing structured processes.
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