# Ajax Strategies

> Ajax Strategies is a VC fund in St Louis backing Energy, Agriculture and Solar. See 24 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: St Louis, United States
- Total investments: 24
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ajax-strategies-llc/
- Website: https://ajaxstrategies.com/

Ajax Strategies is a VC fund in St Louis focused on Energy and Agriculture. Ajax Strategies’ business consulting, public relations and strategic marketing services provide Forward-Thinking Solutions to professional services firms that are keen on continually challenging the status quo not only to provide exceptional and unparalleled service, but also to expand their business while enhancing profitability and efficiency.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 4 | 17% |
| Agriculture | 4 | 17% |
| Solar | 3 | 13% |
| AgTech | 3 | 13% |
| Farming | 3 | 13% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 11 | 46% |
| Series C | 4 | 17% |
| Series A | 3 | 13% |
| Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Series D | 2 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trace Genomics | Trace Genomics is specializing in soil health and microbiome analysis. They focus on providing advanced genetic insights into soil, helping farmers optimize their agricultural practices for better crop yield and sustainability.Trace Genomics utilizes next-generation sequencing technologies to analyze the microbial composition of soil, offeringinformation about the diversity and abundance of microorganisms present. This data can be valuable for farmers in making informed decisions about soil management, crop selection, and the application of fertilizers and other inputs. The company aims to empower farmers with actionable information to enhance soil health, increase crop productivity, and contribute to sustainable agriculture practices. | $10.5M | Series B | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| Infinitum | Infinitum Electric is a motor technology company delivering lightweight and IoT-enabled electric motors. It is at the forefront of making electric motors more efficient, more durable, lighter weight, and less expensive. Their disruptive motor and control products utilize their patent-pending Printed Circuit Board (PCB) stator technology and providebroad application across multiple industries. They work with global manufacturers and industrial OEMs to customize their technology for specific applications and market segments. | $221M | Series E | Nov 01, 2023 |  |
| Gradient | Gradient’s mission is to cool the world by transforming every home to be more comfortable and healthy for the people who inhabit it — without compromising the environment. Today, heating and cooling equipment emits more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector, and expansion in the use of cooling is projected to double theseemissions in the next 30 years. However, comfortable buildings are critical for health and productivity, especially among communities that are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Gradient’s vision is a future where everyone has access to comfortable buildings that are fully decarbonized. Our launch product is a direct-to-consumer high-efficiency and low-carbon heat pump. | $18M | Series A | Feb 02, 2023 |  |
| Ojjo | Ojjo is revolutionizing large-scale solar energy through innovative foundation technology and creating new opportunities for lowering clean energy costs. The company's patented Earth Truss System and proprietary Truss Driver machine deliver precision foundations with advanced automation, reducing subsurface risk, material usage, and gradingrequirements for solar projects. | $40M | Series C | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Arable | Arable is a developer of an integrated system for agriculture that helps digitize and optimize decisions from seed breeding to food production.The platform measures everything that matters to the crop, from the weather to the soil, to the plant itself by the use of a unique set of spectral and thermal sensors. This enables Arable to observe acrop’s development through the season and determine the onset of stress due to a lack of water or nutrients. Its integrated hardware, agronomic modeling, and software suite is enabling farmers, agronomists, researchers, processors, and food companies to understand the crop system at the plant, field, and region level, which helps to reduce risk, improve productivity, and optimize for sustainability.Arable received recognition, including the Irrigation Association’s Best New Product of 2018, Plug & Play’s Top 10 Ag Tech Companies to Watch in 2019, and THRIVE’s Top 50 Companies for 2020 awards. | $40M | Series C | Jul 25, 2022 |  |
| Regrow Ag | Regrow is the first digital platform to unlock the power and profitability of resilient agriculture through a single, measurable, and verifiable system. Regrow offers the Resilient Agriculture Platform, enabling stakeholders across the agricultural supply chain to measure, report, and reduce on-farm greenhouse gas emissions. ​The platform leveragesadvanced technologies such as satellite data, machine learning, and the Denitrification Decomposition (DNDC) model to provide accurate and scalable soil carbon and greenhouse gas emissions assessments. This scientific approach allows companies to quantify soil carbon and GHG emissions baselines and reductions in their farm supply chains. | $38M | Series B | May 24, 2022 |  |
| Infinitum | Infinitum Electric is a motor technology company delivering lightweight and IoT-enabled electric motors. It is at the forefront of making electric motors more efficient, more durable, lighter weight, and less expensive. Their disruptive motor and control products utilize their patent-pending Printed Circuit Board (PCB) stator technology and providebroad application across multiple industries. They work with global manufacturers and industrial OEMs to customize their technology for specific applications and market segments. | $80M | Series D | May 17, 2022 |  |
| Ripple Foods | Ripple Foods specializes in making non-dairy milk with just as much protein as milk and half the sugar. Ripple has 8x the protein of almond milk and half the sugar of dairy milk. It’s high in bioavailable calcium (50% more than milk), potassium and provides a good source of omega-3s. It’s lower in calories than milk and best of all, it has thecreamy, delicious texture our dairy-free friends are missing. No more thin, chalky almond/ soy/ cashew milk.It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Emeryville, California. | $60M | Series E | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Regrow Ag | Regrow is the first digital platform to unlock the power and profitability of resilient agriculture through a single, measurable, and verifiable system. Regrow offers the Resilient Agriculture Platform, enabling stakeholders across the agricultural supply chain to measure, report, and reduce on-farm greenhouse gas emissions. ​The platform leveragesadvanced technologies such as satellite data, machine learning, and the Denitrification Decomposition (DNDC) model to provide accurate and scalable soil carbon and greenhouse gas emissions assessments. This scientific approach allows companies to quantify soil carbon and GHG emissions baselines and reductions in their farm supply chains. | $17M | Series A | Aug 17, 2021 |  |
| SINAI Technologies | SINAI Technologies builds enterprise decarbonization software to monitor, analyze, price, and reduce emissions. The company's tools enable organizations to automate carbon analysis and reporting for their entire operation, transforming the way they interact with their business, value chain, and the environment.Founded in 2017, thecompany's mission is to provide organizations with the technology necessary to build deep decarbonization strategies. | $10M | Seed | Aug 05, 2021 |  |

10 of 24 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Galvanize Climate Solutions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galvanize-climate-solutions) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Prelude Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prelude-ventures-llc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chevron-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Cottonwood Technology Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cottonwood-technology-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [S2G Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s2g-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Activate Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/activate-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ajax Strategies invest in?

Ajax Strategies invests primarily in Energy, Agriculture and Solar startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 24 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ajax Strategies last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ajax Strategies closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 24 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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