# Ben Gibbons

> Ben Gibbons is a seed investor at Waterpoint Lane backing Agriculture and AgTech. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Waterpoint Lane](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/waterpoint-lane)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ben Gibbons is a seed investor at Waterpoint Lane focused on Agriculture and AgTech.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 2 | 40% |
| AgTech | 1 | 20% |
| Mining | 1 | 20% |
| Sensor | 1 | 20% |
| Farming | 1 | 20% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Relocalize | Relocalize is decarbonizing and hyperlocalizing food & beverage manufacturing with distributed networks of fully autonomous hyperlocal micro-factories. RELO micro-factories produce fresher, greener, and more affordable packaged foods and beverages. They co-locate food production, packaging, and distribution in close proximity to distributioncenters to achieve localized fulfillment. By eliminating unnecessary upstream trucking from production plants to retailers, the RELO system effectively reduces greenhouse gas emissions, operating costs, and supply chain risks.Transporting products made primarily of water on trucks comes at a huge economic and environmental cost. 20% of the GHG footprint of food comes from transportation according to Nature Sustainability, much of it from middle mile trucking. While the majority focuses on replacing their traditional trucking fleets with electric vehicles, we are questioning the fundamental design of centralized food supply chains by pioneering a distributed, hyper-local food production system, with the aim of completely eliminating trucks and the chain.Recently, Relocalize made a groundbreaking achievement, launching the world's first autonomous food & beverage micro-factory in collaboration with Southeastern Grocers in Florida. The RELO system produces packaged ice hyper-locally on-demand, effectively eliminating 100% of upstream logistics and transportation. The result is fresher, better and more affordable ice with an impressive 90% reduction in transportation carbon emissions. | $5.1M | Seed | Mar 01, 2026 |  |
| Heritable Agriculture | Heritable Agriculture is all about using advanced breeding techniques, biotechnology, and genetic research to improve crops, making them more resilient to diseases, pests, and environmental stress. Heritable Agriculture goal is to create varieties that can produce higher yields, require fewer resources, and adapt better to changing climates. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| 4T2 Sensors | 4T2 Sensors is a fluid sensor designer and data analytics company that focuses on sensor technologies meant to analyze fluids in real-time utilizing electrical impulses. | $969.3K | Seed | Jan 17, 2025 |  |
| Relocalize | Relocalize is decarbonizing and hyperlocalizing food & beverage manufacturing with distributed networks of fully autonomous hyperlocal micro-factories. RELO micro-factories produce fresher, greener, and more affordable packaged foods and beverages. They co-locate food production, packaging, and distribution in close proximity to distributioncenters to achieve localized fulfillment. By eliminating unnecessary upstream trucking from production plants to retailers, the RELO system effectively reduces greenhouse gas emissions, operating costs, and supply chain risks.Transporting products made primarily of water on trucks comes at a huge economic and environmental cost. 20% of the GHG footprint of food comes from transportation according to Nature Sustainability, much of it from middle mile trucking. While the majority focuses on replacing their traditional trucking fleets with electric vehicles, we are questioning the fundamental design of centralized food supply chains by pioneering a distributed, hyper-local food production system, with the aim of completely eliminating trucks and the chain.Recently, Relocalize made a groundbreaking achievement, launching the world's first autonomous food & beverage micro-factory in collaboration with Southeastern Grocers in Florida. The RELO system produces packaged ice hyper-locally on-demand, effectively eliminating 100% of upstream logistics and transportation. The result is fresher, better and more affordable ice with an impressive 90% reduction in transportation carbon emissions. | $4.7M | Seed | Oct 03, 2023 |  |
| MyLand Company | MyLand is a soil health company. By focusing on soil health, MyLand is helping to tackle two of the world’s biggest challenges: food security and climate disruption. MyLand’s innovative and patented technology allows farmers to easily and rapidly implement regenerative agriculture practices and improve their soil health by harnessing the land’s ownnatural ecosystem. MyLand partners with farmers to infuse life into the soil, helping to return farms to their most fertile state, achieving greater productivity and enhanced profitability. For additional information on how MyLand is transforming soil health globally, visit MyLand.ag. | $12M | Series B | Nov 21, 2022 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Desjardins Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/desjardins-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [RGS Ice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rgs-ice) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [i4 Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/i4-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Midven](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/midven) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Waterpoint Lane

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

Waterpoint Lane (WPL) is focused on growth stage investments (targeted to be in the C$500k-C$5M range) in companies beyond the commercialization stage in primary production, disruptive technology and services and consumer product businesses that focus on and promote sustainable practices throughout the food supply chain.

1 contacts available at Waterpoint Lane.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Gibbons | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-gibbons-22b4 |

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## FAQ

### What does Ben Gibbons invest in?

Ben Gibbons invests primarily in Agriculture, AgTech and Mining startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 5 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 Ben Gibbons last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ben Gibbons closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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