# Cooperative Ventures

> Cooperative Ventures is a VC fund backing AgTech and Farming. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://cooperativeventuresllc.com

Cooperative Ventures is a VC fund focused on AgTech and Farming. Cooperative Ventures is committed to fostering commercial partnerships between startups and our farmer-owned cooperative partners that will benefit both parties.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 17% |
| Farming | 1 | 17% |
| Database | 1 | 17% |
| Robotics | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 67% |
| Series B | 2 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| China | 1 | 17% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Van Straten | Liaison and Investment Committee Member | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-van-straten-4afd |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| constellr | Constellr creates imaging technology for the agriculture industry to evaluate soil health, vegetation, and industrial monitoring, using proprietary space infrastructure. Constellr supports food security by enabling high-precision smart farming services across the globe. The company specializes in tackling climate change with accountability andmonitoring data for multiple markets. | $44M | Series A | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Precision AI | Precision.ai is at the forefront of the fully autonomous farming revolution. We provide fully autonomous spraying and crop protection solutions for small to large farms and farm machinery manufacturers. Our patented artificial intelligence powers the farming machines of the future. |  | Series A | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Traction | Traction provides farm management software that helps farmers plan, track, and analyze their operations. The company helps farmers manage their operations more efficiently, Traction Ag offers a range of tools designed to streamline various aspects of farm management. The software includes tools for tracking field operations such as planting,spraying, and harvesting. This helps farmers keep accurate records and make informed decisions based on real-time data. | $11M | Series A | May 21, 2024 |  |
| MOINS Coffee | Leyin is a coffee supply chain company with cold brewing and hot brewing industrialization technology. It currently has product categories such as cold brewing liquid/frozen cubes, flash brewing liquid/frozen cubes, flash brewing powder, etc., and 67% of the domestic emerging coffee brands Ten are its customers, including Yongpu Coffee,Yingji Coffee, Fisheye Coffee, Grey Box Coffee, .JPG, TAG, OATLY and Yongxia Coffee. |  | Series B | Nov 30, 2023 |  |
| EarthOptics | GroundTruth Ag is a soil cloud creator specializing in sustainable agricultural management. GroundTruth offers insights into soil management and health as well as near-real-time actionable data layers that cover the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the soil. This technology allows farmers to obtain accurate soil informationwhile also offering carbon creditors low-cost, hyper-accurate verification. | $27.6M | Series B | Jan 18, 2023 |  |
| Sabanto | Sabanto is a farming-as-a-service performing row-crop field operations using low-cost autonomous systems. |  | Series A | Jul 01, 2022 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpine Space Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpine-space-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [At One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/at-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bayern Kapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bayern-kapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BDC Capital Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-capital-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Black Kite Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-kite-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cardumen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cardumen-capital-sgeic-sa) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Cooperative Ventures invest in?

Cooperative Ventures invests primarily in AgTech, Farming and Database startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Cooperative Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Cooperative Ventures?

The team at Cooperative Ventures includes Ben Van Straten (Liaison and Investment Committee Member). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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