# David Bowles

> David Bowles is a seed investor at The Yield Lab backing AgTech and Agriculture. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Yield Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-yield-lab)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbowlesie

David Bowles is a seed investor at The Yield Lab focused on AgTech and Agriculture. David Bowles - Managing Partner @ The Yield Lab

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 2 | 50% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 50% |
| Farming | 1 | 25% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |
| Electronics | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ireland | 2 | 50% |
| Argentina | 1 | 25% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marama Labs | Marama Labs is a developer of a novel UV-Vis spectroscopy technology for scientific-analytical instrumentation. It assists customers in identifying and measuring turbid samples' characteristics by using light's spectral properties. It offers an ultra-violet and visible spectrophotometer for measuring absorption, extinction, and scatteringspectra of clear and turbid liquids to help customers keep their samples intact, reduce sample preparation steps, and improve measurement turnaround time. | $2.1M | Seed | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| Pure Ocean Algae | Pure Ocean Algae is a biotechnology company that integrates value chains from macro-algae and other marine resources. The company has over the winter of 2019/20 deployed its first trial lines of Palmaria palmata to sea, with initial results being extremely positive. It has also taken primary research in tank-based vegetative production andsucceeded in developing a pilot commercial plant that can produce commercial volumes of Palmaria palmata, at levels approaching 100% per week. | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 29, 2022 |  |
| CarbonSpaceTech | CarbonSpace has developed a satellite powered carbon footprint monitoring platform to bring a new level of transparency to these organizations. CarbonSpace’s proprietary AI core processes several layers of satellite, sensor, and inventory data, which yields high spatial and temporal resolutions and allows for reliable assessments acrossgeographies. | $1M | Seed | Oct 12, 2021 |  |
| Auravant | In Auravant they help improve the efficiency of the agricultural sector through the use of aerial monitoring platforms and their analytical exploitation | $1.9M | Seed | Jun 30, 2021 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Addenda Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addenda-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Addendum Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addendum-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Angel Investors Marlborough](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-investors-marlborough) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Carbery Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carbery-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DeepIE Ventures Management Co.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deepie-ventures-management-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Enterprise Ireland](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enterprise-ireland) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About The Yield Lab

VC Fund · St Louis, United States

The Yield Lab invests in AgriFood Tech companies with technologies focused on crops, animal health, digital agriculture, logistics, and food ingredients. Initial investments range from $100,000 – $1.5M.

5 contacts available at The Yield Lab.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bob Nordgren | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bob-nordgren |
| Brian Clevinger | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-clevinger |
| Chris Danforth | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-danforth |
| David Bowles | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-bowles |
| Jeff Peterson | Managing Director & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-peterson-4 |

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## FAQ

### What does David Bowles invest in?

David Bowles invests primarily in AgTech, Agriculture and Farming startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did David Bowles last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Bowles closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 4 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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