# Farmers Business Network

> Farmers Business Network is a VC fund backing Software and AgTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Carlos, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/farmers-business-network
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/FBNFarmers
- Website: https://www.fbn.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/FBN/391276821026384

Farmers Business Network is an independent and unbiased, farmer-to-farmer agronomic information network. The Network's mission is to improve the livelihood of farmers by making data useful and accessible. Farmers Business Network (FBN) utilizes data science and machine learning to provide members with unbiased and unprecedented insightsabout each of their fields, powered by billions of data points from our network. IT provides farmers with product performance, benchmarking and predictive analytics based on real-world performance data

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Farmers Business Network. Shizune tracks 9 team members at Farmers Business Network. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/farmers-business-network?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| AgTech | 1 | 50% |
| Farming | 1 | 50% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Livestock | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Israel | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Baron | Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer | 0 | — |
| Denton Schwiesow | Head of Sales Enablement | 0 | — |
| Ed Rowe | VP of Engineering/CTO | 0 | — |
| Eric Carnell | CLO, VP Corporate | 0 | — |
| Kathleen Ligocki | Farmers Business Network | 3 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Greeneye Technology | Greeneye utilizes Artificial Intelligence to disrupt the agricultural pest control process, transitioning from the current practice of broadcast and wasteful spraying to precise and selective spraying of herbicides. Greeneye developed a proprietary selective spraying (SPP) system that turns every sprayer into a smart machine with seamlessintegration, Greeneye’s SSP system can detect weeds and spray them precisely in real-time, reducing up to 90% of herbicide usage. Demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCOuTemX_cc&feature=youtu.beGreeneye is a leading technology company with a focus in precision agriculture, established in 2017 and based in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Greeneye has a multidisciplinary team with expertise in computer vision, artificial intelligence, agronomy, mechanical engineering, spraying applications, etc. We work with an extraordinary group of talented and visionary people who are committed to provide sustainable solutions for farmers around the world. |  | Corporate Round | Jan 25, 2023 |  |
| Cattler | Cattler is a cloud, mobile farm management system for the cattle industry. It integrates operational management and analytics of cattle farms on a single platform. Cattler connects to any third party device users might have (scales, EID readers) and allows them to complete their daily tasks seamlessly from start to finish. From livestock managementto feeding; grom animal health to billing invoices and managing inventories. From the lot to the individual, and from the first day to the last. | $1.4M | Seed | Jun 30, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Incutex Company Builders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incutex) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SVG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svg-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TLG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tlg-ventures-dd5b) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Farmers Business Network invest in?

Farmers Business Network invests primarily in Software, AgTech and Farming startups, most often at Seed and Corporate Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Farmers Business Network?

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### Who are the partners at Farmers Business Network?

The team at Farmers Business Network includes Charles Baron (Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer), Denton Schwiesow (Head of Sales Enablement) and Ed Rowe (VP of Engineering/CTO), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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