# HawkTower

> HawkTower is a VC fund in Carmel Valley backing Robotics and Agriculture. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Carmel Valley, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hawktower/
- Website: https://www.hawktower.com/

HawkTower is a VC fund in Carmel Valley focused on Robotics and Agriculture. Central California is enriched by tourism, agriculture, viticulture, research, military, and natural wonders. These elements come together most acutely in the Monterey Bay Area. HawkTower champions enterprises and endeavors linked to this region and, thus, differentiates itself as an aspirational investor for entrepreneurs focused on CentralCalifornia and the Monterey Bay Area. HawkTower represents strong convictions, long-term focus, and a unique, regionally-focused investment thesis. HawkTower will launch a venture capital fund in 2024, HawkTower Ventures, and a regional startup accelerator program across the Central Coast and Valley, with a hub in Monterey. HawkTower will invest in entrepreneurs establishing roots in Central California, serving local corporations and industry, supporting the objectives of local institutions and foundations, collaborating with local colleges and universities, returning to where they lived/studied previously, receiving PhDs from local universities, and graduating from local colleges. Founders and companies will benefit from having HawkTower on their capital table alongside other investment firms. We are “boots on the ground” in Central California. We maintain strategic relationships, partnerships, and memberships with community-based organizations, institutions, elected and appointed government officials, local corporations, influential SMBs (e.g., wineries and hotels), academia, and more. Our value proposition is differentiated; thus, our firm can become aspirational for entrepreneurs who see innovation and commercialization potential in Central California.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 1 | 100% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Farm-ng | Farm-ng is a robotics company that develops general purpose farm robots that can be used to implement sustainable farming practices.Farm-ng offers robotics platform that is fully configurable and can be extended with Amiga Development Kit (ADK) that enables developers and ag tech companies to build innovative products and services on top of thefarm-ng robotic platform.The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Watsonville, CA. | $10M | Series A | Jan 18, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Acre Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acre-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Xplorer Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xplorer-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does HawkTower invest in?

HawkTower invests primarily in Robotics and Agriculture startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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 HawkTower last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for HawkTower closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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