# John Hartnett

> John Hartnett is a pre-seed investor at SVG Ventures (Los Gatos) backing AgTech and Agriculture. See 80 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SVG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svg-ventures)
- Location: Los Gatos, United States
- Total investments: 80
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 69%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhartnett/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/cjhartnett
- Website: https://x.com/cjhartnett
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cjhartnett

John Hartnett is a pre-seed investor at SVG Ventures in Los Gatos focused on AgTech and Agriculture. John Charles Hartnett is based out of Silicon Valley, California and is the Founder and CEO of SVG Ventures. John previously worked at Aer Lingus as a Board Member. John Charles Hartnett attended the Marketing Institute of Ireland.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 34 | 43% |
| Agriculture | 31 | 39% |
| Farming | 18 | 23% |
| Software | 15 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 13 | 16% |

83 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 29 | 36% |
| Seed | 21 | 26% |
| Grant | 9 | 11% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 8 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 23 | 29% |
| United States | 10 | 13% |
| Australia | 4 | 5% |
| Israel | 3 | 4% |
| Brazil | 2 | 3% |

22 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cellar Insights | Cellar Insights provides potato growers with a simple way to remotely monitor and act on storage conditions. | $361.1K | Seed | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| Verdi | Verdi is building the data science platform for hyper-specific farm actions, starting with irrigation. | $4.7M | Seed | May 15, 2025 |  |
| Verdi Expeditions | Verdi Expeditions is a scalable platform for agricultural automation and tailored plant health. | $4.7M | Seed | May 15, 2025 |  |
| 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. |  | Seed | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| Verge Ag | We help progressive grain farmers save time and money by increasing the productivity of their existing equipment. Verge Ag’s software empowers a farmer to execute their field operations with their existing equipment at a level of productivity and efficiency previously out of reach. Our product, Launch Pad, provides farmers with the tools to harnessthe power of artificial intelligence and digital simulation to automate in-field decision making and improve field operations. While most agtech companies have been focused on increasing production or optimizing inputs, we have always obsessed over increasing profitability across the entire farm. That obsession has driven us to the digitization of how farmers operate their farms of all sizes and types from all corners of the globe. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 29, 2024 |  |
| Cellar Insights | Cellar Insights provides potato growers with a simple way to remotely monitor and act on storage conditions. | $847.8K | Pre-Seed | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| AdvancedAG | AdvancedAG is a biotechnology research company that cultivates specialized bacteria to improve soil and crop health. |  | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Else Labs Inc | Else Labs is an Ottawa, Ontario-based technology company that is building the future of automation in the kitchen. We’re on a mission to develop innovative smart appliances that simplify the cooking experience and give people their time back. Else Labs is the company behind Oliver, the robot chef that replicates the stovetop cooking process, andunique app-based appliance. Oliver has its own recipe library, meal planner, and shopping assistant, all accessible through the app on your phone. At Else, we want to help give people more choice about the way they spend their time by developing advanced technologies. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Mycro Harvest | Mycro Harvest develops AI and automation to scale the production of fungi for food, bio-plastics, meat alternatives and more. |  | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |
| Clean Valley Bio-filtration Technologies | Clean Valley CIC is a group of entrepreneurs, engineers, and environmental scientists with nature-inspired ideas for Canadian Innovation. Clean Valley provides nature-based solutions for the aquaculture industry and medical technology. |  | Seed | Mar 07, 2024 |  |

10 of 80 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SVG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thrive-agtech-accelerator) — VC Fund, 39 deals together
- [Echo River Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/echo-river-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Carrot Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carrot-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dvc-0bf1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elemental Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elemental-excelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About SVG Ventures

VC Fund · Los Gatos, United States

SVG Ventures|THRIVE is an investment and advisory firm that partners with public and private organizations on strategy, innovation and global expansion. Formed in 2010 and based in Silicon Valley, SVG Ventures|THRIVE invests in early stage technology companies. The SVG Ventures|THRIVE team consists of accomplished technology leaders from all overthe globe. With its vast network, SVG gets deeply involved with portfolio companies to support their success.

3 contacts available at SVG Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evan Cohen | Accelerator Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-cohen-9c4a |
| John Hartnett | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-hartnett |
| Danny O'Brien | Managing Director EMEA & Global Programs | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danny-o-brien-e484 |

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## FAQ

### What does John Hartnett invest in?

John Hartnett invests primarily in AgTech, Agriculture and Farming startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 80 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did John Hartnett last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Hartnett closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 80 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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