# Joost Van Laer

> Joost Van Laer is a Series B investor at Edaphon backing AgTech, Farming and Robotics. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Edaphon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edaphon)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Joost Van Laer is a Series B investor at Edaphon focused on AgTech and Farming. Joost Van Laer

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 100% |
| Farming | 1 | 100% |
| Robotics | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SwarmFarm Robotics | Global crop protection specialists ADAMA and Australian ag-tech company. | $19.8M | Series B | Oct 01, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Clean Energy Finance Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clean-energy-finance-corp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emmertech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emmertech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GrainInnovate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graininnovate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [QIC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/qic) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tenacious Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tenacious-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Edaphon

VC Fund · Brussels, Belgium

Edaphon is a climate impact fund that invest in natural carbon sinks and the restoration of essential ecosystems.

1 contacts available at Edaphon.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joost Van Laer | VC investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joost-van-laer |

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## FAQ

### What does Joost Van Laer invest in?

Joost Van Laer invests primarily in AgTech, Farming and Robotics startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Joost Van Laer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joost Van Laer closed in Oct 2025. 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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