Lauren Rathmell
Greenhouse Director, Founding Member @ Lufa Farms
Lauren Rathmell is a funding round investor at Lufa Farms focused on Agriculture and Hospitality. Rathmell, a trained biochemist, started working with Lufa Farms as a researcher at McGill’s MacDonald campus. She played a large role in the development of the plant science and growing science that Lufa eventually implemented, including the NFT and drip irrigation systems, the use of biological pest controls, the microclimate and crop rotationsystems, and the selection of crop varieties. Rathmell currently supervises all greenhouse operations as well as research and development
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Lauren Rathmell invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Agriculture 1 (100%)
- Hospitality 1 (100%)
- Organic Food 1 (100%)
- Impact Investing 1 (100%)
- Green Consumer Goods 1 (100%)
Investments
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Lufa Farms
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Lufa Farms is an agricultural and technology company located in Montreal, Quebec. It is reputed to have built the world's first commercial rooftop greenhouse. The company's first greenhouse began operations in early 2011. Its second greenhouse opened in late 2013. | $4.5M / Oct 10, 2012 |
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About Lufa Farms
Lufa Farms is an agricultural and technology company located in Montreal, Quebec. It is reputed to have built the world's first commercial rooftop greenhouse. The company's first greenhouse began operations in early 2011. Its second greenhouse opened in late 2013.
Lufa Farms Contacts
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Lauren Rathmell
Greenhouse Director, Founding Member
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Mohamed Hage
Founder, CEO
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Dave Furneaux
Founder
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Kurt Lynn
Founding Member
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Yahya Badran
Director of Engineering, Founding Member
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What does Lauren Rathmell invest in?
Lauren Rathmell invests primarily in Agriculture, Hospitality and Organic Food startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Lauren Rathmell last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Lauren Rathmell closed in Oct 2012. 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.
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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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