# Lauren Rathmell

> Lauren Rathmell is a funding round investor at Lufa Farms backing Agriculture and Hospitality. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lufa Farms](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lufa-farms)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2012
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

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

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 1 | 100% |
| Hospitality | 1 | 100% |
| Organic Food | 1 | 100% |
| Impact Investing | 1 | 100% |
| Green Consumer Goods | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $4.5M |  | Oct 10, 2012 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cycle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cycle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Furneaux Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/furneaux-capital-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kubo Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kubo-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lufa Farms

VC Fund · Montréal, Canada

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.

5 contacts available at Lufa Farms.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lauren Rathmell | Greenhouse Director, Founding Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lauren-rathmell |
| Mohamed Hage | Founder, CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohamed-hage |
| Dave Furneaux | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-furneaux |
| Kurt Lynn | Founding Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kurt-lynn |
| Yahya Badran | Director of Engineering, Founding Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yahya-badran |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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