# Sprout

> Sprout is a VC fund in Palmerston North backing Farming and Livestock. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sprout-agritech-accelerator/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/sproutagritech
- Website: https://www.sproutagritech.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SproutAgritech/

Sprout is a VC fund in Palmerston North focused on Farming and Livestock. Sprout is seeking the world's best agritech & agrifood businesses to accelerate their growth and impact on the world. Sprout selects up to 12 companies per annum to participate in the world’s most advanced agritech business growth accelerator.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Sprout. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Sprout. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/sprout-ea48?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Farming | 1 | 100% |
| Livestock | 1 | 100% |
| Real Time | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gil Meron (Meirovich) | Chief Executive Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gil-meron-meirovich |
| Sandhya Sriram | CEO | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sandhya-sriram-bc34 |
| Warren Bebb | Chief Investment Officer | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/warren-bebb |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ProTag | ProTag offers tracking technology that will increase the precision of heat detection and lameness detection, saving time and money. To assist in managing the herd, it provides real-time data on the measurements, behavior, and welfare of each animal. They can streamline every element of farming and business by having access to data from any devicethat can be incorporated into an existing system. | $666.6K | Seed | Feb 03, 2022 | https://www.protag.co.nz/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AngelHQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelhq) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Callaghan Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/callaghan-innovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Finistere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/finistere-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fonterra Co-operative Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fonterra-co-operative-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [OurCrowd](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ourcrowd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Sprout invest in?

Sprout invests primarily in Farming, Livestock and Real Time startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Sprout?

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### Who are the partners at Sprout?

The team at Sprout includes Gil Meron (Meirovich) (Chief Executive Officer), Sandhya Sriram (CEO) and Warren Bebb (Chief Investment Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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