The Yield Lab Europe
VC Fund
Dublin, Ireland
The Yield Lab Europe is a €55m early stage Agrifood and Ag Tech fund which comprises an accelerator and a larger follow-on fund, investing in high tech companies with the potential to significant disrupt and improve our current systems of global food production, and to improve the environmental sustainability of the industry. The main fund invests€1m each into 10-12 companies over several follow on rounds, with the strongest accelerator companies expected to progress to the main fund. The Yield Lab Europe is also part of a global network of Agrifood Tech funds, with global headquarters in St Louis USA, and sister funds in LATAM and Singapore.
- Total investments:
- 40
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 35%
- Fund size:
- $67M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries The Yield Lab Europe invests in
Stages The Yield Lab Europe invests in
Countries The Yield Lab Europe invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $605k–$2.9M
- Series A
- $2.1M–$10M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.7M–$9.6M
Investment Focus
Industry
- AgTech 12 (30%)
- Agriculture 10 (25%)
- Biotechnology 9 (23%)
- Farming 6 (15%)
- Information Technology 5 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 16 (40%)
- Series A 6 (15%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (10%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (5%)
- Funding Round 2 (5%)
Country
- Ireland 8 (20%)
- France 4 (10%)
- United Kingdom 3 (8%)
- Denmark 2 (5%)
- The Netherlands 2 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Clevinger
Co-Founder and General Partner
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Co-Founder and General Partner | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
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Daan Wilms Van Kersbergen
Investment Director
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Investment Director | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
David Bowles
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Gentiane Gorlier
General Partner
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General Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
John Carrigan
Investment Director
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Investment Director | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBLeap is a company that operates in the manufacturing industry, specifically focusing on the agricultural sector. The company's main offering is the LeapBox system, a modular solution that can be attached to any new or used sprayer. This system is designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of crop spraying, addressing the issue ofover-application and weak spots in fields. BBLeap's approach, termed 'Farming On Plant Level', aims to consider individual plant needs and environmental factors such as soil conditions and weather. The company's vision is to provide better spraying equipment to the agricultural sector, contributing to more sustainable and precise farming practices. | $5.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 16, 2026 | ||
| BiOceanOr provides underwater weather stations to measure water quality. Their solutions provide informations from your exploitation in real-time. Receive alerts in real-time and take decisions with their preventive alert system. | $2.1M / Series A / Feb 25, 2025 | ||
| Marama Labs is a developer of a novel UV-Vis spectroscopy technology for scientific-analytical instrumentation. It assists customers in identifying and measuring turbid samples' characteristics by using light's spectral properties. It offers an ultra-violet and visible spectrophotometer for measuring absorption, extinction, and scatteringspectra of clear and turbid liquids to help customers keep their samples intact, reduce sample preparation steps, and improve measurement turnaround time. | $2.1M / Seed / Dec 19, 2024 | ||
| Kapsera bridges the gap between sustainability and productivity in agriculture, using cutting-edge, biosourced and biodegradable formulation technologies.Kapsera offers natural and innovative formulations for microbials based biofertilizers and biopesticides. | $4.4M / Series A / Nov 26, 2024 | ||
| Oligofeed is an animal micronutrition company that offers food supplements for bees to improve immune systems and the production of hives. | $648.8K / Pre-Seed / May 14, 2024 | ||
| Marama Labs is a developer of a novel UV-Vis spectroscopy technology for scientific-analytical instrumentation. It assists customers in identifying and measuring turbid samples' characteristics by using light's spectral properties. It offers an ultra-violet and visible spectrophotometer for measuring absorption, extinction, and scatteringspectra of clear and turbid liquids to help customers keep their samples intact, reduce sample preparation steps, and improve measurement turnaround time. | $1.9M / Seed / Jan 22, 2024 | ||
| Micron AgriTech develops a portable testing kit called Tástáil, that enables farmers or vets to detect parasitic infections in cattle instantly. It allows for the reduction of animal dosing which will reduce the risk posed by antimicrobial resistance to the global population.Samples are analyzed via the Tástáil app through a revolutionary machinelearning process. This saves time and reduces spending on medication. | $2.9M / Seed / Sep 18, 2023 | ||
| BiOceanOr provides underwater weather stations to measure water quality. Their solutions provide informations from your exploitation in real-time. Receive alerts in real-time and take decisions with their preventive alert system. | $1.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 14, 2023 | ||
| In Auravant they help improve the efficiency of the agricultural sector through the use of aerial monitoring platforms and their analytical exploitation | $1.7M / Seed / Jun 01, 2023 | ||
| Solasta Bio develops environment-friendly products that meet a global need for new and effective crop protection. | $4.9M / Seed / Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| See all 40 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does The Yield Lab Europe invest in?
The Yield Lab Europe invests primarily in AgTech, Agriculture and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is The Yield Lab Europe's check size?
The Yield Lab Europe typically joins rounds of $605k–$2.9M at Seed, $2.1M–$10M at Series A and $1.7M–$9.6M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds The Yield Lab Europe participates in.
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Who are the partners at The Yield Lab Europe?
The team at The Yield Lab Europe includes Brian Clevinger (Co-Founder and General Partner), Daan Wilms Van Kersbergen (Investment Director) and David Bowles (Managing Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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