Outlander VC invests in and mentors startups. Outlander VC makes seed stage and early stage investments in the technology, health care, software, and food tech sectors. Outlander VC supports market research and analysis.

Outlander Fund I Archimedes

Social Leverage is a Venture Capital firm which specializes in early-stage and seed-stage investments in the Software, Consumer, and Fintech industries.   Their investment selection process combines fundamental business evaluation, supported by two decades of domain experience building, valuing, and selling companies, with a strong deal flow pipeline consisting of top-ranked VC / PE funds, exceptional entrepreneurs and innovative management teams.  Social Leverage uses these value drivers to invest in the best capital light companies with a viable product, serving a large addressable market, and solving a known pain point.  Notable investments include Robinhood, Kustomer, Angellist, Wag, EToro, and Ticketfly.

Social Leverage

500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm with $2.4 billion in assets under management. The firm invests in founders who are building fast-growing technology companies. It focuses on markets where technology, innovation, and capital can generate long-term value and economic growth. 500 Global collaborates with key stakeholders and provides advisory services to governments on fostering entrepreneurial ecosystems to support startups. The firm has invested in over 5,000 founders and more than 2,800 companies across 80+ countries. It has funded over 35 companies valued at more than $1 billion and over 160 companies valued at over $100 million, including those that are private, public, or have exited. The team consists of over 190 members based in more than 25 countries, with experience as entrepreneurs, investors, and operators from leading technology companies.

500 Global

TYLT Ventures (formerly TYLT Lab) is a venture capital and venture advisory group based in Los Angeles, California. Our focus is to invest with innovative early stage companies on the verge of significant growth. As entrepreneur-investors with native operating experience, we deploy a hands-on approach in our work with founders. Put simply, we believe in adding value beyond just contributing capital.

TYLT Ventures

Dorm Room Fund is the strongest community of entrepreneurial students in the nation. Built by students and powered by First Round, we provide founders with a strong network of investors, world-class mentors, and a $20,000 check.

Dorm Room Fund

QueensBridge Venture Partners invests in technology companies in highly competitive and visible markets. The company's collective experience has shaped our approach to investing by allowing us to quickly recognize and capitalize on key trends. Furthermore, by focusing on co-investment opportunities with leading venture capital funds and angel investors in Silicon Valley, we have unique access to very attractive companies. Successful venture capital investing is highly influenced by a network of reputable investors. QBVP aligns itself with firms that have proven their ability to source and invest in the next generation of leading technology companies in Silicon Valley and emerging markets. We bring capital along with our network of industry veterans and corporate relationships to accelerate the development of the companies in which we co-invest. We seek to partner with firms that generate the most value among VCs and back the companies that reach enterprise value of over $1 billion on a regular basis. The general partners of QBVP are industry veterans in consumer products & services, media & entertainment, and financial services. We have (i) advised tech, media, and entertainment companies in raising over $20 billion of capital at bulge bracket Wall Street firms (e.g. Goldman Sachs; Deutsche Bank) (ii) started over twenty businesses, (iii) produced and/or recorded six number 1 albums on the Billboard 200, (iv) sold over 25 million records worldwide, (v) have products in over 3,000 stores.

QueensBridge Venture Partners

eLab is dedicated to accelerating top Cornell University startups. Established in 2008 by Student Agencies Foundation, a non-profit organization, in collaboration with Entrepreneurship@Cornell, eLab has worked with hundreds of students in turning concepts into real businesses which include notable exits.

eLab Accelerator

Wonder Ventures invests in entrepreneurs who have great ideas. Who build the world’s most innovative technology companies in order to address the world’s toughest challenges. Who think of long-term solutions that span generations.  We are based in Santa Monica, CA.  We actively invest in Los Angeles, New York City, Silicon Valley, Washington D.C. and anywhere great teams are located.

Wonder Ventures

Menlo Ventures provides capital for multi-stage consumer, enterprise, and life sciences technology companies. Since 1976, the firm’s market-driven analysis has led to the identification of opportunities and successful investments in innovative markets. Notable areas of investment include Marketplaces (Uber, Rover.com, Poshmark); Consumer Services (Tumblr, Betterment, Roku, Siri); Dev/Ops (Harness, Edge Delta, Fire hydrant); SaaS (Carta, ScoutRFP, Qualia, Benchling, Everlaw); Fintech (Betterment, Bluevine, Chime); Cybersecurity (Cavium, IronPort, BitSight, Abnormal, StackRox); and Life Sciences Technology (Synthego, Cofactor Genomics, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, 3T Biosciences). Menlo’s portfolio includes more than 70 public companies, and more than 100 mergers and acquisitions, with $5 billion under management. The firm is currently investing in Menlo Ventures XV, a $500 million early-stage fund, as well as its $500 million Inflection Fund, which targets early-growth investments.

Menlo Ventures

CoVenture invests across the capital stack of tech-enabled companies. Often providing the first institutional equity and/or debt financing to business operations across financial services, new forms of media, platform economies or industries we are yet to imagine.

CoVenture

Red Bear Angels is an investment management company that supports early-stage companies. It handles term sheet negotiation and administrative details for each deal, creating a quick and seamless process for angel investors.  It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Red Bear Angels

Moonshots Capital makes seed stage investments in technology startups led by exceptional founders who are building products that “re-imagine” work and personal life in large and growing markets. We bring a disciplined approach to the investment process to identify companies with “moonshot” potential.

Moonshots Capital

Taurus Ventures they provide services for technology.

Taurus Ventures

Halmos Ventures is a hands on venture fund. We launch, plan and grow businesses. We look for companies that can benefit from our partnership and our specific expertise in product design, execution and strategy.

Halmos Ventures

CIG Spectrum is a family office holding company with private investments in numerous operating companies, credit and real estate.

CIG Spectrum Capital

Anterra Capital is an independent growth capital fund.  They invest in fast growing companies that are working to make the global food supply chain safer, more efficient and more sustainable.  Their focus is on supporting the growth of companies who are commercializing novel technologies and services.  They invest across the food supply chain from novel agro inputs and precision farming through to smarter logistics and consumer safety.  They do not invest in other funds, land, operating assets, or other capital intensive businesses. They are a lead investor taking significant minority equity positions and performing an active role on the boards of the companies they support. At the time they invest, their companies typically already generate revenue and have great growth prospects. They target investments of EUR 1M to EUR 15M per company and often support their portfolio companies in raising additional capital from professional investors including from their own financial partners.  Importantly, they are long-term investors.  They focus on working closely with management teams to build lasting value.

Anterra Capital

Greenhouse Capital Partners is a growth capital firm investing in high growth companies with established business models promoting health and sustainability within the areas of food, agriculture and the environment.  The firm believes that an economic revolution is underway, powered by technology and simultaneously shaped by evolving system needs, that is rapidly changing the way we produce, move and consume goods.  Greenhouse is at the forefront of investing in this wave of change and partners with values driven teams creating real products built to stand the test of time.

Greenhouse Capital Partners

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investments are seed and series A. The investment range of the company is $50,000 to $5,000,000. It invests in Alibaba Group, Beepi, BrightRoll, Betterment, Adore Me, and Earnest.

FJ Labs

Tribeca Early Stage Partners is a network of financial professionals that finances, advises, and supports early-stage FinTech companies. It was formed in 2014 as a FinTech-focused angel club and has brought together a network of entrepreneurs and business leaders with deep domain expertise in institutional finance and technology.  With approximately 50 accredited investors, they have the collective experience and perspective that touches virtually every facet of the institutional finance landscape.

Tribeca Early Stage Partners

RFV, a strategic investment fund of 60 million, is a subsidiary of Rabobank and is part of the broader innovation agenda, in which they support internal and external Fintech and Food and Agri ventures to scale their business. The firm was founded in 2017 and is based in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Rabo Frontier Ventures

Endeavor8 is an early stage tech innovation impacting food value chain.

Endeavor8

The International Finance Corporation is a member of the World Bank Group that focuses on private sector development in developing countries. It provides financial and advisory services to support economic activities. It serves various industries, including infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing, and financial services.

International Finance Corporation

G2VP invests in emerging technology companies that digitize traditional industries and drive market transformations. Tapping into global industries from transportation, energy and agriculture to manufacturing, and logistics, G2VP was founded around a multi-trillion-dollar trend: the digitization of industry. As this trend takes root, and industries worldwide transition from traditional analog to digital processes, G2VP sees tremendous opportunity for value creation, economic growth, and sector disruption. By aligning companies, purpose and profit, the company aims to unlock previously unidentified paths to sustainability and resource efficiency.

G2 Venture Partners

IDB Invest finances sustainable companies and projects to achieve financial results and maximize economic, social, and environmental development in the region. It seeks to be the private sector solution bank for Latin America and the Caribbean. It supports projects to advance clean energy, modernize agriculture, strengthen transport systems, expand access to financing. Projects that have a significant impact and contribute to the sustainable development of the region. IDB Invest is a member of the Inter-American Development Bank, a multilateral development bank committed to promoting the economic development of its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean through the private sector.

IDB Invest

Finistere Ventures is an agricultural technology and life sciences venture capital investor. Founded in 2005, the company partners with other entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to build innovative companies that have the potential to transform modern agriculture, increase food security, improve nutrition, and enhance sustainability.  Their applied experience as operators, and pioneering role in Ag Tech, is actively utilized to benefit its portfolio companies and Partners.   Finistere has global access to the best new technologies from centers of Ag Tech excellence in the U.S., Australia, Israel, New Zealand, and Canada through its venture partner networks. Finistere’s locations in San Diego and Palo Alto, California keeps them connected to the centers of mainstream venture investment and the world’s leading innovation ecosystem.

Finistere Ventures

IGNIA is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in global entrepreneurs who are developing innovative technology solutions that address fundamental pain points in Latin America. Founded in 2007, IGNIA has a total of three funds, IGNIA Impact Fund, IGNIA VC Fund I and IGNIA VC Fund II, with over US$400 million in AUM. IGNIA invests in sectors such as healthtech, fintech, SaaS, edtech, e-commerce, web3, and AI-Enabled tech platforms, among others.

IGNIA

Astanor Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on entrepreneurs regenerating the food, blue ocean economy, and agriculture sector. The firm targeting technology-enabled companies across the agri-food value chain, leveraging disruptive technologies to bring about a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, trusted, and ultra-fresh. It rings together capital, deep sector knowledge, and a strong network of entrepreneurs, impact investors, technologists, scientists, farmers, chefs, policymakers, and food lovers to give rise to a future of food that is nourishing, regenerative, scalable, trusted, and delicious.

Astanor Ventures

Outpost Ventures is an early stage fintech and enterprise venture firm, providing collaborative capital, support and expertise to founders. We invest in Seed, Series A and Series B companies. Outpost Ventures was launched out of Neuberger Berman, a large global asset manager (~$500Bn AUM) in 2022 and provides hands-on support across the capital stack to companies in its portfolio. The team are a mix of highly experienced operators and investors.

Outpost Ventures

Syngenta Ventures is the corporate venture capital (VC) team of Syngenta, a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling farmers to make better use of available resources. Created in 2009, Syngenta Ventures was one of the first venture capital teams dedicated to agriculture. With an experienced team of investment professionals possessing more than 45 collective years of VC experience, Syngenta Ventures has established itself as one of the most active and knowledgeable agricultural investors. Syngenta Ventures is stage agnostic, from investing in seed rounds to larger growth equity rounds. They typically invest alongside other financial and corporate VC investors, and they avoid asking for any rights or options for Syngenta as they recognize the importance of having the interests of all shareholders aligned. They use their deep experience as investors and running commercial Ag businesses to work with their portfolio companies to help them maximize their potential value. They often take board or board observer roles, spending the time needed with the company and management to help them achieve their goals. Finally, they are connected into Syngenta, ranging from R&D to commercial teams, around the world. They can help their portfolio companies validate new products in field trials, increase market visibility, and share industry knowledge and contacts. While they encourage technical and/or commercial collaboration with Syngenta, these are negotiated by Syngenta and not connected to their investment. Linked to this, they maintain a strict firewall with Syngenta to protect any confidential information from being shared. They take this responsibility seriously and can provide references from their portfolio companies to demonstrate this.

Syngenta Ventures

Avenue Capital Group was founded in 1995 by Marc Lasry and Sonia E. Gardner.  Pioneers in the distressed debt market, Mr. Lasry and Ms. Gardner have successfully invested in the public and private debt and equity securities of distressed companies across a variety of industries for over two decades.  Headquartered in New York, with offices in London, Luxembourg, Munich, and nine offices throughout Asia, the firm manages assets valued at approximately $15.8 billion as of March 31, 2009. Avenue draws on the skills and experience of approximately 300 employees and its Senior Principals, Marc Lasry and Sonia E. Gardner, who have spent virtually their entire careers in the field of distressed investments.

Avenue Capital Group

Commonfund is an institutional investment firm that delivers solutions for strategic investors within both the nonprofit and pension investment communities. Commonfund was founded in 1969 with a two-part mission, to create investment solutions for nonprofits that previously did not have the scale and access to the best managers. As importantly, our charter was to also create educational programs that would bring the current best investment practices to institutional investors of all sizes and segments.  Insight that has helped grow fund values during an increasingly challenging investment environment. Commonfund has changed and grown dramatically since that time--expanding both our investment solution offerings and the client segments we serve. Yet, our mission has remained the same: to enhance the financial resources of our clients and to improve the investment management practices of our clients.  Today, Commonfund manages over $24 billion1 for nearly 1,500 institutions with a focus on three primary activities:  Outsourced solutions Alternative investment strategies Private capital   Our only business is investment management and we are active in all sectors of the global capital markets - in both public and private markets.

Common Fund

Avenue Venture is a company that specializes in real estate investment services.

Avenue Venture

CF Private Equity offers investment solutions in venture capital and private equity.

CF Private Equity

ProducePay

Founded by Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck, a fourth-generation farmer, ProducePay is eliminating the economic and food waste caused by the volatile, opaque and fragmented nature of today’s global fresh produce supply chain. The AgTech company’s Predictable Commerce Platform is giving growers and buyers greater control of their business by providing unprecedented access to each other, capital, trading, insights and greater supply chain visibility. Consumers receive fresher produce more efficiently, knowing it is grown and delivered in responsible ways. This transformational approach is unlocking economic value, and creating a more sustainable global fresh produce industry.

ProducePay provides domestic and international fresh produce farmers with access to distribution and financing. Simply put, the company is a tech-based cash flow solutions provider. The company has around 800 customers in 12 countries across the US and Central and South America, and has thus far provided around USD 1.5 billion to fresh produce farmers.&nbsp;

Sustainably solving the food shortages of the future

Smart Farming

<div>ProducePay is in the agricultural technology sector and provides financial solutions and market insights to fresh produce growers and buyers to reduce economic and food waste. The company offers the Predictable Commerce Platform, which gives growers and buyers greater control over their business through access to capital, global trading networks, and supply chain visibility. Its solutions include financial solutions like Pre-Season and Quick-Pay Financing alongside trading services that facilitate high-quality trades through a trusted global network.</div>

Empowering efficiency, visibility and collaboration throughout supply networks

Supply Chain Tech

ProducePay Launches Visibility Solution to Improve Transparency and Reduce Waste in Fresh Produce Supply Chain

ProducePay provides domestic and international fresh produce farmers with access to distribution and financing. Simply put, the company is a tech-based cash flow solutions provider. The company has around 800 customers in 12 countries across the US and Central and South America, and has thus far provided around USD 1.5 billion to fresh produce farmers.&nbsp;The company provides financing to growers up to 12 months ahead of harvest. Once the corn grows, it is sent for sale to a distributor, who then pays ProducePay. ProducePay will keep a portion of the funds to cover financing and transfer the remaining money to the grower.&nbsp;ProducePay also matches buyers and sellers, allowing participants to buy inputs at competitive prices via the ProducePay network as an added benefit for members. ProducePay also facilitates financial services for such transactions.In <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240314695622/en/ProducePay-Launches-Visibility-Solution-to-Improve-Transparency-and-Reduce-Waste-in-Fresh-Produce-Supply-Chain">March 2024</a>, ProducePay has announced a new <a href="https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fproducepay.com%2Fvisibility&amp;esheet=53910017&amp;newsitemid=20240314695622&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Visibility&amp;index=2&amp;md5=2f0ccc2627cd64f82d58144cef867fbc">Visibility</a> solution to provide fresh produce marketers and retailers full transparency of produce shipments from the field all the way to their final destination.Key customers and partnershipsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/20117">July 2023</a>, The company has partnered with Four Star Fruit, a producer of conventional and organic table grapes, to launch a direct-to-retail fresh produce supply chain program.Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/26323">February 2024</a>, ProducePay&nbsp; has raised USD 38 million in Series D funding led by Syngenta Group Ventures, with participation from new investor CF Private Equity and few existing investors to use the funds to accelerate its global expansion into Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, as well as to further develop its technology and services.In 2019, the company raised USD 205 million via debt financing and in 2020 reported that its revenue had doubled year-over-year.

Israeli startup Taranis, focuses on providing a complete digital agronomy solution to farmers using aerial imagery technology across the US, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, and Australia. The company now monitors more than 20 million acres globally, 50% of which is located within the US.&nbsp;The startup captures aerial images using UAVs, which can be analyzed and compared using its own platform, and allows farmers to make precise decisions about planting. The company also operates an area called the “AgroBrain”, which allows precise identification of crop issues. The company claims to account for 70% of the global crop market and equips farmers with the tools to address issues in real time. Similar to peers like Ceres Imaging, Taranis has partnered with incumbent players like John Deere, Syngenta, BASF, and Climate Field View to expand its product reach. As such, Taranis is regarded as a promising startup in global precision agriculture.&nbsp;In 2018, the company expanded its footprint in the US when it acquired Mavrx, a US startup providing aerial imagery solutions to local farmers. Mavrx ran into financial difficulties and consolidation of the two companies yielded attractive opportunities. The consolidation allowed Taranis to integrate Mavrx’s product (full field imagery product with highest resolution on the market) into its platform, thereby fulfilling Taranis’ aim of providing a complete solution. The acquisition strengthened Taranis' offering rather than differentiating it. Taranis believes that further consolidation is likely with imagery and AI solutions.&nbsp;In July 2020, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the company raised USD 30 million in Series C funding. Key Investors included Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Micron Ventures, and Vertex Ventures Israel. The company expects to use the funds to create more relevant scouting products for growers through its platform and to also look towards expanding into Asia.&nbsp;Previously in January 2023, Taranis introduced <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/taranis-introduces-acreforward-setting-a-new-standard-for-crop-intelligence-301734306.html">AcreForward</a> which provides unprecedented leaf-level insights into growers' crops at higher frequency throughout the season and captures opportunities in every acre to help ag retailers drive more value from every acre. In <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/taranis-launches-ag-assistant-to-transform-farm-decision-making-302198624.html">July 2024</a>, The company has introduced Ag assistant, powered by a generative AI model that integrates data sources from various modalities – including images, text and audio – and with a profound understanding of agronomy.

Taranis

Based in Canada, TELUS Agriculture offers integrated agriculture software solutions to increase profits of farmers and ranchers, agri-businesses, and agri-food, consumer goods and retail companies. Some of the farm management software solutions provided by the company are: Farm at Hand (crop management platform), TKXS (data management), Agrian (precision and informed decision making)&nbsp; and Muddy Boots (food traceability and supply chain management). As of July 2021, TELUS provides its solutions across Canada, the USA, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Armenia, Germany, China, and Australia.In July 2021, TELUS along with Rabobank, a Dutch food and agriculture bank, acquired Conservis to deliver a more robust Conservis platform to cater a diverse range of crops and livestock leveraging the former’s know-how and relationships across the food industry value chain and the latter’s portfolio of innovative digital farming technologies and solutions.&nbsp;Founded in 2009, Conservis via its web and mobile platform, provides farmers with planning tools, real-time data capture, and analytics to support better decision making and efficient reporting. Having launched as a permanent crop management platform for tree nuts, the platform has expanded its capabilities to fit crop types such as citrus and grapes.&nbsp; Since 2018, Rabo AgriFinance, a Rabobank subsidiary, has also been a development partner for Conservis to enhance the platform’s financial reporting capabilities.&nbsp;In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/27853">March 2024</a>, The company&nbsp; has completed the acquisition of Proagrica, a provider of agronomic and business data solutions.Key customers and partnershipsIn <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/decisive-farming-telus-agriculture-grainfox-140000751.html">October 2023</a>, The company has partnered with GrainFox announced a new partnership to bring more digital grain trade and sell options to Canadian farmers, providing technology-based solutions to support the ongoing transformation of Canada’s agriculture industry.

TELUS  Agriculture

Arable was established with the aim of providing measurements, insight, and predictions that enable growers to address risks with crop management. The key market of focus has been the US, though the company’s product has been used in 39 different countries.The company provides real-time data updates on irrigation and weather, such as reports on plants and crop management, to allow users to make informed decisions, while also being able to precisely measure different farming-related data such as temperature and humidity. Thus, the company falls under the categories of precision and smart farming.The company’s product, Arable Mark, is an irrigation management tool whichsynthesizes climate, plant, and soil data to produce visualizations. Through a web dashboard and smartphone app, Arable Mark exposes precipitation, crop water deficit, soil moisture, chilling hours, and other metrics gathered from sensors. Customers using Arable’s platform have reportedly shown to reduce irrigation by upto 50% and pesticide usage by 15%. In May 2023, the company commercially introduced <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/18120">Arable Mark 3 </a>which includes a 5 MP camera, an optional wind anemometer, and advanced plant and environmental sensing capabilities.The company’s customer base is quite broad in the agriculture value chain, and includes farmers, advisors, insurers, processors, lenders, and governments that find Arable useful to gauge facts on the ground in real time, and in turn reduce risk and increase certainty with decision making.Key customers and partnershipsAs of July 2022, the company serves over 400 customers across 40 countries, and has partnered with agribusiness players like <a href="https://www.bayer.com/en/">Bayer </a>, <a href="http://basf.com/">BASF </a>, and <a href="https://www.nutrien.com/">Nutrien </a>, as well as large consumer food companies such as <a href="https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&amp;ai=DChcSEwjZmt7Vz8HsAhVB5bMKHZDRA-QYABAAGgJxbg&amp;ohost=www.google.com&amp;cid=CAESQOD2vDo-TeLvYzetoyv9iGSw4AnEyiwfscK9vNdjRJ0JPSZXAOBHMYcmrQDPGFTkEl8yzB3t5tB0WHRWzqyKtJE&amp;sig=AOD64_30Xpx6__U8VgKUxkOFpPHuSo99bw&amp;q&amp;adurl&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj--M3Vz8HsAhVCLKwKHa4MAgUQ0Qx6BAgUEAE">Mars </a>, <a href="https://www.lambweston.com/">Lamb Weston </a>, and <a href="https://www.tweglobal.com/">Treasury Wine Estates </a>, as well as fellow startups like <a href="https://www.planet.com/">Planet </a>, <a href="https://www.terramera.com/">Terramera </a>, and <a href="https://www.pivotbio.com/">Pivot Bio </a>primarily to expand the reach of its platform.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/32961">August 2024</a>, Arable collaborated with Google to leverage agritech to promote water conservation and crop productivity among Nebraska farms.Funding and financials<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/11852">In July 2022 </a>, Arable raised USD 40 million in Series C funding led by Galvanize Climate Solutions to support product development, delivery of new services, and international expansion.Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the company’s sales grew by 4x during 2020 and 2022, while reporting a 300% sales growth in Q3 2020 alone.

Arable

The company’s aerial spectral imagery helps growers optimize water and fertilizer application, focusing on the midstream of the agriculture value chain. The company uses low-flying planes to capture and process these aerial spectral images. The images provide accurate and real-time information on the water and nutrient status of every plant in the field. The company has been focusing on the US and Australia.&nbsp;Its technology can be applied to vineyards, orchards, and row crops like corn, soybeans, and wheat. The company is more of a Data-as-a-Service organisation where the grower will pay Ceres Imaging by the acre and receive imagery and necessary support to integrate the information with broader crop management practices. The company has partnered with established companies like John Deere and Climate FieldView, which find that Ceres Imaging’s solutions (pest and disease detection weeks ahead of human detection) align with their products and services.&nbsp;In <a href="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2023/03/203925-ai-enhanced-data-analytics-product-suite-ceres-imaging-now-available-to-agriculture-insurers-lenders/">March 2023</a>, The company has unveiled Risk Solutions product suite, designed to power the next generation of risk models for insurers and lenders.In 2019, Ceres Imaging significantly expanded its operations with irrigated row crops throughout the central and western US.&nbsp;During the period, Ceres also nearly doubled its share of the&nbsp;California&nbsp;specialty crop market, going from managing 10% to 18% of all specialty crop acres in the state.&nbsp;In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/16918">March 2023</a>, The company also expanded its services to Portugal and Spain.

Ceres Imaging

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 SWIIM (Sustainable Water and Innovative Irrigation Management) System, with the support of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and various US grant universities, operates multi-patented technology developed to manage agricultural water budgets, allowing farmers to efficiently allocate water. The company focuses on the midstream of the agricultural value chain, supporting farmers through their harvesting process. The company’s technology is being widely deployed across western US states.
 
 
 The company provides a device that integrates with existing water measurement tools such as water gauges and analyzes real-time water usage via telemetry, offering farmers information on exactly how much water is used for crops and how much goes back into the ground.
 
 
 The company’s system can be used for any crop and irrigation system, lending its product flexibility and scope for potential expansion beyond the US. 
 
 
 In 2018, SWIIM acquired farm management software OnFarm Systems, which operates a customizable dashboard presenting data collected from a range of different internet of things (IoT) sources (weather, pest control, crop models) on any online device. The acquisition provided SWIIM customers with a differentiated product. Moreover, OnFarm’s 500 clients across the United States, Europe, and Asia at the time were accessible to SWIIM.  
 
 
 In 2020, SWIIM issued its own certification to farmers for the sustainable use of water, conveying to consumers that produce was grown with sustainable water management practices. In addition, SWIIM also introduced its “Certified Water Balance Report”, providing growers with an audited account of their water use. The company’s niche focus on water management, alongside its efforts at differentiation via acquisitions, arms it with potential to broaden its reach.
 
 
 
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SWIIM Systems

Start-ups providing smart machinery such as agricultural robots and autonomous tractors, as well as other smart hardware devices for crop and livestock management.

Operators of marketplaces connecting farmers, suppliers, buyers, experts and advisors to streamline the farming process.

Start-ups offering software and related hardware solutions for crop operation, crop modelling, weather forecasting, soil analysis, and overall irrigation management using sensors, big data, AI and machine learning.

Startups offering software and related hardware solutions that facilitate real time data tracking and sharing on animal weight, future weight forecasts, and animal health and behavioural analysis using RFID tags, sensors, big data, AI and machine learning.

Start-ups offering drone or satellite imagery to measure and monitor fields, spray pesticides, accurately present biological parameters, control the quality of sowing, etc.

Crop and livestock monitoring startups use AI for their analytics platform

Uses robots for harvesting, weeding, and related agricultural purposes

Uses data analytics and sensors and related technologies to provide crop and livestock monitoring insights

Provides solutions that maximizes efficiency throughout the agriculture value chain

IoT-enabled sensors are used in machinery and equipment to help with data collection

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 ProducePay is in the agricultural technology sector and provides financial solutions and market insights to fresh produce growers and buyers to reduce economic and food waste. The company offers the Predictable Commerce Platform, which gives growers and buyers greater control over their business through access to capital, global trading networks, and supply chain visibility. Its solutions include financial solutions like Pre-Season and Quick-Pay Financing alongside trading services that facilitate high-quality trades through a trusted global network.
 
 
 
 
 ProducePay&rsquo;s visibility solution aims to provide complete transparency of produce shipments from origin to customer. The solution offers real-time updates on product quality, quantity, and shipment status, allowing real-time order tracking. The company claims that the solution mitigates challenges associated with global produce supply, reducing rejection rates and minimizing disputes.
 
 
 
 
 As of February 2024, through its platform, ProducePay had managed to fund over USD 4.5 billion in harvests, supporting over 60 different commodities across 20 countries.
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 
 
 ProducePay's platform caters to a wide range of stakeholders in the fresh produce supply chain, including growers, distributors, and retailers. As of February 2024, the company's network included ~1,000 clients. Four Star Fruit is among its prominent clients.
 
 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 
 
 In February 2024, ProducePay raised USD 38 million in a Series D financing round led by Syngenta Group Ventures. The round also saw participation from new investor CF Private Equity and existing investors such as G2 Venture Partners, Anterra Capital, and Astanor Ventures. The proceeds were expected to be used to fuel ProducePay's international growth, particularly into Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. It also intended to enhance its tech offerings and services, including comprehensive Predictable Commerce Programs in collaboration with global fresh produce industry leaders.
 
 
 
 
 
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Project44 is a technology company that specializes in supply chain visibility and logistics connectivity solutions. The company’s platform “Movement” connects shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers to provide real-time visibility of the location and status of shipments. It also offers insights and connectivity across borders, helping businesses manage complex, multi-country logistics. This enables businesses to track and manage the movement of goods and shipments from the point of origin to the final destination.Since its inception, the company has expanded globally by acquiring visibility providers such as GateHouse Logistics, Ocean Insights, ClearMetal, and Convey. It has also built a carrier network with over 238,000 carriers, as of October 2023. In May 2023, the company reported that its platform tracked more than 1 billion unique shipments annually for over 1,300 brands, which included companies from industries such as manufacturing, automotive, retail, life sciences, and chemical and gas.In April 2023, Project44 launched “Movement GPT,” a generative AI assistant for supply chain. This feature allows users to interact within the Movement platform in natural language to track shipments and identify supply chain risks.In August 2024, project44 <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/32957">launched</a> Emissions Monitoring, a new feature within its Movement platform. This tool helps shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers measure and report Scope 3 emissions across all transportation modes to improve sustainability and compliance. Earlier In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/31195">July 2024</a>, it introduced enhanced electronic bill of lading capabilities across LTL industry. Also, in the same month it <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/31686">launched</a> expanded capabilities and reach for its Appointment Management product to offer a centralized view of facility appointments, enabling shippers to monitor trailer ETAs against scheduled appointments in real-time and proactively manage exceptions.In 2021, Project44 reported an annual recurring revenue of more than USD 100 million. In November 2022, the company was valued at USD 2.7 billion. In September 2024, it also <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/33426">opened</a> a new office in Bengaluru, India, which will support its global expansion and serve as one of the company's Centers of Excellence.Key customers and partnershipsAs of October 2023, the company's customers included leading brands such as Nestlé, Convoy, DHL, Uber Freight, and Bayer.In July 2024, project44 expanded its presence in China by launching its Movement platform in the market, making the advanced user interface available to all users in China. The expansion leveraged a new partnership with Baidu, a China-based multinational tech leader, to enhance visibility for customers operating in China. As part of the partnership, project44's over-the-road (OTR) maps in China will be powered by Baidu, improving the company's ability to provide real-time, transparent information to customers.In May 2023, the company entered into a partnership with asset intelligence company, Nexxiot, to enable the delivery of real-time network insights and IoT-centric conditional and location monitoring. Further, in January 2024, the company partnered with Lenzing Group, a specialty fiber producer, to enhance Lenzing Group's ocean shipment visibility with a focus on carbon emissions monitoring. The collaboration involves the creation of an updated real-time shipment visibility tool that collects carbon emissions data at the shipment and container levels.

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Supertrace offers a web-based platform to enable transparency and traceability across supply chains. The company assigns digital identities for physical commodities—a digital code that can be scanned using iOS or Android phones—and stores them in a blockchain database to make them connected and verifiable. This lets users obtain end-to-end visibility of product movements and enables them to manage fraud, ​​identify inefficiencies, and authenticate products in the supply chain while building trust with connected stakeholders.The platform features both software and hardware components and comes as a “plug-and-play” solution that can easily be integrated with existing ERP solutions and third-party systems. As of October 2023, the company claimed that the platform had the capacity to track over 300 million products per year.Key customers and partnershipsAs of October 2023, the company’s platform was used by over 60 companies across the world.

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Exiger provides software and tech-enabled tools to manage supply chains through AI-powered solutions. These solutions focus on providing visibility across supply chains and mitigating risks in strictly regulated industries, critical infrastructure companies, defense contractors, financial institutions, and government agencies. They also aim to monitor regulatory compliance and combat financial crime.&nbsp;The company's product portfolio includes solutions such as Supply Chain Explorer, SDX, ExploreRx, and PAC, which are developed to provide visibility across supply networks. Also, its products, such as DDIQ, Screen IQ, and Insight 3PM, are aimed at facilitating risk-screening processes and managing business relationships. In May 2023, the company acquired Ion Channel, adding a platform to its product portfolio to facilitate supply chain risk management.&nbsp;In September 2023, Exiger launched 1Exiger, its new supply chain platform that integrates and provides access to Exiger's products—DDIQ, Insight 3PM, Ion Channel, SDX, and Supply Chain Explorer. The company planned to scale up the platform over the following decade and developed a long-term roadmap to introduce new capabilities.The company operates in the US, Canada, London, Bucharest, Singapore, and Australia. As of October 2023, the company had more than 800 employees across its global offices.In August 2024, Exiger&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/32429">acquired</a> XSB for an undisclosed sum. Through this acquisition, Exiger aimed to enhance its capabilities in depot maintenance, category management, parts obsolescence, parts alternatives, price defensibility, and supply chain optimization. In&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/31249">July 2024</a>, Exiger also acquired Versed AI to enhance AI-driven supply chain visibility. Also, in the same month the company&nbsp;<a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/32093">acquired</a> aDolus Technology Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition allowed Exiger to integrate aDolus' ability to generate software bills of material (SBOMs) and analyze binary for software provenance.&nbsp;In 2021, it was reported that Exiger had achieved in excess of 100% compound annual growth in software license revenue worldwide over the previous four years.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsAs of October 2023, Exiger was providing its services to 550 Global customers across the world, including 150 companies featured in the Fortune 500 list and over 50 government agencies.In May 2024, Exiger partnered with Kharon, a leader in risk analytics, to enhance global supply chain security efforts. As part of the collaboration, Exiger’s AI-powered supply chain management platform will be combined with Kharon’s insight into supply chain risk to provide a robust and dynamic risk analysis framework.Earlier in March 2024, Exiger entered a strategic partnership with aDolus Technology Inc., an authority in software intelligence for critical infrastructure. The partnership enables Exiger to incorporate aDolus' software into its supply chain platform. This integration will allow for the analysis of firmware and industrial control software for potential vulnerabilities. This collaboration allows both companies to offer improved visibility and risk assessment capabilities in operational technology to their Federal Government and corporate clients.

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 Chain.io offers a cloud-based integration platform that connects shippers and freight companies across the global supply chain. The company&rsquo;s pre-built adaptors enable shippers and freight companies to integrate their legacy systems with modern API-based SaaS tools to provide them with visibility across their supply networks to efficiently manage freight.
 
 
 
 
 Beyond mere integration, the platform automates freight operations with pre-configured plugins built to expedite the booking, moving, and delivery of freight. This includes automation focused on PO management, securing freight insurance, sending advanced shipment notices (ASN), and invoice processing as well as improving the overall efficiencies in agent, carrier, and customs operations. The platform also enables advanced insights through the aggregation of data from multiple sources into a centralized database. The platform feeds this information into internal reporting and is populated in external dashboards to provide visibility on key operational metrics and environmental impacts.
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 
 
 As of October 2023, Chain.io&rsquo;s platform was used by leading brands such as Ex Works, Janel Group, John S Conner, Magnate Worldwide, OIA Global, and Jaguar Freight Services. As of June 2022, the company claimed that 10 of the 15 world&rsquo;s largest freight forwarders were also using its platform.
 
 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 
 
 In June 2022, the company raised USD 11 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Fontinalis Partners and High Alpha. The funding was aimed at expanding the company&rsquo;s network of native integrations to the industry&rsquo;s supply chain technology platforms and to expand its geographical reach across North America, Europe, and Asia.
 
 
 
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 Overhaul offers a device-agnostic supply chain visibility and risk monitoring solution to monitor and manage in-transit shipments. The company&rsquo;s technology-driven platform provides real-time visibility into the transportation of high-value cargo and critical shipments, ensuring the integrity of the supply chain. In addition, the platform provides insights using AI-powered predictive analytics for risk monitoring, enabling its users to mitigate potential risks, such as theft, damage, or disruptions. The platform also offers solutions to simplify compliance and documentation processes and assist in managing regulatory requirements, inspections, and certifications in the transportation industry.
 
 
 
 
 Overhaul&rsquo;s products and solutions are geared toward global industries such as pharmaceutical and healthcare, technology, logistics, and food and beverage. According to the company, in 2023, it is expected to track more than USD 1 trillion in shipments in transit.
 
 
 
 
 Key customers and partnerships
 
 
 
 
 As of October 2023, the company was offering its products to leading brands such as Microsoft, Dyson, GoPro, Bristol Myers Squibb, and J.B. Hunt.
 
 
 
 
 In April 2023, the company partnered with MCA Connect to offer a comprehensive set of integrated solutions aimed at helping organizations achieve end-to-end supply chain visibility and automate processes.
 
 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 
 
 In March 2023, the company raised USD 73 million as new growth capital. The funding consisted of USD 38 million in equity and USD 35 million in non-dilutive debt. The round was led by growth equity investor Edison Partners. The proceeds were expected to be used for global expansion, product development initiatives, and to fund the acquisition of security services provider SensiGuard.
 
 
 
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Platforms that provide real-time visibility into the movement, location, condition of products, and environment as they move through the supply chain.

Information sharing and collaborative planning platforms that enable communication, coordination, and collaboration among supply chain partners.

Platforms that facilitate the tracing and verification of products or components throughout the supply chain, from origin to consumer.

Platforms that provide vendor risk intelligence to facilitate vendor due diligence and onboarding, compliance monitoring, contract management, and cybersecurity assessments.

Platforms that help organizations optimize supply chain processes through demand, supply, operations, and scenario planning.

Supply chain tech is frequently depedent on IoT for connecting different links of the supply chain

Supply chain tech contributes towards sustainability through efforts to reduce waste, loss and emissions through improving supply chain operations and accuracy.

Uses blockchain to create transparent, and secure records of transactions and product movements

The platforms facilitate tracing and tracking of products through the supply chain

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 ProducePay, an agricultural supply chain company, has rolled out a visibility solution to offer full transparency of produce shipments from source to customer. This feature provides real-time updates on product quality, quantity, and shipment status via a centralized digital dashboard.
 The company asserts that the new solution can alleviate problems related to global produce supply by lessening rejection rates and disputes. Additionally, this solution can provide insight into quality and orders, ensuring supply to buyers, timely delivery from marketers, and post-shipment acceptance assurance to growers.&nbsp;
 As an AgTech firm, ProducePay provides finance and market solutions to the fresh produce industry. Its major services include the Predictable Commerce Platform, allowing growers and buyers autonomy over their businesses via access to capital, global trading networks, and supply chain visibility. The firm also provides Pre-Season and Quick-Pay Financing and trading services for high-quality transactions through a reliable global network.
 
</div> Analyst QuickTake: 
 The demand for food supply chain optimization solutions is rising. For example, in June 2023, United Natural Foods <a href="https: 
//sp-edge.com/updates/23770"> partnered </a> with RELEX Solutions to introduce a cloud-based procurement system. Track-and-trace solutions, which specifically focus on increasing transparency in the food supply chain, would complement this drive.

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