Tenacious Ventures co-leads $10m seed round for Nbryo

farmdrive closes £1million pre-seed investment round 🚀 We’re excited to announce farmdrive has secured a £1million pre-seed investment to accelerate the global scale-up of our livestock data and supply chain platform. The round was led by Techstart Ventures and Ascension, with participation from Angel Invest, marking a huge milestone for our team and the future of digital livestock management. Built based on our co-founders' experiences on family farms, farmdrive now supports 1,000+ beef and dairy farms across the UK and Ireland, tracking more than 150,000 cattle, saving farmers 6+ hours a week, and helping processors and retailers unlock full farm-to-shelf transparency through farmdrive enterprise. This investment will support us to: 🌍 Expand across the UK and Europe. 👩💻 Grow our team across engineering, data & customer success. ⚙️ Accelerate product development. 🔎 Strengthen real-time traceability and sustainability reporting. A huge thank you to our investors and to the NI business support ecosystem including John Ferris at the Ulster Bank Accelerator and Ormeau Labs, who believed in our mission from day one. If you’d like to read the full story, you can check out the announcement here 👇 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e-Q6N9wA #farmdrive #AgriTech #InvestmentNews #TechstartNI #NorthernIreland #Startups #LivestockManagement #Traceability #SupplyChainTech #FarmToFork #DigitalFarming

12 months ago, we took a leap of faith. Leaving secure jobs to build something we truly believed in. What started as a small idea on our family farms has become farmdrive, a platform now helping 1,000+ beef and dairy farms and giving processors and retailers real-time insight into traceability, sustainability, and supply-chain performance. Today, we’re announcing a major milestone: farmdrive has closed a £1million pre-seed round, led by Audrey Osborne from Techstart Ventures, Toyosi Ogedengbe at Ascension Ventures, with Connor Murphy 🌉 at Angel Invest joining the journey. This funding will help us expand across the UK and Europe, grow our team, and accelerate the next stage of our mission to make livestock farming more data-driven, transparent, and profitable. We’re incredibly grateful to Founder Labs, Gary Davidson, Orla Lynch Michael Black. Also John Ferris, Erin Allison, and the wider NatWest Group — along with everyone in between who’s given us their time, advice, and belief along the way. Your support has been invaluable in helping us turn an idea from our family farms into a fast-growing agri-tech company with global ambition This is only the beginning. 🚀

Big news for ForeseeD! 🐮 🌍 We’re honored to receive funding from the Gates Foundation to help us make advanced cattle genetics accessible to everyone - from large farms to smallholder dairy farmers around the world. This milestone reflects the power of innovation with purpose - technology designed to make food systems more productive, sustainable, and equitable. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dpfYh9PH #AgTech #AgriTech #AgInnovation #AgriInvesting #ImpactInvesting #FoodTech #LivestockTech #AnimalHealth #DairyInnovation #SustainableAg #ClimateSmartAgriculture #FutureOfFarming #GlobalDevelopment #GatesFoundation #ForeseeD #Startups #Innovation #TechForGood

Reservoir has launched Reservoir Ventures (VC), an evergreen fund investing in pre-seed AgTech startups in robotics, precision agriculture and AI for specialty crops. Dr. Matthew Hoffman, former AgTech leader at Driscoll’s, joins as General Partner to accelerate early innovation through capital-efficient, stage-gated funding. With specialty crops generating over $1 trillion globally but receiving under 5% of AgTech investment, Reservoir VC aims to close this funding gap and help practical, climate-smart solutions reach growers faster. Read the full article: https://zurl.co/5DNWU

Queensland innovation is shaping the future of global agriculture! 🌱🐄 QIC has partnered with global agribusiness investors to secure $10 million to support Beaudesert-based AgTech startup Nbryo. Nbryo’s cutting-edge in vitro embryo production technology will empower beef and dairy producers worldwide to meet the growing demand for efficient and sustainable livestock production. With support from Tenacious Ventures, AgriZeroNZ, and the Gates Foundation, Nbryo is scaling its operations from Queensland with trials already underway in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. Congratulations to the Nbryo team for driving innovation that boosts productivity, reduces emissions, and strengthens global food systems. #InvestedInQueensland #AgTech #Innovation

Farm management and precision ag software startups led agrifoodtech funding in Q3 2025, thanks largely to a few big deals, including the $100 million raise from virtual fencing startup Halter.

The Chennai-based agri-tech startup has raised $2 million in seed funding, led by WEH Ventures with participation from Rainmatter, Spiral Ventures, and key angel investors. Co-founded by Harish Varadharajan, Timothy van Niekerk, and Damián López Salazar, Fragaria is revolutionizing indoor farming through data-driven cultivation. Proud to see NEXSEL ’s LED grow lights supporting this journey of precision farming and premium fruit production. . . . . #Nexsel #FragariaFruits #AgriTechInnovation #VerticalFarming #SmartFarming #Sustainability #TABgroup

While some industries chase the next digital breakthrough, others are turning their attention back to the land. Agriculture has become one of the most promising areas for long-term, meaningful innovation. From regenerative farming to AI-powered crop management, agtech startups are tackling the core question of how we feed a growing planet. Discover which investors are fueling this movement and where the next wave of innovation is taking root: https://lnkd.in/gyApfe6u AgFunder Carrot Ventures Syngenta Group Ventures S2G Investments Capagro Omnivore Cultivian Sandbox Ventures Tenacious Ventures #agriculture #agtech #venturecapital #investors #startups #funding

It was a pleasure to meet LettUs Grow at last week's Thursday Gathering! In partnership with the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA), we explored how we can grow more food with less pressure on our world �� Jack Farmer and his team are disrupting a decade-old glasshouse irrigation system by using ultrasonic aeroponics that allow plants to grow faster, while using less water, fertiliser, and zero pesticides. Startups like these are crucial to building international food security and strengthening the resilience of the UK sector. If you would like to get involved in scaling this technology, get in touch with the team at LettUs Grow! #FoodSecurity #Innovation #Startups #Networking #CommunityBuilding

News from our AgNewsWire service Agtonomy Agtonomy, a leading software and services company specializing in automation and physical AI solutions for agriculture and land management, closed an oversubscribed Series B funding round totaling $18 million based on its proven commercial traction and growth potential. This investment was led by DBL Partners, a pioneering double bottom line venture capital firm renowned for early investments in Tesla, SpaceX, and Farmers Business Network, with participation from new investor Nuveen, one of the world’s largest owners and operators of agricultural land—managing over 2 million acres globally. Existing investors Autotech, Allison Transmission, Rethink Food, and Black Forest Ventures also participated in the round. “Agtonomy is at an exciting inflection point as we expand our commercial footprint and bring physical AI into everyday field operations,” said Tim Bucher, founder and CEO of Agtonomy. “This investment round—and the support from DBL and Nuveen—underscores confidence not only in our technology and momentum, but also in the meaningful value we are delivering in real-world commercial operations today.” https://lnkd.in/gZkJ_6ak