Participated · Series A · Jun 2026

SWARM Engineering builds operational AI that combines domain-trained intelligent agents and optimization algorithms to deliver verified, auditable decisions for supply chain, workforce, and logistics in agrifood and manufacturing. Its platform is built on an operational ontology for these industries, ingests real-time data, preserves institutional knowledge, and runs scenario simulations across thousands of variables in minutes. SWARM says customers compress planning cycles, simulate hundreds of logistics and supply scenarios quickly, and gain cross-functional visibility not provided by legacy planning tools. The company serves leading global brands across the U.S., Latin America, and Europe and has been recognized by AgTech Breakthrough in 2024 and 2025. Leadership includes veterans from Microsoft, Palantir, Google, and UiPath, and the company recently added Jason Trusley of Land O'Lakes to its advisory board. Post-financing plans include expanding use cases, scaling go-to-market efforts, and deepening ERP and supply-chain integrations.

Participated · Series A · Oct 2025

Ascribe Bioscience is an Ithaca, NY-based agricultural technology company founded in 2017 out of research at the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell University. The company’s small-molecule platform taps compounds from the soil microbiome to create environmentally friendly crop-protection products that match the ease of use and cost profile of conventional chemicals. Its lead product, Phytalix, is positioned as a broad-spectrum “biofungicide without compromise,” offering sustainable disease control alongside practical on-farm performance. Ascribe plans to ramp manufacturing and begin early commercialization, targeting first regulatory approval in Brazil later this year with the United States and additional markets to follow. Proceeds from its recent financing will also advance further R&D on next-generation natural crop-protection solutions. While the company has not disclosed revenue or user metrics, investors cite “dramatic yield gains” in field trials as validation of its technology. Overall, Ascribe aims to provide farmers worldwide with highly effective, sustainable tools to improve crop resilience and yields.

Participated · Seed · Aug 2025

TerraBlaster builds a LIBS-based device that analyzes soil by using a pulse laser to vaporize a tiny spot (less than a square millimeter) and measuring the elemental spectrum to determine macro- and micronutrients. The measurement process takes milliseconds, and the company says the technology can operate in motion at farm speeds — up to about 20 miles per hour. Launched earlier this year by agtech veteran Jorge Heraud, TerraBlaster plans to build five different prototypes to test soil in different ways and develop a field-ready prototype device. The startup will test its first device in Iowa this fall and expects to run additional tests next year. Financially, TerraBlaster closed an oversubscribed $4M pre-seed round and will use the funds primarily to build prototypes and hire.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2025

Edacious operates a next‑generation food lab and a science‑based software platform that measure and map nutrient density across whole foods and ingredients. The company assays more than 200 compounds essential to human health to reveal how genetics, soil health, and management practices drive nutritional differences. Edacious reports that nutrient levels can vary up to 10x within groups of similar foods (for example, apples) and says its tools measure and map nutrient density 10 times faster and cheaper than incumbent approaches. Its lab replaces incomplete and costly testing with a streamlined, affordable analysis of vitamins, minerals, fats, proteins, and carbohydrates, while the platform enables users to compare, benchmark, and share nutrition data. The company positions its insights for producers, CPG brands, genetics companies, ingredient manufacturers, retailers, and policymakers to enable product differentiation and more informed choices across the food system.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2024

Eion develops and deploys enhanced rock weathering (ERW) on agricultural lands, applying olivine and routine farming practices to capture carbon while balancing soil pH. The company holds an industry-first patent for directly measuring carbon removed by mineral weathering in soils using immobile trace elements, and relies on routine soil samples and standard equipment to monitor removal and soil conditions. Led by CEO Anastasia Pavlovic, Eion emphasizes integrating with existing agricultural systems to scale without compromising safety or rigor. The company is focused on commercial deployment, delivering against new contracts, and continuing R&D to improve measurement and application methods. Eion is targeting to deliver 10 million tons of permanent carbon removal annually starting in 2030 and aims to create stable jobs in rural communities. Eion commercializes CarbonLock, a pulverized olivine soil amendment that sequesters CO2 via enhanced rock weathering (one ton applied can absorb one ton of CO2). The olivine is mined in Norway, shipped to Mobile, Alabama, crushed to increase surface area, and applied to fields typically once every two years at roughly two tons per acre. CarbonLock also acts as an agricultural lime, reducing soil acidity, which helps farmer adoption. Eion validates sequestration by tracking the fate of olivine through measurements of magnesium and rare earth elements and monitors for heavy metals like nickel and chromium. The company is finalizing its methodology, expanding operations, and planning to build a mill to scale production. Current revenues have been supported by carbon-credit buyers such as Stripe’s climate program; Eion is exploring additional revenue sources including payments from farmers or food brands, potential federal cost-sharing, and has an off-take agreement with mineral supplier Sibelco.