FarmLead is North America's grain marketplace. Changing the way farmers sell grain.
Location: Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $8.6M
Founded date: 2013
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | MaRS Inves... | marsiaf.co... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 20.03.2017 | Series A | $8.6M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.02.2020 | EXCLUSIVE: Germany’s Agrando closes seed funding for online agribusiness marketplace | Every season, farms have to fork out serious cash for huge stacks of inputs, whether that’s feedstuffs, fertilizers, or pesticides. Anywhere in the world, the traditional way to get hold these is via locally-connected networks of retailers ... |
| 02.05.2019 | Canada AgriFood Tech Market Map: 166 Startups Growing Canada’s Agricultural Sector | Just as it has for most of its history, the ample and multi-leveled agricultural and agri-food sector of Canada continues to play a fundamental role in the country’s economy. Experts predict that all agricultural and agri-food exports from ... |
| 23.05.2018 | Brazilian Ag Marketplace Raises $630k Seed Round from Monsanto Growth Ventures and Others | Grão Direto, a digital commodities trading platform based in Brazil, has raised R$ 2.3 million ($633k) in seed funding from Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV), Canary, and OpenVC. Grão Direto plans to use the funds to expand its operations acro... |
| 07.02.2018 | DEADLINE APPROACHING: Cast Your Vote in the AgFunder Innovation Awards | ***VOTING CLOSED*** It’s that time of year again to recognize the innovators and entrepreneurs driving the agrifood tech sector forward with the AgFunder Innovation Awards. These are peer-selected awards based on votes placed by you, our 45... |
| 08.12.2017 | Ag Industry Brief: Munchery Board Member Takes Leave For Sexual Misconduct, Pizza Hut Delivers Beer, Organic Certification M&A, more | Global ID Acquires Bioagricert for An Undisclosed Amount The Global ID Group, an Iowa-based company that provides testing, inspection and certification services for natural cosmetics and textiles, green energy, fair trade food and more acqu... |
| 14.09.2017 | Farm Technology Startups Raise $1.13bn in H1-2017, a 56% YoY Increase | Farm technology startups, a subset of the broader AgriFood Tech market, raised $1.13 billion in early stage funding in the first half of 2017, representing a 56% increase year-over-year, according to the upcoming AgFunder AgriFood Tech repo... |
| 22.03.2017 | FarmLead raises $8.6 million Series A for US expansion | FarmLead, an Ottawa-based online grain marketplace, announced a $6.5 million USD Series A raise led by Monsanto Growth Ventures (MGV), the venture capital arm of Monsanto. Additional investments came from Avrio Ventures, the MaRS Innovation... |
| 20.03.2017 | Agtech Startup FarmLead Raises $6.5M to Grow Its Chicago Headquarters | FarmLead is updating the agriculture industry with its online marketplace for grain buyers and producers. And they just raised $6.5 million to expand their venture, including hiring at their US headquarters in Chicago. FarmLead, which is ba... |
| 20.03.2017 | An eBay for grain trading, FarmLead, raises $6.5 million Series A | Farmers work to feed the world. Yet somehow, corn, wheat and rice sales are still happening at a local level through antiquated paperwork and phone negotiations. Now, an Ottawa-based startup called FarmLead has raised $6.5 million in ventur... |
| 20.03.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, March 20 | BACK + THANKS Good morning! It’s me, your regular host, back from vacation. I actually succeeded in unplugging so this morning’a agenda is catching up on three weeks worth of news (Snap IPO! Greyball! Trump tax plan!) and wading through app... |
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