Livestock farms produce 30% of the protein in the global diet and contribute to the jobs of 1.7B people. Vence's platform is helping the industry become more efficient and productive while helping the environment at the same time. We reduce the cost of sustainably raised meat by eliminating the need for both infrastructure (fences) and labor on livestock farms while giving customers real-time control of animals at the same time. Our AI/ML also provides farmers with additional insight into animal behavior, health and fertility.
Location: United States, California, San Diego
Total raised: $14.7M
Investors 14
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Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 28.04.2021 | - | $12M | - |
| 22.02.2018 | - | $2.7M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.05.2023 | - | Carbon MRV in Agriculture: Measurement, Verification & Reporting Unveiling the Future of Carbon Measurement and Verification in Agriculture In iSelect’s latest Deep Dive, Carbon Measurement, Reporting and Verification (Carbon MRV) in Ag... |
| 17.03.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Licious nets $150m, Bear Robotics raises $81m | Licious, an India e-commerce marketplace for meat, scored $150 million in Series F-plus investment this week, while California’s Bear Robotics bagged $81 million for its robot restaurant servers. Over in agtech, Local Bounti snapped up a ri... |
| 16.03.2022 | EXCLUSIVE: Shell, Merck back regenerative agtech Vence for carbon & traceability capabilities | Vence, a US startup that offers ‘virtual fencing’ for ranchers using regenerative ag practices, has secured funding from two major corporates: Merck & Co through its MSD Animal Health Ventures unit, and oil and gas giant Shell. Adding “... |
| 22.02.2022 | Decarbonization in Agriculture: Paving the Way for Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 | The signatories of the Paris Climate Accord hope to limit average global temperature increases to between 1.5 to 2.0 C. degrees by 2050 in the decarbonization race to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions. But if recent temperatures are... |
| 27.01.2022 | Beef has a sustainability problem. Is this the year the industry finds a fix? | Editor's note: This story is part of a series on the trends that will shape the food and beverage industry in 2022. Beef is not sustainable: That’s what critics charge and what many consumers want to see change. The statistics around the me... |
| 28.04.2021 | EXCLUSIVE: Vence raises $12m to enable rotational grazing with virtual electric fences | Rotational grazing is fast emerging as a potential tool that will allow cattle farming to contribute towards climate change mitigation. Its main premise is to limit the cows’ access to a given area of pasture, shifting them to a new section... |
| 09.01.2019 | Nine Austin Startups Make the SXSW Pitch List | Five finalists and four alternates from Austin made the list for the 11th annual SXSW Pitch event to be held at SXSW in March. |
| 22.02.2018 | Pitching a wearable to make cattle farming more sustainable, Vence raises $2.7 million | A new startup called Vence from sunny San Diego is aiming to make cattle farming more sustainable with a wearable device to create virtual fences for livestock. The company has raised $2.7 million in new funding to bring its product to mark... |
| 03.11.2017 | MassChallenge Boston Awards $1.5M in Equity-Free Prizes to Top Startups from its Eighth Cohort | BOSTON - MassChallenge, the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet, tonight awarded $1 million in cash prizes to 16 of the highest-impact startups from the 2017 Boston accelerator, its most competitive program to date. In addition,... |
| 05.10.2017 | MassChallenge Boston Names Top 26 Startups | BOSTON, October 5, 2017 MassChallenge, the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet, today announced the top 26 startups from its four-month accelerator program in Boston from its 2017 cohort of 128 companies. Representing some of th... |
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