Who invested in Agrivida

9 rounds we have observed, with the 22 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

AgtechBiotechHealthcare

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$84Mraised across 9 rounds since 2006, from 9 sources

$600KSeed$2.0MGrant$2.0MVenture$15MSeries C$1.2MDebt$12MSeries D$11MSeries D$20MSeries E$20MRound

Latest round: Round, $20MJul 2019
Led by: Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund
Biggest round: $20MSeries E · Sept 2016
Investors: 22 (1 led)

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

200820102012201420162018

$600KSeed$2.0MGrant$2.0MVenture$15MSeries C$1.2MDebt$12MSeries D$20MSeries E$20MRound

First round: Seed, $600K
Biggest round: $20M
Usual gap between rounds: 19 months

The rounds

Jul 2019
Round$20M4 new3 returning
- Open Prairie Rural Opportunities FundLead
- ARCH Venture Partners
- Middleland Capital
- Syngenta Ventures
- Cultivian Sandbox
- Batios Holdings Limited
- Maschhoff’s Agricultural Holdings
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $3.9M sold, first sale May 2019
Sept 2016
Series E$20M1 new
- The University of Texas
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $20M sold, first sale Aug 2016
Aug 2015
Series D$11M3 new7 returning
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- ARCH Venture Partners
- DAG Ventures
- Northgate Capital
- Bright Capital
- Middleland Capital
- Cultivian Sandbox
- Gentry Venture Partners
- Prairie Gold
- Maschhoff Family Foods
From a historical funding record
Jan 2015
Series D$12M3 new6 returning
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $12M sold, first sale Dec 2014
Oct 2014
Debt$1.2M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $1.2M sold, first sale Sept 2014
Sept 2012
Series C$15M9 new
Reported by masshightech.comSEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Aug 2012
Jun 2011
Venture$2.0M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by masshightech.comSEC filing: $2.0M sold, first sale May 2011
Nov 2009
Grant$2.0M
No investor was named in the report.
Reported by masshightech.com
Nov 2006
Seed$600K2 new
- incTANK Ventures
- Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories
From a historical funding record

Founders and team

From Agrivida's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 6 on the team.

Rajiv SinghChief Executive Officer
Dennis PenlandBoard of Directors.
Andrew AshworthExecutive Officeri
Daniel MeagherExecutive Officer, Directori
Edward L. McMillanBoard of Advisors.
R. Michael RaabExecutive Officeri

On the board, as filediClinton BybeeRonald Meeusen

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Grant2009Venture2011Series C2012Debt2014Series D2015Series D2015Series E2016Round2019

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Cultivian SandboxGentry Venture Partners

ARCH Venture PartnersPrairieGold Venture PartnersOpen Prairie Rural Opportunities FundL

Everyone who backed them

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersVC firm3rounds

DAG VenturesVC firm3rounds

Northgate CapitalFamily office3rounds

Bright CapitalInvestment firm3rounds

Middleland CapitalVC firm3rounds

Cultivian SandboxVC firm3rounds

Gentry Venture PartnersVC firm3rounds

ARCH Venture PartnersVC firm2rounds

PrairieGold Venture PartnersVC firm2rounds

Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fundno record of our own yet1round, led 1

Presidio VenturesCorporate VC1round

Syngenta VenturesVC firm1round

SyngentaCorporate VC1round

Cornerstone AngelsAngel network1round

incTANK VenturesVC firm1round

Shin Nippon Biomedical LaboratoriesInvestment firm1round

Prairie GoldGrowth equity1round

Sontag Innovation FundInstitutional LP1round

Batios Holdings Limitedno record of our own yet1round

Maschhoff Family Foodsno record of our own yet1round

Maschhoff’s Agricultural Holdingsno record of our own yet1round

The University of Texasno record of our own yet1round

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Quick answers about Agrivida

Who invested in Agrivida?

Agrivida's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures, Northgate Capital, Bright Capital and Middleland Capital, and 17 more on record. Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund led its latest round.