# AgroSpheres funding: rounds and investors

> AgroSpheres has raised $38M across 3 rounds since 2019. Investors include Ospraie Ag Science, Cavallo Ventures and Lewis & Clark AgriFood.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/agrospheres (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *AgroSpheres*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

Agtech Biotech Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$38M** raised across 3 rounds since 2019, from 3 sources

**$4.0M** Series A **$22M** Series B **$12M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $12M Sept 2024
- **Biggest round:** $22M Series B · Oct 2022
- **Investors:** 5 (2 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

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

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

**$4.0M** Series A

**$22M** Series B

**$12M** Series B

- **First round:** Series A, $4.0M
- **Biggest round:** $22M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.2 years

## The rounds

- **Sept 2024** Series B **$12M** *1 new* [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Source recorded SEC filing: $9.1M sold, first sale Jul 2024
- **Oct 2022** Series B **$22M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Lewis & Clark AgriFood](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lewis-and-clark-agrifood) Lead [Ospraie Ag Science](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ospraie-ag-science) Lead [Cavallo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cavallo-ventures) [Bidra Innovation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bidra-innovation-ventures) Reported by Firms' own news pages SEC filing: $22M sold, first sale Oct 2022
- **Aug 2019** Series A **$4.0M** *2 new* [Ospraie Ag Science](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ospraie-ag-science) Lead [Cavallo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cavallo-ventures) Reported by Agfundernews SEC filing: $2.5M sold, first sale Aug 2019

## Founders and team

From AgroSpheres's own website: 2 founders, 5 on the team.

**Payam Pourtaheri** Founder & CEO

**Ameer Shakeel** Founder & CTO

- **Prem Warrior** Chief Growth Officer
- **Carl Casale** Board Director
- **Karen Warkentien** Director of Regulatory Affairs
- **Larry Page** Board Director
- **Robert Fraley** Board Director

## 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.

**Series A** 2019 **Series B** 2022 **Series B** 2024 [Ospraie Ag Science](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ospraie-ag-science) L L [Cavallo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cavallo-ventures) [Lewis & Clark AgriFood](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lewis-and-clark-agrifood) L [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) [Bidra Innovation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bidra-innovation-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[Ospraie Ag Science](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ospraie-ag-science) VC firm **2** rounds, led 2

[Cavallo Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cavallo-ventures) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Lewis & Clark AgriFood](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lewis-and-clark-agrifood) Private equity **1** round, led 1

[National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) Government **1** round

[Bidra Innovation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bidra-innovation-ventures) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists AgroSpheres as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Zebra Impact Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zebra-impact-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about AgroSpheres

### Who invested in AgroSpheres?

AgroSpheres's investors include Ospraie Ag Science, Cavallo Ventures, Lewis & Clark AgriFood, National Science Foundation and Bidra Innovation Ventures.

### How much has AgroSpheres raised?

AgroSpheres has raised $38M across 3 rounds since 2019.

### When did AgroSpheres last raise?

AgroSpheres's most recent round was a Series B of $12M in Sept 2024.

### What was AgroSpheres's biggest round?

AgroSpheres's largest round on record is $22M (Series B), in Oct 2022, led by Lewis & Clark AgriFood.

### Who backed AgroSpheres first?

AgroSpheres's first round on record, in Aug 2019, was backed by Ospraie Ag Science and Cavallo Ventures.

### What stage is AgroSpheres at?

AgroSpheres's latest named round is a Series B, in Sept 2024.

### Where is AgroSpheres based?

AgroSpheres is based in the United States.

### Who led AgroSpheres's rounds?

Ospraie Ag Science led the Series A in 2019; Lewis & Clark AgriFood led the Series B in 2022.

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