# BrightFarms funding: rounds and investors > BrightFarms has raised $110M across 6 rounds since 2011. Investors include NGEN Partners, Emil Capital and WP Global Partners. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/brightfarms (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *BrightFarms* 6 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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 **$110M** raised across 6 rounds since 2011, from 6 sources **$4.3M** Series A **$4.9M** Series B **$2.4M** Series B **$14M** Series B **$30M** Series C **$55M** Series D - **Latest round:** Series D, $55M Jun 2018 - **Step-up i:** 1.8× - **Investors:** 6 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. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 **$4.3M** Series A **$4.9M** Series B **$2.4M** Series B **$14M** Series B **$30M** Series C **$55M** Series D - **First round:** Series A, $4.3M - **Biggest round:** $55M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months ## The rounds - **Jun 2018** Series D **$55M** *1 new* *2 returning* [NGEN Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngen-partners) [WP Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wp-global-partners) Cox Enterprises/ Catalyst Reported by FinSMEs - **Sept 2016** Series C **$30M** *1 new* [Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-2) Also list them on their own site [Catalyst Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-investors) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $30M sold, first sale Sept 2016 - **Nov 2015** Series B **$14M** *3 returning* [NGEN Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngen-partners) [Emil Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-capital) [WP Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wp-global-partners) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $14M sold, first sale Oct 2015 - **Jun 2014** Series B **$2.4M** *1 new* *3 returning* [NGEN Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngen-partners) [Emil Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-capital) [WP Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wp-global-partners) [Ted Caplow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ted-caplow) From a historical funding record - **Jan 2014** Series B **$4.9M** *3 returning* [NGEN Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngen-partners) [Emil Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-capital) [Ted Caplow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ted-caplow) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $3.2M sold, first sale Dec 2013 - **Dec 2011** Series A **$4.3M** *3 new* [NGEN Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngen-partners) [Emil Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-capital) [Ted Caplow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ted-caplow) Reported by brightfarms.com SEC filing: $4.3M sold, first sale Dec 2011 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team. - **Josh S.H. Norbury** Executive Officer i - **Neal Parikh** Executive Officer i - **Paul Lightfoot** Executive Officer, Director i On the board, as filed i *Brian S.H. Rich* *Gregory S.H. Oberholtzer* *Peter S.H. Grubstein* *Susan S.H. Shields* *Thomas Emmons* *Tyler S.H. Newton* ## 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** 2011 **Series B** 2014 **Series B** 2014 **Series B** 2015 **Series C** 2016 **Series D** 2018 [NGEN Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngen-partners) [Emil Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-capital) [WP Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wp-global-partners) [Ted Caplow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ted-caplow) [Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-2) Cox Enterprises/ Catalyst ## Everyone who backed them [NGEN Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ngen-partners) VC firm **5** rounds [Emil Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emil-capital) VC firm **4** rounds [WP Global Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wp-global-partners) Family office **3** rounds [Ted Caplow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ted-caplow) Angel **3** rounds [Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-2) Hedge fund **1** round Cox Enterprises/ Catalyst no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=brightfarms). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list BrightFarms as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Catalyst Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-investors) Private equity 2016, per its site [New Ground Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-ground-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about BrightFarms ### Who invested in BrightFarms? BrightFarms's investors include NGEN Partners, Emil Capital, WP Global Partners, Ted Caplow and Catalyst, and 1 more on record. ### How much has BrightFarms raised? BrightFarms has raised $110M across 6 rounds since 2011. ### When did BrightFarms last raise? BrightFarms's most recent round was a Series D of $55M in Jun 2018. ### What was BrightFarms's biggest round? Its most recent round, $55M in Jun 2018, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed BrightFarms first? BrightFarms's first round on record, in Dec 2011, was backed by NGEN Partners, Emil Capital and Ted Caplow. ### What stage is BrightFarms at? BrightFarms's latest named round is a Series D, in Jun 2018. ### Where is BrightFarms based? BrightFarms is based in the United States. ## Companies like BrightFarms In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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