# Desert Control funding: rounds and investors

> Desert Control has raised $230K across 1 round since 2025. Investors include Farvatn Venture. Every round with its source.

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

Norway · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Desert Control*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Agtech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$230K** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Grant, $230K Sept 2025
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Sept 2025** Grant **$230K** [Farvatn Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/farvatn-venture) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Desert Control's own website: 11 on the team.

- **James Thomas** Chief Executive Officer
- **David Borah** Chief Financial Officer
- **Dr. Michael Canady** Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)
- **Jan Vader** Chief Innovation Officer
- **Jacob Christfort** Board Member
- **Juli Jessen** Board Member
- **Lars Raunholt Eismark** Chair Of The Board
- **Licensed Operators** Board Of Directors
- **Marit Røed Ødegaard** Board Member
- **Marty Weems** Managing Director Americas
- **Maryne Lemvik** Board Member

## Everyone who backed them

[Farvatn Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/farvatn-venture) Family office **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Desert Control 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.

[Planet 9 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/planet-9-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Planet 9 Venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/planet-9-venture) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Desert Control

### Who invested in Desert Control?

Desert Control's investors include Farvatn Venture.

### How much has Desert Control raised?

Desert Control has raised $230K across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Desert Control last raise?

Desert Control's most recent round was a Grant of $230K in Sept 2025.

### What was Desert Control's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $230K in Sept 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Desert Control first?

Desert Control's first round on record, in Sept 2025, was backed by Farvatn Venture.

### What stage is Desert Control at?

Desert Control's latest named round is a Grant, in Sept 2025.

### Where is Desert Control based?

Desert Control is based in Norway.

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