# GroGuru funding: rounds and investors

> GroGuru has raised $5.2M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include The Yield Lab, Right Side Capital Management and SVG Ventures.

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

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

# Who invested in *GroGuru*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$5.2M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$2.9M** Seed **$2.3M** Series A

- **Latest round:** Series A, $2.3M Aug 2023
- **Biggest round:** $2.9M Seed · Sept 2019
- **Investors:** 7

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

**$2.9M** Seed

**$2.3M** Series A

- **First round:** Seed, $2.9M
- **Biggest round:** $2.9M
- **Between rounds:** 3.8 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2023** Series A **$2.3M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [SVG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svg-ventures) [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) Source recorded SEC filing: $2.3M sold, first sale Jun 2023
- **Sept 2019** Seed **$2.9M** *5 new* [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) [Mentors Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mentors-fund) [Longley Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longley-capital) Right Side Capital the San Diego Angel Conference Reported by FinSMEs

## Funding filed with regulators

GroGuru filed 3 raises, $2.6M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Oct 2022 **$562K** preferred stock of $4.0M offered Crowdfunding
- Oct 2021 **$934K** other of $1.1M offered Crowdfunding
- Mar 2021 **$1.1M** other Crowdfunding

## Founders and team

From GroGuru's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 9 on the team.

- **Derek Brazda** Vice President For Us Sales And Operations
- **John Pattinson** Chief Development Officer
- **Michael Abraham** Chief Financial Officer
- **Tom Dowling** Chief Operating Officer
- **Dr. Bruno Lena** Director Of Agronomy
- **Dr. David Sloane** Director Of Grower Services
- **Dr. James Mahan** Senior Consulting Irrigation Scientist
- **Trey Freeland** Commercial Manager
- **Patrick Henry** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Ben Strom* *Paul Voois* *Rory Moore*

## 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.

**Seed** 2019 **Series A** 2023 [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) [Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) [SVG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svg-ventures) [Mentors Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mentors-fund) [Longley Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longley-capital) Right Side Capital the San Diego Angel Conference

## Everyone who backed them

[The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) VC firm **2** rounds

[Right Side Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management) VC firm **1** round

[SVG Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svg-ventures) Accelerator **1** round

[Mentors Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mentors-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Longley Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/longley-capital) VC firm **1** round

Right Side Capital no record of our own yet **1** round

the San Diego Angel Conference 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=groguru).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list GroGuru 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.

[Bay Wharf Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bay-wharf-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Elevation Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevation-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[SeedFolio](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seedfolio) VC firm Per its own site

[The Yield Lab Asia Pacific](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab-asia-pacific) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about GroGuru

### Who invested in GroGuru?

GroGuru's investors include The Yield Lab, Right Side Capital Management, SVG Ventures, Mentors Fund and Longley Capital, and 2 more on record.

### How much has GroGuru raised?

GroGuru has raised $5.2M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did GroGuru last raise?

GroGuru's most recent round was a Series A of $2.3M in Aug 2023.

### What was GroGuru's biggest round?

GroGuru's largest round on record is $2.9M (Seed), in Sept 2019.

### Who backed GroGuru first?

GroGuru's first round on record, in Sept 2019, was backed by The Yield Lab, Mentors Fund and Longley Capital and 2 others.

### What stage is GroGuru at?

GroGuru's latest named round is a Series A, in Aug 2023.

### Where is GroGuru based?

GroGuru is based in the United States.

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