# Hortau funding: rounds and investors

> Hortau has raised $39M across 5 rounds since 2013. Investors include Export Development Canada, Avrio Capital and BDC Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Hortau*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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

**$39M** raised across 5 rounds since 2013, from 5 sources

**$3.0M** Venture **$3.5M** Venture **$5.0M** Venture **$7.0M** Round **$20M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $20M Feb 2019
- **Step-up i:** 2.9×
- **Investors:** 9

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.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

**$3.0M** Venture

**$3.5M** Venture

**$5.0M** Venture

**$7.0M** Round

**$20M** Round

- **First round:** Venture, $3.0M
- **Biggest round:** $20M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 15 months

## The rounds

- **Feb 2019** Round **$20M** *5 new* *1 returning* [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) [Fonds de solidarite Ftq](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fonds-de-solidarite-ftq) [Fondaction](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fondaction) Avrio Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins Reported by FinSMEs
- **Jun 2018** Round **$7.0M** *1 new* [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) Reported by Edc
- **Jun 2015** Venture **$5.0M** *2 new* [Advantage Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advantage-capital) Agribusiness Partners From a historical funding record
- **Apr 2014** Venture **$3.5M** *1 returning* [Avrio Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avrio-capital) From a historical funding record
- **Jan 2013** Venture **$3.0M** *1 new* [Avrio Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avrio-capital) Reported by finance.yahoo.com

## 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.

**Venture** 2013 **Venture** 2014 **Venture** 2015 **Round** 2018 **Round** 2019 [Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) [Avrio Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avrio-capital) [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [Advantage Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advantage-capital) [Fonds de solidarite Ftq](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fonds-de-solidarite-ftq) [Fondaction](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fondaction) Agribusiness Partners Avrio Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins

## Everyone who backed them

[Export Development Canada](https://millionrounds.com/fund/export-development-canada) Government **2** rounds

[Avrio Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/avrio-capital) Investment bank **2** rounds

[BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Advantage Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advantage-capital) Corporate VC **1** round

[Fonds de solidarite Ftq](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fonds-de-solidarite-ftq) VC firm **1** round

[Fondaction](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fondaction) VC firm **1** round

Agribusiness Partners no record of our own yet **1** round

Avrio no record of our own yet **1** round

Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Quick answers about Hortau

### Who invested in Hortau?

Hortau's investors include Export Development Canada, Avrio Capital, BDC Capital, Advantage Capital and Fonds de solidarite Ftq, and 4 more on record.

### How much has Hortau raised?

Hortau has raised $39M across 5 rounds since 2013.

### When did Hortau last raise?

Hortau's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $20M in Feb 2019.

### What was Hortau's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $20M in Feb 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Hortau first?

Hortau's first round on record, in Jan 2013, was backed by Avrio Capital.

### What stage is Hortau at?

Hortau's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Feb 2019.

### Where is Hortau based?

Hortau is based in Canada.

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