Who invested in Root AI

2 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

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$9.5Mraised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

$2.3MRound$7.2MSeed

Latest round: Seed, $7.2MAug 2020
Step-upi: 3.1×
Investors: 6

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The funding story

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

20192020

$2.3MRound$7.2MSeed

First round: Round, $2.3M
Biggest round: $7.2M
Between rounds: 2 years

The rounds

Aug 2020
Seed$7.2M3 new
Source recordedSEC filing: $7.9M sold, first sale Jul 2020
Aug 2018
Round$2.3M3 new
Reported by FinSMEs

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

Joshua LessingExecutive Officer, Directori
Ryan KnopfExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediRob May

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.

Round2018Seed2020

National Science Foundation

First Round Capital

Liquid 2 VenturesLiquid 2

Schematic Ventures

HalfCourt

Everyone who backed them

National Science FoundationGovernment1round

First Round CapitalVC firm1round

Liquid 2 VenturesVC firm1round

Liquid 2VC firm1round

Schematic VenturesVC firm1round

HalfCourtVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Root AI 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.

Brown Angel GroupAngel networkPer its own site

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Who invested in Root AI?

Root AI's investors include National Science Foundation, First Round Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, Liquid 2 and Schematic Ventures, and 1 more on record.