# SVG Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> SVG Ventures is an accelerator based in United States. 119 investments on record, 16 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026.

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# SVG Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 119 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed Seed Series A Agricultural-tech Food Ag Tech

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**55%** of best year **16** **cheques in 12 months**, 119 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$1.6M** Rounds led **0 of 119** Sole investor **23 rounds** Mostly in **Canada, 35%**

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## SVG Ventures highlights

- 01 16 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Seed: 75% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 23 rounds, median $1.6M

## What they do

- **Type:** Accelerator (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Agricultural-tech Food Ag Tech
- **Based in:** Los Gatos, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

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## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **119 appearances**

- **2026** 11 rounds
- **Sept** **[Vivid Machines](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivid-machines)** Grant · CA **$1.2M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Octopusbot](https://millionrounds.com/company/octopusbot)** Seed · AU · Firms' own news pages **$694K** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[EF Polymer](https://millionrounds.com/company/ef-polymer)** Venture · JP **$7.0M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Picketa Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/picketa-systems)** Seed · CA · East Valley Ventures **$2.1M** With 9 others
- **Apr** **[Pheronym](https://millionrounds.com/company/pheronym)** Grant · US **$378K** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[PlasmaLeap Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/plasmaleap-technologies)** Series A · AU · Ventureburn **$20M** With 12 others
- **Mar** **[Clean Valley Bio-filtration Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/clean-valley-bio-filtration-technologies)** Debt · CA **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[CropMind](https://millionrounds.com/company/cropmind)** Venture · CA **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Brilliant Harvest](https://millionrounds.com/company/brilliant-harvest)** Seed · CA **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Heritable Agriculture](https://millionrounds.com/company/heritable-agriculture)** Grant · US **$5.0M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Cellar Insights](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellar-insights)** Seed · CA **$361K** With 1 other
- **2025** 28 rounds
- **Dec** **[Carba](https://millionrounds.com/company/carba)** Seed · US **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **Dec** **[MEQ Probe](https://millionrounds.com/company/meq-probe)** Series A · AU **$15M** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[Leedana](https://millionrounds.com/company/leedana)** Pre-seed · CA **$10K** With 1 other
- **Dec** **[HEMPALTA](https://millionrounds.com/company/hempalta)** CA **$249K** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Oaken](https://millionrounds.com/company/oaken)** Debt · US **$200K** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Cubbi](https://millionrounds.com/company/cubbi)** Grant · CA **$100K** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[Circularity2](https://millionrounds.com/company/circularity2)** Seed · US **$1.5M** Sole investor
- **Sept** **[EF Polymer](https://millionrounds.com/company/ef-polymer)** Venture · JP **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[SolarSteam](https://millionrounds.com/company/solarsteam)** Seed · CA **$717K** With 5 others
- **Aug** **[California Cultured](https://millionrounds.com/company/california-cultured)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[TRIC Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/tric-robotics)** Seed · US **$5.5M** With 5 others
- **Jul** **[Magic Valley](https://millionrounds.com/company/magic-valley)** Grant · AU **$64K** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[BioOilSolv](https://millionrounds.com/company/biooilsolv)** Grant · CA **$3.4M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[MagGrow](https://millionrounds.com/company/maggrow)** IE **$23M** With 1 other
- **May** **[Verdi](https://millionrounds.com/company/verdi)** Seed · CA **$4.7M** With 5 others
- **May** **[ucrop.it](https://millionrounds.com/company/ucrop-it)** Seed · AR **$500K** With 3 others
- **May** **[CropMind](https://millionrounds.com/company/cropmind)** Pre-seed · CA **$358K** With 1 other
- **May** **[umgrauemeio](https://millionrounds.com/company/umgrauemeio)** Venture · BR **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Soiltech Wireless](https://millionrounds.com/company/soiltech-wireless)** Venture · US **$300K** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Grão Direto](https://millionrounds.com/company/grao-direto)** Series B · BR · LatamList **$15M** With 8 others
- **Mar** **[FarmWise](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmwise)** Venture · US **$8.0M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[YieldX](https://millionrounds.com/company/yieldx)** Seed · US **$1.0M** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Solena](https://millionrounds.com/company/solena)** Venture · MX **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[AdvancedAG](https://millionrounds.com/company/advancedag)** Seed · CA **$2.0M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Veridi Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/veridi-technologies)** Grant · NL **$2.6M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[CroBio](https://millionrounds.com/company/crobio)** Grant · GB **$832K** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Continuum Ag](https://millionrounds.com/company/continuum-ag)** Venture · US **$224K** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Boomitra](https://millionrounds.com/company/boomitra)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **2024** 25 rounds
- **Dec** **[Nuritas](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuritas)** Series C · IE **$42M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

HH **Helen Hartnett** Director and COO i Filing they signed

JH **John Hartnett** Director and CEO i Filing they signed

We also hold **3** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

New fund on file

**Raised**

a new fund in Dec 2022

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$1.6M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.6M**

Led 0 of 119 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** 23 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *57*
- Seed said *24*
- Grant *14*
- Series A said *8*
- Pre-seed said *5*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [The Yield Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab) 8
- [MassChallenge](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge) 6
- [National Science Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno) 6
- [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) 5
- [New Brunswick Innovation Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbif) 5
- [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) 5

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as SVG Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**The Yield Lab** VC firm **8** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab)[**MassChallenge** Accelerator **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/masschallenge)[**National Science Foundation** Government **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno)[**Google for Startups** Accelerator **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups)[**New Brunswick Innovation Foundation** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nbif)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Right Side Capital Management** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/right-side-capital-management)[**SOSV** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sosv)[**SP Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sp-ventures-2)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**Alchemist Accelerator** Accelerator **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alchemist-accelerator)[**Bossa Invest** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bossa-invest)

## Recently backed

The latest companies SVG Ventures put money into.

[**Vivid Machines** $1.2M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivid-machines)[**Octopusbot** $694K · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/octopusbot)[**Picketa Systems** $2.1M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/picketa-systems)[**Pheronym** $378K · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/pheronym)[**PlasmaLeap Technologies** $20M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/plasmaleap-technologies)[**Clean Valley Bio-filtration Technologies** $4.0M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/clean-valley-bio-filtration-technologies)

## Quick answers about SVG Ventures

### What does SVG Ventures invest in?

SVG Ventures invests most often at Venture and Seed (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agricultural-tech, Food and Ag Tech.

### How active is SVG Ventures?

119 investments on record, 16 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has SVG Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Vivid Machines (Grant, Sept 2026), Octopusbot (Seed, Jul 2026) and EF Polymer (Venture, Jul 2026).

### How big are SVG Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.6M.

### Does SVG Ventures lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 119 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does SVG Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Canada (35%), the United States (30%) and Australia (10%).

### Is SVG Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 16 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does SVG Ventures invest alongside?

Most often The Yield Lab (8 rounds together), MassChallenge (6 rounds together) and National Science Foundation (6 rounds together).

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