# National Science Foundation's Agtech Investments: 57 Startups in Its Portfolio (2026)

> The 57 Agtech startups National Science Foundation has backed, by stage: $636M raised between them. From the rounds we track; updated nightly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/nsf-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-techno-agtech-portfolio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## Stage not reported

37

- [*P* Provivi](https://millionrounds.com/company/provivi)
- [Arable](https://millionrounds.com/company/arable)
- [Prairie Aquatech](https://millionrounds.com/company/prairie-aquatech)
- [Vence](https://millionrounds.com/company/vence)
- [SafeTraces](https://millionrounds.com/company/safetraces)
- [Beta Hatch](https://millionrounds.com/company/beta-hatch)
- [Pheronym](https://millionrounds.com/company/pheronym)
- [WriggleBrew](https://millionrounds.com/company/wrigglebrew)
- [Geneshifters](https://millionrounds.com/company/geneshifters)
- [Sentinel Environmental](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentinel-environmental)
- [Rich Earth Institute](https://millionrounds.com/company/rich-earth-institute)
- [Fortiphyte](https://millionrounds.com/company/fortiphyte)
- [Amber Agriculture](https://millionrounds.com/company/amber-agriculture)
- [Harpe Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/harpe-bio)
- [*R* ReefGen](https://millionrounds.com/company/reefgen)
- [EarthSense](https://millionrounds.com/company/earthsense)
- [Shark Wheel](https://millionrounds.com/company/shark-wheel)
- [Ecto](https://millionrounds.com/company/ecto)
- [Bactana Corp.](https://millionrounds.com/company/bactana-corp)
- [Combplex](https://millionrounds.com/company/combplex)
- [myAnIML](https://millionrounds.com/company/myaniml)
- [Uniphage](https://millionrounds.com/company/uniphage)
- [Maine Shellfish Developers](https://millionrounds.com/company/maine-shellfish-developers)
- [SoilSerdem](https://millionrounds.com/company/soilserdem)

+13 more

## Pre-seed and seed

8

- [Root AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/root-ai)
- [Spearhead Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/spearhead-bio)
- [TRIC Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/tric-robotics)
- [Transparent Path spc](https://millionrounds.com/company/transparent-path-spc)
- [FloraPulse](https://millionrounds.com/company/florapulse)
- [OmniVis](https://millionrounds.com/company/omnivis)
- [N-Sense](https://millionrounds.com/company/n-sense)
- [Rowbot Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/rowbot-systems)

## Series B

6

- [Nitricity](https://millionrounds.com/company/nitricity)
- [AgroSpheres](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrospheres)
- [Blue River Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-river-technology)
- [Sound Agriculture](https://millionrounds.com/company/sound-agriculture)
- [IntelinAir](https://millionrounds.com/company/intelinair)
- [Stony Creek Colors](https://millionrounds.com/company/stony-creek-colors)

## Series A

4

- [WaterBit](https://millionrounds.com/company/waterbit)
- [Ryp Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/ryp-labs)
- [Babylon Micro-Farms](https://millionrounds.com/company/babylon-micro-farms)
- [Symbrosia](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbrosia)

## Series C and later

2

- [Calysta](https://millionrounds.com/company/calysta)
- [TARGAN](https://millionrounds.com/company/targan)

## Segment by segment

### Stage not reported

37 startups · $223M raised

- [*P* **Provivi**](https://millionrounds.com/company/provivi) United States $124M
- [**Arable**](https://millionrounds.com/company/arable) The Arable mission is to reduce the costs of biomedical technology, products, services, R&D while enabling a new era of personaliz United States $40M
- [**Prairie Aquatech**](https://millionrounds.com/company/prairie-aquatech) Prairie Aquatech specializes in product manufacturing and development. United States $16M
- [**Vence**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vence) Vence was founded to improve the affordability and availability of sustainable animal protein. United States $12M
- [**SafeTraces**](https://millionrounds.com/company/safetraces) SafeTraces provides indoor air quality testing that actively measures pathogen risk. United States $12M
- [**Beta Hatch**](https://millionrounds.com/company/beta-hatch) Beta Hatch industrializes the production of insects as a sustainable protein for animal feed. United States $2.1M
- [**Pheronym**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pheronym) Pheronym is creating an all-natural highly effective insect control for agriculture. United States $1.4M
- [**WriggleBrew**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wrigglebrew) WriggleBrew is a biotech company that produces organic fertilizers, pesticides, and soil amendments for the agriculture sector. United States $1.2M

### Pre-seed and seed

8 startups · $23M raised

- [**Root AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/root-ai) Root AI is a research company aiming to create intelligent robots that will help growers build the farms of the future. United States $9.5M
- [**Spearhead Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/spearhead-bio) Spearhead Bio is an agtech startup based in St. United States $5.9M
- [**TRIC Robotics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/tric-robotics) TRIC Robotics develops an autonomous, non-chemical pesticide alternative for strawberry farms. United States $5.5M
- [**Transparent Path spc**](https://millionrounds.com/company/transparent-path-spc) Transparent Path offers supply chain visibility tools that help to decrease costs, waste, and risk. United States $812K
- [**FloraPulse**](https://millionrounds.com/company/florapulse) FloraPulse makes water-stress sensors that help vineyards save water and make better quality red wine. United States $650K
- [**OmniVis**](https://millionrounds.com/company/omnivis) Put the power of the lab in the palm of your hand United States $100K
- [**N-Sense**](https://millionrounds.com/company/n-sense) N-Sense develops a soil nitrate sensor system for variable-rate nitrogen management. United States $50K
- [**Rowbot Systems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rowbot-systems) RowBot Systems develops and provides a robotic machine that allows farmers to practice in-season nitrogen management. United States $25K

### Series B

6 startups · $184M raised

- [**Nitricity**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nitricity) Nitricity is a climate-tech agri startup founded in 2018 by Stanford University graduates. United States $64M
- [**AgroSpheres**](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrospheres) AgroSpheres develops novel technologies that aim to set a new standard for bio-based delivery of active ingredients. United States $38M
- [**Blue River Technology**](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-river-technology) We’re Blue River, a team of innovators driven to radically change agriculture by creating intelligent machinery. United States $30M
- [**Sound Agriculture**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sound-agriculture) Sound Agriculture is an AgriTech company founded in 2013, based in Emeryville, California, with additional operations in Raleigh, United States $25M
- [**IntelinAir**](https://millionrounds.com/company/intelinair) Intelinair is an agriculture-focused company that specializes in aerial imagery analytics. United States $22M
- [**Stony Creek Colors**](https://millionrounds.com/company/stony-creek-colors) Stony Creek Colors is a U.S.-based manufacturer founded in 2012 by Sarah Bellos. United States $4.8M

### Series A

4 startups · $33M raised

- [**WaterBit**](https://millionrounds.com/company/waterbit) WaterBit’s automated irrigation solution empowers growers to remotely monitor and control precision irrigation to their crops. United States $11M
- [**Ryp Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ryp-labs) Ryp Labs is an innovative company focused on reducing food waste through natural, sustainable fruit-freshness technologies. United States $8.2M
- [**Babylon Micro-Farms**](https://millionrounds.com/company/babylon-micro-farms) Babylon Micro-Farms, based in Richmond, Virginia, specializes in on-site indoor vertical farming. United States $8.0M
- [**Symbrosia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/symbrosia) Symbrosia is a cleantech and biotechnology startup based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, founded in 2018. United States $5.8M

### Series C and later

2 startups · $174M raised

- [**Calysta**](https://millionrounds.com/company/calysta) Calysta is a biotechnology company based in California, specializing in cellular agriculture. United States $109M
- [**TARGAN**](https://millionrounds.com/company/targan) TARGAN is a bio-systems company focused on improving animal health and productivity in the poultry, livestock, and aquaculture industries. United States $65M

**How this map is made.** Every startup here works in Agtech and has raised money in a round we track that names National Science Foundation as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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