# Loam Bio: Research, Orange, Australia

> Loam Bio: Loam Bio is an Australian biotechnology company founded by farmers, focused on developing microbial seed treatments to enhance carbon...

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# Loam Bio

Loam Bio is an Australian biotechnology company founded by farmers, focused on developing microbial seed treatments to enhance carbon sequestration in broadacre agriculture.

Funding reported Last round: Series B

Research Orange, Australia

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2019 7 years old
- **Team:** 87 51 to 200 people
- **Funding reported:** 155M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Series B Feb 2023

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Loam Bio has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Loam Bio

Loam Bio is an Australian biotechnology company founded by farmers, focused on developing microbial seed treatments to enhance carbon sequestration in broadacre agriculture.

Its flagship product, CarbonBuilderTM, is a fungal seed treatment that boosts a plant's ability to capture and store carbon in the soil. This innovative product is applied at sowing and works through a process called mycosequestration, improving soil structure, nutrient retention, and crop yields without requiring changes to existing farming practices. In addition to CarbonBuilderTM, Loam Bio offers the SecondCropTM program, which allows farmers to monetize the carbon stored through their practices. This program verifies carbon removals under Gold Standard requirements, enabling growers to access carbon markets with reduced risk. Loam Bio targets broadacre crop farmers, particularly soybean and corn farmers in the U.S. and grain farmers in Australia, collaborating closely with farming families and agricultural retailers to integrate its solutions into current farming systems. The company operates in multiple countries, including the U.S., Canada, and Brazil, and is committed to addressing climate change through sustainable agricultural practices.

## What company datasets say Loam Bio raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **155M** in the source's currency

Rounds **4**

Last round **Series B**

Last round size **73M**

Last round date **Feb 2023**

Investors listed **12**

## Founders and team

From Loam Bio's own website: 1 founder, 5 on the team.

**Guy Webb** Chief Agronomy Officer & Co-founder

- **Rob Hranac** Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- **Dion Cohen** Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- **Dr Robbie Oppenheimer** Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- **Reshmi Buthello** VP of People and Culture
- **Terry Hansen** VP of Sales, North America

## On 3 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Acre Venture Partners Lp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/acre-venture-partners)
- [Hawktail](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hawktail)
- [GrainCorp Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graincorp-ventures)

Each firm lists Loam Bio on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

biological products soil health and climate change soil health solutions soil carbon projects soil carbon project management soil carbon measurement soil organic carbon pools clean energy & technology agricultural resilience glomalin production biotechnology research soil microbial inoculant distribution farming soil carbon credit generation soil organic carbon

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- **Sector:** Research
- **Industry code:** NAICS 541714, 325414, 541620
- **Region:** New South Wales
- **Revenue:** 2.3M a year, as listed
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/loam-bio)

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