Sound Agriculture

About

Sound Agriculture uses molecular discovery to create climate resilient crops, enhancing harvest yields for growers.

Emeryville,California,United States
51 - 100
https://www.sound.ag

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series D
Last Funding Money Raised: $75M
Industries: Agriculture,AgTech,Biotechnology,Farming
Founded date: Jan 1, 2013
Number Of Employee: 51 - 100
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Sound Agriculture Co.
Also Known As: Asilomar Bio

Sound Agriculture uses molecular discovery to create climate-resilient crops, enhancing harvest yields for growers. They also use an innovative life science approach to sustainably increase farming productivity.

The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Emeryville, California.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

7

$170.44M

Sound Agriculture has raised a total of $170.44M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 7, 2022 from a Series D round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Dec 7, 2022	Series D	$75M	9	BMO Capital Markets Chan Zuckerberg Initiative	—	Detail
Aug 19, 2021	Series C	$45M	6	Leaps by Bayer	—	Detail
May 19, 2020	Series C	$22M	6	S2G Ventures	—	Detail
Dec 30, 2019	Series Unknown	$12.99M	—	—	—	Detail
Dec 11, 2017	Series B	$12.30M	5	Cavallo Ventures Syngenta Ventures	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

9

14

Sound Agriculture is funded by 14 investors. BMO Capital Markets and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
BMO Capital Markets	Yes	Series D
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative	Yes	Series D
National Science Foundation	Yes	Grant
Cavallo Ventures	—	Series D
Fall Line Capital	—	Series D
FootPrint Coalition	—	Series D
Leaps by Bayer	—	Series D
Northpond Ventures	—	Series D
S2G Ventures	—	Series D
Syngenta Group	—	Series D