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YAGRO are a dedicated team of farmers, entrepreneurs and technologists committed to helping farmers make better business decisions to increase their profitability. Our mission is to be the go-to complete data and technology solution for the industry. To make cutting edge data & analytics capability broadly available across the agricultural sector, to help drive insight and productivity. At YAGRO we are obsessed with leading data innovation in UK agriculture. “Good enough” is simply not good enough for YAGRO’s technology solutions – the same is true of farm data rights. We want to lead the industry on data rights just as we do on technology – to maintain our role as UK farming’s trusted innovators in data.
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England, Cambridge
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$500K
Founded date
2015
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 5
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| Nov 1, 2018 | Agrifood – The $8 Trillion Industry That’s Worth Your Salt | Cannabis-infused drinks. Burgers grown in laboratories. Entire meals in bottles. Consumers, retailers and farmers alike are hungry for the next generation of food, and investors are beginning to acquire the taste, too. Early-stage investmen... |
| Nov 1, 2018 | Agrifood — the $8 trillion industry that’s worth your salt | Esther Delignat-Lavaud Rodriguez Contributor Esther Delignat-Lavaud Rodriguez is an investor at Oxford Capital, a seed and Series A investor in the U.K. Cannabis-infused drinks. Burgers grown in laboratories. Entire meals in bottles. Consum... |
| Dec 22, 2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: HelloFresh Raises $88m Series G, Algrn Bio Raises Seed Round for Hypoallergenic Peanuts, more | Farmers Edge, the precision ag company, raised a new round of capital with Fairfax Financial, the investment company of Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa. The funding provided an exit for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which invested i... |
| Dec 19, 2016 | Yagro Raises $500k Seed Round for Online Marketplace for Agri Inputs – exclusive | Yagro, an online platform connecting farmers with their suppliers, has raised $500k in seed funding. The UK-based startup was founded in March by Gareth Davies, CEO and ex-Syngenta, Richard Sears, an ex-travel tech entrepreneur, and Dan Jol... |
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FAQ about YAGRO
When was YAGRO founded?
YAGRO was founded in 2015.
How much funding has YAGRO raised?
YAGRO has raised $500K in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about YAGRO?
Parsers VC has collected 5 articles mentioning YAGRO, among them “Agrifood – The $8 Trillion Industry That’s Worth Your Salt” (Nov 1, 2018) and “Agrifood — the $8 trillion industry that’s worth your salt” (Nov 1, 2018).
Is YAGRO still active?
Yes, YAGRO is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 6, 2021.