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Agtonomy Launches Out Of Stealth To Address Farm Labor Crisis With $4 Million Seed Round From Grit Ventures, Gv And Village Global

Sep 23, 2021almost 4 years ago

Amount Raised

$4 Million

Round Type

seed

San Francisco

Description

Agtonomy, a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist service platform, launched today out of stealth and announced a $4 million seed round from Grit Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Village Global, the venture firm backed by some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Michael Dell. The Agtonomy mission is to address the massive labor crisis gripping local farm and land maintenance operations. The executive team consists of veterans from the AI, EV, cloud service and agriculture industries, with extensive experience at tech companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Dell, Uber and Cruise, as well as lifelong farming experience at Northern California agriculture operations such as Trattore Farms.

Company Information

Company

Agtonomy

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Agtonomy, based in South San Francisco and Sonoma County, is a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist service platform with the venture backing of GV, Grit Ventures and Village Global. The platform will give local agriculture and land maintenance operators the ability to solve the skilled labor shortage with autonomous equipment and greatly increase their efficiency. The executive team consists of veterans from the AI, EV, cloud service and agriculture industries, with extensive experience at companies like Apple, Microsoft, Google, Dell, Uber and Cruise as well as lifelong farming experience at Northern California agriculture operations such as Trattore Farms. SOURCE Agtonomy