460: Leaf's CEO on Raising $13M Series B Led by Bayer

Why It Matters

The raise and Bayer’s lead investment signal incumbent ag companies are accelerating bets on digital data infrastructure, validating Leaf’s model and likely speeding adoption of data-driven decision tools across agriculture. By owning the data edge, Leaf could become a critical conduit for future AI-enabled products and influence which vendors and practices scale across the industry.

Summary

Leaf raised $13 million in a Series B round led by Bayer, bringing strategic corporate partners onto its cap table after years of avoiding such investors. CEO Bailey Stockdale said the timing and existing customer relationships made strategics a good fit, and the company intentionally took multiple strategic investors to avoid alignment or exit constraints from a single corporate backer. Leaf is positioning itself as the data-infrastructure layer for agriculture—prioritizing clean, structured statistics and benchmarking today while enabling future AI applications. The firm emphasizes delivering immediate business results for growers and ag companies rather than selling speculative AI promises.

Original Description

Tyler (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-nuss/) talks with Bailey Stockdale (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbstockdale/) about their $13M Series B announcement.

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This episode is presented by Ambrook (https://ambrook.com) .

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Links

• Leaf - https://withleaf.io

• Leaf's Series B - https://www.agnavigator.com/Article/2026/06/11/bayer-invests-in-ai-backbone-company-leafs-series-b-round/