2026 Q1 AgTech Venture Capital Investment and Exit Round Up
In Q1 2026, AgTech venture capital activity remained steady but modest, with 163 startups raising $1.89 billion—a 9% drop in total capital and an 8% decline in deal count versus Q4 2025. The average round size held at $11.6 million. Funding was skewed by a few mega‑deals, most notably Halter’s $220 million Series E, which alone matched the entire animal‑health category’s 2025 funding. Exits were scarce, totaling eight strategic acquisitions, a 33% decrease from the prior quarter.
Ecorobotix and Maya Unite to Define the Future of Digital Agronomy
Swiss precision‑agriculture firm Ecorobotix announced the acquisition of Maya, an AI‑driven agronomic data platform for turf management. Maya, founded in Belgium, already powers over 150 facilities in 12 countries with real‑time insights via web, mobile and conversational AI. The combined...
Syngenta Deploys Tetra OS to Accelerate Scientific Discovery Through Industrial-Scale Data Automation
Syngenta has selected TetraScience’s Tetra OS to automate data handling across its Crop Protection R&D labs. The Tetra Scientific Data Foundry will centralize raw instrument outputs—such as chromatography and mass‑spectrometry—into a single, AI‑ready repository. Tetra’s “Sciborg” scientist‑engineers will be embedded...