Q1 2025 AgTech Venture Capital Investment and Exit Round Up
Last quarter, our analysis of Crunchbase data shows 162 AgTech startups raised a total of $1.8B, writes market analyst Kyle Welborn at CropLife. This represents a 2% decline in funding and a 14% decline in deals from Q4 2024. There were 13 AgTech exits last quarter, all through M&A transactions.
Key Takeaways from Last Quarter
Global venture capital activity surged in Q1 2025 to a multi-year high of $113 billion, driven largely by OpenAI’s $40 billion mega-round. AgTech investments accounted for 1.6% of total global VC funding last quarter.
AgTech also saw significant funding concentration, with the top 10 deals making up 50% of the sector’s $1.8 billion total. These large rounds pushed the average deal size to $11 million — well above the $7 million to $7.5 million range seen over the past two years.
Exit activity also reached a notable milestone, with 13 announced exits — the highest since Q2 2021, during the peak of the SPAC era. Notably, both Bayer and Yamaha Motor made acquisitions, signaling that major corporations, not just startups, were active buyers in the market.
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AgTech Venture Investments
Below is a breakout of the deals and dollars that flowed to different sectors of AgTech last quarter:
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