Q2 2022 AgTech Venture Capital Investment and Exit Round Up

By CropLife

Last quarter, our analysis of Crunchbase data shows 193 AgTech startups raised a total of $2.78B. This represents a 27% drop in funding and a 21% decrease in deals from Q1 2022, writes Kyle Welborn at CropLife. There were six AgTech exits last quarter, all through M&A transactions. This represents a 54% reduction in the number of exits from Q1 2022.

AgTech Venture Investments

Below is a breakout of the deals and dollars that flowed to different sectors of AgTech last quarter:

The largest category drop in total investment dollars was in the alternative protein space, where companies raised $589M less than in Q1 2022. The biggest increase in total investment dollars quarter-over-quarter was in the new crops and genetics sector, where companies raised $129M more than they did in Q1 2022. The average round size continued to decrease last quarter compared to rounds completed in 2021. The average AgTech investment round was $19.3M in 2021, where last quarter the average round size shrunk to $14.4M.