Who founded Sound Agriculture?

Sound Agriculture was founded by Eric Davidson, Travis Bayer in 2013.

Who are Sound Agriculture's investors?

Sound Agriculture's investors include Cavallo Ventures, Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, Fall Line Capital, S2G Investments, FootPrint Coalition, Leaps by Bayer, Northpond Ventures, Sandbox Industries and 1 more.

How much funding has Sound Agriculture raised?

Sound Agriculture has disclosed $176.2M raised across 6 rounds.

Where is Sound Agriculture headquartered?

Sound Agriculture is headquartered in Emeryville, US.

Sound Agriculture

Emeryville, US · Founded 2013 · Delaware corporation · 109 employees on LinkedIn · 11 known investors

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Founders & leadership

Sound Agriculture was founded in 2013 by Eric Davidson and Travis Bayer.

Eric DavidsonCo-founder

Travis BayerCo-founder

Paul Beck ExecutivePaul Beck is an executive officer at Sound Agriculture with prior C-suite experience leading teams in agriculture. He holds an MBA in general management and marketing from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

Dave VosburgExecutive

Adam Litle ExecutiveAdam Litle is Chief Revenue Officer at Afresh, an AI software company serving food retailers and distributors on fresh supply chain optimization. Previously, he was CEO of Sound Agriculture and led go-to-market efforts at Granular, which was acquired by Corteva in 2017.

Derek Norman Director2017–2019Vice President at Leaps by Bayer

Board

Paimun Amini Board directorInvestor at Leaps by Bayer

David Pierson Board directorManaging Director at Syngenta Group Ventures

Clay MitchellBoard director

Sanjeev KrishnamBoard director

Marc KhouzamiBoard director

Michael Wilbur Board directorPresident at Cavallo Ventures

Investors · 11

Cavallo Ventureslisted by Cavallo VenturesSan Franciscovia Michael Wilbur · board

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Cultivian Sandbox Ventureslisted by Cultivian Sandbox VenturesChicago · $5M – $15Mvia Ron Meeusen · board

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Fall Line Capitallisted by Fall Line CapitalSan Mateo

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S2G Investmentslisted by S2G InvestmentsChicago · $1M – $5M

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FootPrint CoalitionreportedLos Angeles · $50K – $1M

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Leaps by BayerreportedLeverkusen

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Northpond VenturesreportedBethesda · $100K – $5M

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Sandbox IndustriesreportedChicago

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Syngenta Group VenturesreportedDurham · $500K – $5M

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Also in the syndicate · 2

BMO Impact Investment FundleadChan Zuckerberg Initiativelead

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$176.2M disclosed across 6 rounds · 2017–2024

▶$23.3MraisedMar 2025 · 19 investors · Agriculture

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