ZoomAgri
Buenos Aires, AR · Founded 2019 · Delaware corporation · 73 employees on LinkedIn · 9 known investors
ZoomAgri uses computer vision and machine learning to digitize the testing, inspection, and certification of agricultural commodities and food products. The company analyzes grain varieties and physical quality metrics for crops including barley, wheat, soy, and corn.
Also known as Zoom Agri
Founders & leadership
ZoomAgri was founded in 2019 by Fernando Miguel Martinez de Hoz and Santiago Negri.
Board
Investors · 9
Also in the syndicate · 3
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$5.5M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2021–2023
▶$5.5MraisedJul 2023 · 11 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Ariadne CaballeroDirector
- Jacob Willem RoommelaarDirector
- Fernando Miguel Martinez de HozExecutive Officer, Director
- Matias Guillermo MicheloudExecutive Officer
- Santiago NegriExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $6M
- Amount sold
- $5.5M
- Minimum investment
- $20K
- First sale
- Jul 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2019
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026ZoomAgri is an agri-technology company that digitizes the testing, inspection and certification (TIC) of agricultural commodities and food. Its system pairs a hardware scanner with computer vision and machine learning to perform two main analyses in a single scan: varietal determination (recognition of grain and seed varieties) and grading, the visual assessment of physical quality of grains and oilseeds. Supported commodities include malting barley, wheat, soy and corn, with further commodities described as coming.
The company frames its offering as "vision as a service," emphasizing real-time, standardized and objective results at a low cost per analysis. Press coverage reports that its algorithms are powered by a database of more than 250 million individual images. The technology has received external validations including approval by the Syndicat de Paris as a quick test for varietal purity in malting barley following Bipea testing, a Mebak approval for barley varietal purity, and Argentine seed authority INASE's approval of optical markers for varietal identification in wheat and malting barley.
ZoomAgri operates from offices in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Madrid (Spain), Londrina (Brazil) and Perth (Australia).
Founding story
The venture began in Buenos Aires, with operations starting in July 2017 after several years of research, development and validation of the opportunity, according to a 2018 business-plan thesis on ZoomAgri by co-founder Fernando Miguel Martínez de Hoz at Universidad de San Andrés. The company's founding team is presented as Fernando Martínez de Hoz and Jaap Rommelaar (Co-Founders and Managing Directors) and Matías Micheloud (Co-Founder and CTO).
Business model
ZoomAgri deploys a combined hardware scanner and software system at customer sites and markets it as "vision as a service," with analyses priced at a low cost per analysis as an alternative to manual inspection or independent laboratory testing.
Traction
At the time of its 2023 Series A the company served customers in 25 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Spain and Brazil, with a customer list including Cargill, ADM, LDC and AB InBev. GrainCorp had been testing two units for several years to monitor barley quality. Its technology has been approved for varietal purity testing in malting barley by the Syndicat de Paris and Mebak, and by INASE in Argentina for wheat and malting barley.
Latest developments
In July 2023 ZoomAgri closed a $6 million Series A led by GrainCorp and GrainInnovate with participation from SP Ventures, bringing total funding reported at that time to $11 million; the capital was allocated to geographic expansion, notably into North America, and to extending coverage to additional commodities such as wheat.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Operates in the testing, inspection and certification segment for grains and oilseeds, offering an automated alternative to laboratory and manual quality determination. Strategic backing from Australian grain handler GrainCorp and the GRDC/Artesian-backed GrainInnovate partnership links the company to the grains industry in a major exporting market.
Single-scan determination of both variety and physical quality, delivered in real time with standardized and objective outputs, backed by a large proprietary image dataset and by method approvals from industry testing authorities.
Technology
The system combines a physical scanner that images prepared seed samples with artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine learning models. A single scan yields both variety recognition and quality/grading results. As of the 2023 Series A announcement, the models were trained on an image database of more than 250 million individual images. The company's web presence runs on WordPress with PHP and jQuery components.
Go-to-market
Enterprise sales to large agribusiness and food companies, complemented by partnerships with breeders and industry bodies (for example Australian cereal breeder InterGrain) and by obtaining method approvals from industry and regulatory authorities such as the Syndicat de Paris, Mebak and INASE that legitimize its scans as accepted testing methods.
Participants across agri-industrial supply chains, including grain traders, exporters, processors, maltsters and brewers, seed breeders and certification bodies. Named customers include Cargill, ADM, Louis Dreyfus Company and AB InBev.
Geography
Offices in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Madrid (Spain), Londrina (Brazil) and Perth (Australia); customers in 25 countries, with planned expansion into North American commodity markets following the 2023 Series A.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 6
launches, deals, and filingsZoomAgri raised a $6 million Series A for its hardware-software grain inspection and traceability system, led by Australian agribusiness GrainCorp together with GrainInnovate (a partnership between GRDC and Artesian), with participation from existing investor SP Ventures. Proceeds were earmarked for geographic expansion, including entry into North American commodity markets, and for extending the system to additional commodities such as wheat.
$6M source ↗
ZoomAgri was approved as a quick test for varietal purity in malting barley by the Syndicat de Paris, following Bipea testing.
Argentina's INASE approved the use of optical markers for varietal identification in wheat and malting barley.
Seed round of $3.3 million from SP Ventures, Artesian, GrainInnovate and Glocal for its 'vision-as-a-service' food inspection technology.
$3.3M source ↗
Australian cereal breeder InterGrain worked with ZoomAgri to develop the technology for the main Australian barley varieties.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- ZoomAgrizoomagri.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does ZoomAgri do?
- ZoomAgri applies computer vision and machine learning to test, inspect and certify grains, oilseeds and food commodities.
- Who founded ZoomAgri?
- ZoomAgri was founded by Fernando Miguel Martinez de Hoz, Santiago Negri in 2019.
- Who are ZoomAgri's investors?
- ZoomAgri's investors include Artesian, Capria Ventures, GLOCAL Latam, GrainCorp Ventures, Innventure, SP Ventures.
- How much funding has ZoomAgri raised?
- ZoomAgri has disclosed $5.5M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
- Where is ZoomAgri headquartered?
- ZoomAgri is headquartered in Buenos Aires, AR.