Groundwork BioAg

Mycorrhizal Inoculants and Premium Carbon Credits for Commercial Agriculture

Agriculture & Food Technologies
Active
Series B Mazor Founded 2014
Total raised
$41.2M
Last: Series B 2022-08
Stage
Series B
Founded
2014
Headcount
75
HQ
Mazor
Sector
Agriculture & Food Technologies

About

Groundwork BioAg develops mycorrhizal inoculants that enhance crop productivity, reduce fertilizer dependency, and enable verifiable carbon sequestration in agricultural soils. Its flagship product line, Rootella®, is based on robust strains of mycorrhizal fungi that form symbiotic relationships with plant roots, improving nutrient uptake (notably phosphorus), water efficiency, plant resilience and soil carbon sequestration.

The company’s Rootella Carbon™ program offers farmers a pathway to generate premium carbon credits through durable soil carbon sequestration, certified by Verra. Applied across 22 million cumulative acres in 23 countries, Groundwork BioAg’s solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly into existing farming practices, supporting both conventional and regenerative agriculture.

Funding history · 6 rounds · $41.2M total

2022-08
Series B $19.0M
2021-05
Undisclosed $11.0M
2018-06
Series C $4.1M
2016-12
Series B $1.1M
2015-08
Series A $4.0M
2014-10
Seed $700K

Sectors & technology

Primary sector
Agriculture & Food Technologies
Sub-sectors
Agriculture & Food TechnologiesAg TechGenetics & InputClimate TechCarbon TechCarbon Capture, Storage, Sequestration, UtilizationFood & Land UseSustainable Farming
Technologies
BiologicalsMicroorganisms
Target customers
Agriculture & FoodCrops
Business model
B2B

Highlights

Climate Tech1 PatentsVerified

Tags

novel-farming-systemscropsclimate-techbiotechnologyplant-protectionfungisoil-treatmentcannabissustainable-farmingalgaeagtechbiological-inputsbiomaterialssmallholder-farmscarbon-capturefertilizerspest-controlagriculture