Tech Company Financing Transactions

Farmer's Business Network Funding Round

Farmer's Business Network, based in San Carlos, secured $40 million in investment from DBL Investors, GV and Acre Venture Partners.

Transaction Overview

Announced On
3/8/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$40,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

DBL Investors (Lead Investor) (Nancy Pfund)

GV (Lead Investor) (Andy Wheeler)

Acre Venture Partners (Gareth Asten)

Bow Capital

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Proceeds Purpose
The investment will be used to further expand the FBN(SM) network, analytics offerings, and the FBN Direct farm-commerce platform.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
AgTech
Mailing Address
388 El Camino Real
San Carlos, CA 94070
USA
Email Address
Overview
Farm confidently with trusted agronomic insights made possible by connecting real data from real farmers on an unbiased platform.
Profile
Farmer's Business Network LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Farmer's Business Network Company Twitter Account
Company News
Farmer's Business Network News
Facebook
Farmer's Business Network on Facebook
YouTube
Farmer's Business Network on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Amol Deshpande
  Amol Deshpande LinkedIn Profile  Amol Deshpande Twitter Account  Amol Deshpande News  Amol Deshpande on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Maria Olide
  Maria Olide LinkedIn Profile  Maria Olide Twitter Account  Maria Olide News  Maria Olide on Facebook
Vice President
Michael Snyder
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VP - Engineering
Ed Rowe
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VP - General Counsel
Eric Carnell
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VP - Operations
Kelby Kleinssasser
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VP - Operations
Lucas Strom
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VP - Product Management
Charles Baron
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VP - Sales
Andrew Cahoy
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