Seed7 December 2021

Gardin secures £8.2m in seed funding led by Molten Ventures to scale agricultural technology.

The seed round was led by Molten Ventures to fund international growth and sensor manufacturing.

£8.2MSeed

Gardin builds hardware and software to monitor plant health and physiological traits in controlled environments. The company uses optical sensors and machine learning to give growers real-time operational insights.

Gardin has secured £8.2m in seed funding to expand its agricultural technology operations in Europe and North America. The round was led by Molten Ventures, with additional participation from LDV Capital, MMC Ventures and Seedcamp.

The capital will be deployed to scale sensor manufacturing and accelerate readiness for high-volume production. Gardin also intends to launch new analytics features, including nutritional density mapping and crop forecasting, while growing its client base across vertical farms and greenhouses.

The fresh injection follows a £1.2m pre-seed round earlier in the year. The company has previously received backing from the UK government innovation agency IUK via a SMART grant to advance its technology.

From the founder

"At Gardin, we set out on a mission to develop cutting edge enabling technology for the future of food sustainability. Today’s announcement of Molten Ventures as the lead investor of our seed round marks an important step on that journey. We always put a huge emphasis on focused partnerships who share our ambition and we found exactly that when we met the team at Molten."

Sumanta Talukdar

CEO at Gardin

Investor perspective

"The global food and agriculture system is coming to a tipping point. There are more people, more waste and less land available than ever before: food security and sustainable food production are now enormous challenges we are experiencing at a global scale. Gardin’s unique technology enables a step change in how and where food can be produced. We are excited to partner with Sumanta and the Gardin team on the journey toward solving one of the most significant challenges of our time."

Edel Coen

Investor, Molten Ventures