Sound Agriculture

Emeryville, CA · Founded 2013 · Privately Held (backing)

Producer of hydraulic enhancement products for crops intended to improve harvest yields and water use efficiency across a variety of crops. Sound Agriculture is based in Emeryville, CA and was founded in 2013. It was valued at $375 million at its later-stage round in Dec 2024, the last priced event on record. It has raised $195 million across 5 recorded rounds; the latest was a $23.3 million early-stage round in Nov 2024.

PMV mark · valuation
$375.0M
Oct 2026
Priced at
its later-stage round
Dec 2024
Total raised
$195.4M
Last round
Early Stage VC
Nov 2024

Sound Agriculture key facts

as of Oct 2026
  • Producer of hydraulic enhancement products for crops intended to improve harvest yields and water use efficiency across a variety of crops.
  • Sound Agriculture is valued at approximately $375.0M as of Oct 2026, set at its later-stage round, Dec 2024; nothing has traded since, per PrivateMarketView’s mark.
  • It has raised $195.4M across 5 recorded rounds; the latest was Early Stage VC ($23.3M) in Nov 2024.
  • Notable investors include US National Science Foundation, Gates Foundation, United States Department of Agriculture, S2G Investments, Mission BioCapital — 19 tracked in total.
  • Sound Agriculture has filed 5 Form Ds with the SEC since 2019, most recently Mar 2025 ($23.3M sold to 19 investors).
  • Status: Privately Held (backing).
PrivateMarketView mark
LOW confidence
$375.0M

Valued at $375.0M at its later-stage round, Dec 2024. Nothing has traded since.

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Sound Agriculture funding rounds

5 rounds
Nov 2024Early Stage VC$23.3MSEC filing▮
Dec 2022Later Stage VC$73.5MSEC filing▮
Jul 2021Early Stage VC$45.0MSEC filing▮
Apr 2020Early Stage VC$9.1MSEC filing▮
Dec 2019Early Stage VC$13.0MSEC filing▮

Sound Agriculture valuation

Sound Agriculture was valued at $375 million at its later-stage round in Dec 2024. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.

How much has Sound Agriculture raised?

Sound Agriculture has raised $195 million across 5 recorded rounds since 2019. The largest was a $9.1 million early-stage round in Apr 2020; the most recent was a $23.3 million early-stage round in Nov 2024.

Sound Agriculture has filed 5 Form Ds with the SEC since 2019, most recently in Mar 2025 ($23.3 million sold to 19 investors).

Sound Agriculture investors

19 investors are on record for Sound Agriculture, including US National Science Foundation, Gates Foundation, United States Department of Agriculture and S2G Investments. By type, the record holds 5 venture capital firms. The early-stage round in Nov 2024 drew 19 investors.

About Sound Agriculture

Producer of hydraulic enhancement products for crops intended to improve harvest yields and water use efficiency across a variety of crops. The company's products show higher field trial yields under both irrigated and dryland conditions, compared to untreated control plots which leads to more sustainable, healthy, and tasty food, enabling farmers and growers to improve agriculture by tackling some of the challenges that they encounter.

Sector
Materials and Resources
HQ
Emeryville, CA, United States
Founded
2013
Employees
108
Website
sound.ag/
Ownership
Privately Held (backing)

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