CrowdFarming raises Series A funding, co-led by Seaya Ventures, Q-Impact, and Triodos
CrowdFarming, a Madrid, Spain-based company operating a Farmer-to-Consumer marketplace, announced that it closed series A funding round.
The money was raised from investors co-led by Spanish investors Seaya Ventures, Triodos joined by Qualitas Equity Partners via Q-Impact. The company will use the newly received funds to facilitate the entrance of new farmers in the marketplace, improve logistics, and help more farms obtain the EU’s organic certification.
CrowdFarming, founded in 2017 by siblings Gabriel and Gonzalo Úrculo, together with Juliette Simonin and Moisés Calviño, aims to democratise the food supply chain by enabling direct sales from producers to consumers. The company says it operates a digital community of over 200 farmers from 9 different countries, and provides them with logistics, customer service, packaging and marketing services.