Bowery Farming

At Bowery, we’re not afraid of big, delicious plans. We’re helping secure the future of food by growing smart produce that’s more reliable and less harmful—wherever it’s needed. Right outside of cities, we build indoor vertical farms that grow absurdly flavorful food that’s free of pesticides and pollutants, all while using less water and land. Our network of smart farms are powered by our proprietary farm operating system, BoweryOS, creating a simplified, agile food system that’s focused on flavor, freshness, and safety. We’re fighting for a future where nutritious, delicious produce is accessible to everyone. Where high-tech farms do less harm. And where every city has a local smart farm in its backyard. Some might call this a dream. We call it our next step, and we’d like you to join us on that journey. MORE ABOUT BOWERY: Bowery, the largest vertical farming company in the United States, designs and builds smart indoor environments to reimagine the future of food. Bowery is transforming the entire fresh food supply chain to be smarter, safer, and more sustainable. Bowery’s farms are 100x+ more productive than traditional agriculture while using a fraction of the resources—all enabled by leading-edge technology. Bowery is scaling quickly with five farms in operation, including a state-of-the-art R&D and innovation farm for pioneering indoor Agriculture Science, and two commercial farms under development that will more than double the company’s total production. Bowery’s brand has been in the market since 2016 and is currently sold in over 1,800 locations including Whole Foods, Ahold Delhaize, Amazon, Safeway/Albertsons, and Walmart. Bowery is backed by tech and agriculture industry leaders with $647M in equity and debt raised from investors including Fidelity, Temasek, Google Ventures, KKR, General Catalyst, GGV Capital, First Round Capital, and individuals including Jeff Wilke, Tom Colicchio, José Andrés, and David Barber of Blue Hill.
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Inertia Ventures

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RRE Ventures

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Investors that Investested

Andy Wheeler

General Partner, GV
As an engineer who got his start in the MIT Media Lab, Andy Wheeler specializes in helping early-stage companies build technologies from concept to commercial launch. He leads GV’s investments in frontier technology and has backed breakthrough companies across manufacturing, agriculture, robotics, logistics, and food. Before joining GV in 2012, Andy served as the Chief Technology Officer for two companies in the smart energy space, Tendril Networks and Adura. He also co-founded Ember Corporation, which made software and chips for wireless mesh networks used in millions of smart meters worldwide. Andy says that his journey as a founder taught him about the conviction to take smart risks. “I learned to value long-term relationships and to find investors with patient time horizons so I could thoughtfully build the company.” He was selected for the Technology Review 100 Top Innovators Under 35 award and holds multiple patents in wireless networking and energy management.
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Hans Tung

Managing Partner, GGV Capital
His portfolio includes 18 unicorns, many of them invested at an early stage, now valued at more than $1 billion. The public portfolio includes Affirm, Airbnb, Coinbase, Peloton, Poshmark, Slack, Wish and Xiaomi, and the private unicorn portfolio includes ByteDance, Bowery Farming, Divvy Homes, Frubana, Function of Beauty, Ibotta, Loggi, OfferUp, Rupeek, StockX, Udaan, Vedantu, and Xiaohongshu.
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