Dutch agritech firm Ledgnd has attracted new investment from Rotterdam-based Value Factory Ventures to scale its MyLedgnd platform
Dutch agritech company Ledgnd has announced that it has secured growth capital to further accelerate the development of MyLedgnd, its platform designed to help growers transform crop data into practical cultivation insights.
According to a statement, Value Factory Ventures joins the company as a new investor, alongside several angel investors.
With the investment, Ledgnd said it is aiming to support more growers in ”making well-informed decisions that lead to more efficient, stable, and productive cultivation”.
“The entry of Value Factory marks a new phase in which scalability and product development take centre stage,” said Matthea Rijneker, CEO of Ledgnd.
MyLedgnd is Ledgnd’s data-driven solution for the greenhouse horticulture sector.
The platform combines data from climate computers, sensors, plant feedback systems, and other sources.
The aim is to give growers a better understanding of what is happening inside the greenhouse, how their crops are responding, and where improvements can be made.
“Growers already have access to a wealth of data, but that information is often scattered across different systems,” noted Rijneker.
“With MyLedgnd, we bring all that information together and make it clear where growers can take action.
”The grower’s own expertise remains essential; MyLedgnd strengthens that expertise with additional insights based on data and input from plant physiologists,” she continued.
”This growth capital will help us accelerate that development.”
Rotterdam-based Value Factory Ventures invests in startups within agritech, food, and climate that contribute to sustainability and food security through scalable technology.
“Ledgnd combines deep expertise in plant physiology and data with strong technology capabilities; a combination that truly makes a difference for growers in greenhouse horticulture,” explained Jacco Zuijdweg of Value Factory.
”The platform addresses a clear market need: translating the growing amount of greenhouse data into practical cultivation decisions.
”By doing so, Ledgnd contributes to more efficient and sustainable growing practices, exactly the type of scalable innovation that Value Factory seeks to support,” he noted.
”We have full confidence that Ledgnd will successfully realise its next phase of growth.”
With the newly secured growth capital, Ledgnd said it intends to further strengthen the technological foundation of the platform.
The company’s focus will be on delivering product developments that provide direct value to growers, expanding its team, and further improving the user experience.
Ledgnd pointed out that it also sees “significant opportunities” in smart data analysis and artificial intelligence to identify patterns more quickly and help growers make better decisions through practical, data-driven insights.
“Our ambition is to further develop MyLedgnd into the central data platform for greenhouse horticulture,” added Rijneker.
“Not as yet another system alongside existing solutions, but as the place where all greenhouse data comes together and where growers gain insight into what is really happening in their crops and which actions they can take to improve cultivation performance.”
