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    Radicle Growth

    San Diego, California, United StatesFounded 2016

    Radicle Growth is a San Diego-based venture capital firm and acceleration platform that invests in early-stage agriculture and food technology startups worldwide. The firm discovers, funds, and provides market access to entrepreneurs transforming the food system through sustainable agtech and foodtech innovations.

    Their most common stage is series-a (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.6M (across 15 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    13

    Fund Size

    $15M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Kirk Haney

    Kirk Haney

    Managing Partner

    Kathy Shelton, PhD.

    Kathy Shelton, PhD.

    Venture Partner

    Micki Seibel

    Micki Seibel

    Team Lead & Venture Partner

    Neal Gutterson

    Neal Gutterson

    Partner and CTO

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    15 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Swarm Engineering logoSwarm EngineeringSeries A$10MJun 2026
    Swarm Engineering logoSwarm EngineeringSeries A$10MJan 2026
    New Iridium logoNew IridiumSeed$2.6MJun 2025
    CarbonBuilt logoCarbonBuiltSeries B$45MAug 2024
    Leaf logoLeafSeed$5MMar 2022
    Burro logoBurroSeries A$10.9MSep 2021
    Full Harvest logoFull HarvestSeries B$23MJan 2021
    Aromyx Corporation logoAromyx CorporationSeries A$10MJan 2021
    Burro logoBurroSeries A$10.9MJan 2021
    PPluton BioSeries A$16.5M—
    LLeaf AgricultureSeed$5M—
    MMotorleafSeed$2.9M—
    MMotorleafGrowth$2.9M—
    ApisProtect logoApisProtectSeed$1.8M—
    Lakril logoLakrilSeed$3.1M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Last updated: 20 October 2026