Agritech company Fieldnote has closed a 2.4 million euro seed round, led by Polderpoort Ventures with participation from two agricultural family offices. Fieldnote's software lets arable farmers track crop data per field and share it directly with buyers. The capital will fund team growth and international expansion.
Dutch arable farmers are recording more and more data about their fields, from fertilization to yield, but that information often stays stuck in loose spreadsheets and notebooks. At the same time, buyers and supply chain partners are asking for increasingly detailed accountability on growing methods and input use. Research from Wageningen Economic Research shows that data use in arable farming is increasing, while the exchange of that data between grower and buyer is lagging behind. Fieldnote wants to close that gap with software that registers field data in one place and makes it shareable in a format buyers can process directly.
Since launch, 340 farms have signed up, together managing 60,000 hectares. Revenue tripled over the past 12 months, without the company needing a sales team: nearly all new customers arrive through existing users and their buyers. "Arable farmers want to record their data once and then use it everywhere, from buyer to advisor," says Jesse Terlouw, co-founder and CEO of Fieldnote. "This investment lets us make that possible for many more growers."
"Arable farming is digitizing fast, but the data flows between grower and buyer are still barely organized. Fieldnote sits right at that junction," says Marieke van Dalen, partner at Polderpoort Ventures. With the new capital, Fieldnote will double its team, from engineering to agronomic support. The company is also preparing its rollout to Flanders and northern Germany in 2027, two regions where the same demand for standardized crop data exists.