Berlin \u2014 Farming smar\u00adter. Stenon announ\u00adced an \u20ac18 million Series B funding round to drive the expan\u00adsion of its proprie\u00adtary \u201cSoil Intel\u00adli\u00adgence\u201d tech\u00adno\u00adlogy. The round was led by Pymwy\u00admic, the Euro\u00adpean impact inves\u00adtor, toge\u00adther with the DeepT\u00adech & Climate Fund (DTCF). Atlantic.vc has been support\u00ading the team since 2018 and is also parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adting in this round. <\/p>\n
Follo\u00adwing the funding round, Stenon aims to expand commer\u00adci\u00adally in Brazil and throug\u00adhout the South Ameri\u00adcan market, in Central Asia, and in select Euro\u00adpean count\u00adries. The company plans to launch a fully machine-inte\u00adgra\u00adted, real-time nutri\u00adent analy\u00adsis system later in 2026. <\/p>\n
\u201cReal-time soil data is the infra\u00adstruc\u00adture of modern agri\u00adcul\u00adture. Stenon has laid the ground\u00adwork for deli\u00adve\u00adring it on a large scale. Today, farmers make ferti\u00adli\u00adzer decis\u00adi\u00adons worth milli\u00adons of euros based on soil data that is alre\u00adady weeks old. Stenon closes this gap right in the field\u2014backed by a sensor system that\u2019s truly diffi\u00adcult to repli\u00adcate and a scalable hard\u00adware-as-a-service (SaaS) model. \u201cThis is exactly the kind of deep-tech company DTCF invests in, and we look forward to support\u00ading the team as it grows,\u201d said Dr. Achim Plum, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor at DTCF.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhat convin\u00adced me is that the Stenon team didn\u2019t just deve\u00adlop a better measu\u00adre\u00adment tool. Using AI-powered real-time analy\u00adsis and a smart SaaS model, it has crea\u00adted a true plat\u00adform business\u2014one with the poten\u00adtial to bring about a lasting change in agri\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral ferti\u00adliza\u00adtion prac\u00adti\u00adces. This combi\u00adna\u00adtion of tech\u00adni\u00adcal depth and commer\u00adcial clarity is rare,\u201d explains G\u00fcnther Bogen\u00adrie\u00adder, Invest\u00adment Mana\u00adger at DTCF.<\/strong> <\/p>\n Nitro\u00adgen Ferti\u00adli\u00adzer: The Inven\u00adtion of the Century Nitro\u00adgen ferti\u00adli\u00adzer has enab\u00adled humanity\u2019s unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted growth, but in doing so has caused syste\u00adma\u00adtic envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal damage. Today, the process consu\u00admes 2% of the world\u2019s total energy and accounts for 1.3% of global energy-rela\u00adted CO\u2082 emis\u00adsi\u00adons. The produc\u00adtion of nitro\u00adgen ferti\u00adli\u00adzer is heavily depen\u00addent on natu\u00adral gas, which means that the global food supply is directly linked to one of the world\u2019s most contro\u00adver\u00adsial, vola\u00adtile, and geopo\u00adli\u00adti\u00adcally sensi\u00adtive commo\u00addi\u00adties. Since 40% of global nitro\u00adgen exports are control\u00adled by just four count\u00adries (Russia, China, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia), the most vital part of our societies\u2014food production\u2014is expo\u00adsed to extreme shocks. Just consider the Strait of Hormuz, the only mari\u00adtime corri\u00addor through which appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 30% of the global ferti\u00adli\u00adzer trade passes\u2014a corri\u00addor that can alter the econo\u00admic viabi\u00adlity of food produc\u00adtion overnight. <\/p>\n Syste\u00admic Depen\u00addence on Nitro\u00adgen Fertilizer The finan\u00adcial pres\u00adsure is alre\u00adady acute: Accor\u00adding to the Euro\u00adpean Commis\u00adsion, in April 2026, prices for nitro\u00adgen ferti\u00adli\u00adzer across the Euro\u00adpean Union were 71% above their 2024 average. In the first quar\u00adter of 2025, more U.S. farmers filed for bank\u00adruptcy than in any full year since 2021. A survey by the Ameri\u00adcan Farm Bureau Fede\u00adra\u00adtion reve\u00ada\u00adled that 70% of U.S. farmers could not afford the ferti\u00adli\u00adzer they needed for the season. <\/p>\n More than half of the nitro\u00adgen applied is still lost due to subop\u00adti\u00admal utiliza\u00adtion. The goal is not neces\u00ads\u00ada\u00adrily to elimi\u00adnate the need for nitro\u00adgen ferti\u00adli\u00adzer enti\u00adrely, but to mini\u00admize it. This can be achie\u00adved through the incre\u00adasing profes\u00adsio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion of agri\u00adcul\u00adture. For deca\u00addes, to deter\u00admine how much nitro\u00adgen a field actually contai\u00adned, farmers had to take soil samples and wait weeks for the lab results. By the time the results were available, mois\u00adture and tempe\u00adra\u00adture had alre\u00adady alte\u00adred the nitro\u00adgen profile, and the data was outda\u00adted. Farmers had no choice but to apply ferti\u00adli\u00adzer based on gene\u00adral histo\u00adri\u00adcal averages\u2014the most expen\u00adsive guess in modern agri\u00adcul\u00adture, one that puts the entire econo\u00admic viabi\u00adlity of their opera\u00adti\u00adons at risk. <\/p>\n Incre\u00adasing Yields and Redu\u00adcing Risks in Agriculture \u201cWhile farmers have no control over the global supply of nitro\u00adgen or its prices, they can control how precis\u00adely each kilo\u00adgram is applied. By combi\u00adning real-time measu\u00adre\u00adments of plant-available nitro\u00adgen with insights into soil orga\u00adnic carbon (SOC), we help our custo\u00admers make better short-term ferti\u00adliza\u00adtion decis\u00adi\u00adons and deve\u00adlop a longer-term perspec\u00adtive on soil produc\u00adti\u00advity,\u201d Niels Grab\u00adbert, foun\u00adder and CEO of Stenon<\/strong>. <\/p>\n About Stenon About DeepT\u00adech & Climate Fund About<\/strong> Atlantic.vc<\/b><\/p>\n Atlantic.vc is a Berlin-based venture capi\u00adtal firm that invests in outstan\u00adding teams and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies across Europe. Since its foun\u00adding in 2016, Atlantic.vc has supported over 150 teams as the lead inves\u00adtor in their first funding rounds. \u2014 https:\/\/atlantic.vc\/ <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Berlin \u2014 Farming smar\u00adter. 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\n In 1909, Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch deve\u00adlo\u00adped the Haber-Bosch process for produ\u00adcing nitro\u00adgen ferti\u00adli\u00adzer in a labo\u00adra\u00adtory in Karls\u00adruhe. It is conside\u00adred one of the most important disco\u00adveries of the 20th century, as it drasti\u00adcally increased crop yields and enab\u00adled the planet to cope with a popu\u00adla\u00adtion explo\u00adsion from 1.6 billion people at that time to over 8 billion today. Modern agriculture\u2014the global food system\u2014relies on nitro\u00adgen ferti\u00adli\u00adzer; half of the entire food produc\u00adtion system depends on it today. <\/p>\n
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\n And yet there is no way out. If synthe\u00adtic nitro\u00adgen were phased out without a repla\u00adce\u00adment, the global food system would collapse. Nitro\u00adgen ferti\u00adli\u00adzer is one of the world\u2019s most important raw mate\u00adri\u00adals, as crop yields and food prices depend directly on it. <\/p>\n
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\n A century after Haber and Bosch brought their disco\u00advery from the labo\u00adra\u00adtory to the market in Germany, Stenon did the same, focu\u00adsing on the problem of the effec\u00adtive use of nitro\u00adgen ferti\u00adli\u00adzer. Stenon began deve\u00adlo\u00adping advan\u00adced sensor tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and data-driven solu\u00adti\u00adons for agri\u00adcul\u00adture in 2018. Over the past ten years, the company has brought this tech\u00adno\u00adlogy to market. Farms that use Stenon reduce their nitro\u00adgen use by 20\u201340% while incre\u00adasing their yields by 2\u20138%.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\n Stenon was foun\u00added in 2018 and is head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Pots\u00addam. The company deve\u00adlops real-time soil data infra\u00adstruc\u00adtures for the agri\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral sector. Its Farm\u00adLab plat\u00adform combi\u00adnes proprie\u00adtary opti\u00adcal and elec\u00adtri\u00adcal sensor tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, AI, and cloud soft\u00adware to measure key soil para\u00adme\u00adters directly in the field and trans\u00adlate them into agro\u00adno\u00admic decis\u00adi\u00adons. The tech\u00adno\u00adlogy is alre\u00adady being used in South America, Central Asia, and Europe, helping farmers increase their crop yields and reduce their use of nitro\u00adgen fertilizer. <\/p>\n
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\n The DeepT\u00adech & Climate Fund (DTCF) invests up to \u20ac50 million in high-growth deep-tech and climate-tech compa\u00adnies in Germany and Europe. As an anchor inves\u00adtor and part\u00adner of long-term orien\u00adted Euro\u00adpean inves\u00adtors, the DTCF supports compa\u00adnies with long deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment cycles and high finan\u00adcing needs in imple\u00admen\u00adting sustainable growth stra\u00adte\u00adgies and actively contri\u00adbu\u00adtes to the expan\u00adsion of the tech\u00adno\u00adlogy ecosys\u00adtem. The fund acts as a bridge between inves\u00adtors, medium-sized compa\u00adnies, and inno\u00adva\u00adtive high-tech start\u00adups in the fields of climate, compu\u00adting, indus\u00adtry, and life scien\u00adces. Finan\u00adced by the German Future Fund and the ERP Special Fund, the DTCF plans to invest \u20ac1 billion in the coming years to streng\u00adthen the Euro\u00adpean tech\u00adno\u00adlogy ecosys\u00adtem. \u2014 https:\/\/dtcf.de\/ <\/p>\n