[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company is AgFunder.] The term “ag robotics” frequently conjures images of automatic weeders and precision spray equipment. To be sure, those applications fit most neatly into current narratives around reducing chemical inputs and addressing labor challenges. However, the above categories are no longer the only ones drawing investors’ interest, as the top 20 ag robotics investment rounds of 2025 suggest. The year saw investors pump capital into automation for orchards (Bonsai Robotics), harvesting (4AG), and areas of agtech beyond the field like oyster farming (Seascape). The variety of companies below suggest ag robotic offerings are evolving from single-task machines to full platforms that can tackle a number of jobs—in the filed, the beehive, the greenhouse, and the ocean. Farm robotics funding in 2025 is so far close to the $744 million raised in 2024—though deals are still coming in, even as we write this. The AgFunder team will present full investment figures for 2025 in the coming months with the launch of its annual Global AgriFoodTech Investment report, including total funding for the year. In the meantime, the preliminary numbers tell us who is raising capital right now and what to keep an eye on in 2026. Source: AgFunder data Danny Bernstein, CEO and managing managing parter of The Reservoir. Image credit: The Reservoir In focus: Q&A with Danny Bernstein, CEO at Reservoir Part VC investor, part robotics studio and part startup incubator, The Reservoir launched in California this year to help startups tear down these barriers…
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