AgZen, the Somerville, MA-based MIT spinout bringing droplet-level control to agricultural spraying, has raised $10 million in a Series B funding round led by DCVC Bio.
The round also saw participation from Material Impact and Astanor Ventures.
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The company plans to use the funds to accelerate product development after selling out its 2026 production allocation.
The company plans to double the number of units in use by next year and expand dealer-supported deployments across three continents. As more systems operate across different crops, regions, and spray programs, the data and insights they generate will become even more valuable.
AgZen, an MIT spinout, brings precise control to agricultural spraying. Its RealCoverage® system measures how much spray actually reaches leaves as sprayers move through fields at speeds up to 18 miles per hour. The system can detect droplets as small as 150 microns, capturing data every few inches and giving recommendations to improve accuracy and efficiency. While spray performance was long assumed, AgZen measures it and enhances it in real time.
In one season, the area using AgZen’s RealCoverage® system grew 15 times, reaching nearly one million commercial acres in the U.S. For 2026, the company has already secured commitments for over 2 million acres across three continents.
“Measurable ROI was the key to our investment,” said Justin Kern, Partner at DCVC Bio. “When growers see exactly where every drop lands, they adjust their practices right away. At scale, this knowledge can change how crop protection products are used, how equipment is designed and how performance is measured across the industry.”
“Farmers use technology when it’s simple, lowers costs and boosts yield,” said Peter Eckes, Operational Partner at Astanor. “That’s exactly what AgZen delivers. Their solution helps growers get more value from every application while cutting unnecessary input use. As impact investors, we see this as a clear example of innovation that benefits both farmers and the environment a true win-win.”
“We expected growth,” said Vishnu Jayaprakash, CEO of AgZen. “But we didn’t expect acreage to grow 15 times in just one season. Growers adopted the system faster than we thought. Even more exciting is the support from the wider industry, including crop protection companies and equipment makers. We decided to speed up our roadmap, and scale to keep up with this momentum.”
“Material Impact has supported AgZen from the start because the team tackled a major gap in crop protection: not knowing what actually reaches the plant,” said Paul Deninger, Operating Partner at Material Impact. “Being able to see droplets on the leaf turns guesswork into measurable data. That clarity, and how industry leaders use it, is key to creating a business with real economic and environmental impact.”
About AgZen
Founded in 2020 by Vishnu Jayaprakash, AgZen is leading “feedback-optimized agriculture,” a new approach that measures crop protection performance. By turning spray applications into real-time data, AgZen helps improve results and cut costs in the agricultural inputs industry.
About DCVC
Founded in 2011 by Zachary Bogue, DCVC is a deep tech venture capital firm. For over a decade, it has supported entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve large, real-world problems, especially in industries that haven’t seen major progress in decades. With billions in assets under management, DCVC builds long-term relationships with founders, often supporting them from the very start through to becoming category-defining public companies.
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