Seqana Secures €3.2M to Advance AI-Powered Soil Health Monitoring
German AgriTech company Seqana, which develops digital solutions for Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) of soil health, has secured €3.2 million in funding to accelerate the development of its platform powered by satellite imagery and machine learning.
The investment round was led by Pymwymic, with participation from existing investors HTGF and Counteract. The financing combined venture capital and debt funding, including a startup loan from Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, alongside previous investments from Counteract and HTGF, as well as grants from the European Space Agency.
Founded in 2020, Seqana develops digital tools that combine machine learning, satellite imagery, and field data to create high-resolution digital soil maps and measure soil organic carbon at scale. The company focuses on delivering cost-efficient, scalable solutions without compromising scientific accuracy.
Its platform serves companies across the food, fiber, and fuel industries, as well as carbon project developers, through products such as Digital Soil Maps and Soil Sampling Designs, enabling customers to monitor regenerative agriculture programs, verify carbon removal activities, and strengthen supply chain resilience.
Stefan Goenner, Co-founder and CEO of Seqana, said carbon will remain at the core of the company's work, while the new funding will also enable Seqana to measure additional soil health indicators, including agricultural productivity stability, crop quality, and supply chain continuity, providing businesses with a broader understanding of the land they depend on.
According to the company, soil health has become a critical component of corporate climate strategies and supply chain risk management, with soil organic carbon representing one of the most measurable and scalable natural carbon sinks.
Seqana also highlighted that tracking soil carbon levels over time helps evaluate the effectiveness of regenerative agriculture practices while supporting Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) projects through reliable carbon removal data.
The company noted that soil degradation is becoming an increasingly significant economic challenge, with the European Commission estimating annual losses of around €50 billion, while more than 60% of European soils are classified as unhealthy.
Seqana also referenced data showing that French farms implementing advanced regenerative agriculture practices during the 2023 droughts experienced an 8% decline in production, compared with 22% among farms with lower adoption levels, demonstrating the direct relationship between soil health and agricultural resilience.
In addition, the company has contributed to the development of voluntary carbon market standards through its work on Verra VM0042 v3 and Gold Standard guidance for soil carbon modeling. Its customers, including Danone, eAgronom, Klim, and Bayer, use Seqana's technology to measure soil organic carbon across millions of hectares of agricultural land.
With the newly secured funding, Seqana plans to accelerate the development of its soil carbon measurement technologies while expanding its capabilities to cover additional soil health indicators and carbon pools, helping businesses better assess regenerative agriculture outcomes and prioritize interventions more effectively.
