Farmers Business Network
Funding History
| Series F · 08/2020 | $1.8B |
|---|---|
| Series G · 11/2021 | $4.0B |
About
FBN operates a direct-to-farm platform where independent farmers can buy crop inputs, access financing and credit, participate in crop marketing programs, and use data-driven agronomic tools without going through traditional retail intermediaries.
- founded
- 2014
- memberFarms
- 117,000+
- acresRepresented
- ~187 million
- totalFundingRaised
- $600M+ (Series F-G disclosed rounds plus 2025 growth funding)
Overview
Founded in 2014 by Amol Deshpande and Charles Baron, Farmers Business Network began as a farmer-to-farmer data-sharing network that let growers compare anonymized, aggregated benchmarks on seed performance, input costs, and yields across thousands of farms. It has since grown into a broader digital commerce platform serving more than 117,000 member farms across roughly 187 million acres in North America.
In October 2025, FBN spun off its crop-protection sourcing and first-mile logistics unit as an independent company, Global Crop Solutions (GCS), repositioning FBN as an asset-light digital platform focused on farm inputs, financing, and data-driven farm intelligence, while GCS continues to sell products to FBN members.
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