4AG Robotics of Salmon Arm, British Columbia, has raised CA$40 million in Series B capital to roll out its autonomous mushroom-harvesting robots across North America and Europe. The round, announced on 30 July 2025, was led by Astanor Ventures and Cibus Capital, with follow-on support from BDC Capital’s Industrial Innovation Fund, Voyager Capital and several angels. The deal lifts 4AG’s total funding since 2023 to about CA$57.5 million.
“This moves us from proving the product works to manufacturing at the pace customers need.”
Chief executive Sean O’Connor
Why the funding matters
Mushroom picking is still largely manual, repetitive work that strains already tight farm margins. 4AG’s robots navigate existing vertical racks, use computer vision to spot mature caps and deploy soft suction grippers to harvest, trim and pack around the clock. Growers report more consistent quality and lower labour costs, benefits that resonate in a sector wrestling with labour shortages and rising input prices.
Large hardware rounds remain rare in Canadian agriculture, where investors have tended to back greenhouse software or seed-stage biology. A CA$40 million Series B signals new confidence in export-ready farm robotics built onshore. Participation from European and US funds also suggests global appetite for Canadian industrial automation.
What comes next for 4AG
The company will expand production at its BC headquarters, grow field-service teams and deepen penetration in US and European mushroom farms. Engineers are adapting the platform for other delicate crops such as strawberries and tomatoes, a move that could widen the addressable market and spread factory fixed costs.
If 4AG executes, Canada gains more than a single high-growth firm; it secures a foothold in climate-resilient food automation and a proof point that hard-tech ag-innovation can scale from regional roots to international fields.
