Granular, a US-based provider of a cloud software and analytics platform for farmers, founded in 2009 as Solum, has raised $4.2m from a consortium including corporate venturing unit Google Ventures, following the sale of its Solum brand name and soil-testing service to Monsanto subsidiary The Climate Corporation.
Google Ventures invested in Granular alongside venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures.
As Solum, the company was initially funded by Khosla Ventures, which had former partner Shirish Sathaye on Solum’s…
