CrowdFarming — Venture Debt · €15M

The European Investment Bank lent CrowdFarming €15M as venture debt, backed by the InvestEU programme. The money pays for R&D on the digital marketplace and on tools that support sustainable farming, and is expected to create about 200 direct jobs from 2023 to 2026. Later, in 2025, CrowdFarming took over La Ruche Qui Dit Oui! (control from April, announced 16 Sep 2025, price not disclosed). La Ruche's funds (Astanor, Cipio and others) appear in databases as CrowdFarming investors, but that was a merger, not a funding round.