Sound Agriculture

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Founded

2013

Leadership
  • Paul Beck, CEO
  • Travis Bayer, PhD, Co-Founder
  • Eric Davidson, PhD, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
Headquarters

Emeryville, CA

Website

sound.ag

S2G North Star Interim Outcomes Jump to footnote 1
  • Increased availability, accessibility, and/or affordability of healthier foods and nutrition-based solutions
UN SDG Alignment Jump to footnote 2
  • Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Climate Action
Sound Agriculture delivers bioinspired solutions that enrich soil and produce thriving crops with less fertilizer.

The portfolio includes synergistic products that empower growers to achieve success while minimizing environmental impact. SOURCE® activates the soil microbiome, unlocking nutrients for crops through advanced chemistry. BLUEPRINT™ offers the highest-quality arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), extending root systems to improve nutrient and water access. Through innovative programs, Sound Agriculture helps growers transition to sustainable practices, reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers while maintaining both productivity and profitability.

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  1. S2G North Star Interim Outcomes reflect areas of strategic alignment with our long-term impact goals. These outcomes are intended to illustrate the types of non-financial progress S2G seeks to support across its portfolio and do not represent company-specific metrics or outcomes. They are not a reflection of investment performance, actual or realized returns, or future financial results.

  2. UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) alignment has been obtained from portfolio companies, internally collected data by S2G and/​or sources outside S2G, and could prove to be incomplete or inaccurate and is current only as of July 31, 2026. S2G makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of the information obtained from such portfolio companies and/​or sources and neither S2G nor any of its affiliates takes any responsibility for, and has not independently verified, any such information.