Tellia raises $5M pre-seed to bring voice AI to the farm
What's the deal? TelliaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a San Francisco- and Paris-based agtech startup, has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding to scale its voice AI technology for farmers, agronomists, and field teams. Revent led the round, with participation from Grey Silo VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, JerikoDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and Fund FDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.
What's the endgame? Founded in 2024 by Coline Labadie de Faÿ and Vincent, Tellia builds a voice-first interface that lets agricultural teams capture and access operational data without screens, forms, or manual entry. Users share information through phone calls, voice notes, text messages, WhatsApp, and email.
The platform converts those inputs into structured records tied to the relevant field, crop, crew, and operation. Teams can also ask questions and receive operational or agronomic insights.
Why now? Tellia launched first in the US, where it reports 80% daily active usage among field teams within two months of onboarding. Deployments include Campos Brothers Farms and DuckhornDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → wineries.
Details of the deal: The funding will back the rollout of Tellia's agentic AI suite, further voice AI development, expansion across the US and Europe, and team growth. It is also building API integrations that let agritech platforms embed the technology directly, adding voice data capture without rebuilding their products.
In Europe, the company is expanding with the Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin, Val de Gascogne, and German plant breeder KWS SaatDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.
The signal: The round sits in the top 5% of all-time seed-stage deals for recognition technology in France, a marker of investor appetite for applying voice AI to industries still reliant on manual data entry.
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