Soil Benchmark
Data driven software for farmer's soil health
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Agriculture
- SaaS
- Data Analysis
- Northallerton, UK
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Company mission
To restore the health of soils around the world via our Digital Soil Management platform and help shape a future where healthy soils support profitable farms delivering nutritious food, clean rivers, thriving wildlife, and carbon removal.
Our take
Soils contain a wealth of biodiversity and play a key role in the quality of farm produce, animal health and much more. Farmers can use a variety of practices to keep their soils healthy, but the issue many in the agriculture sector face is the lack of understanding and knowledge of their own land and soil health. Soil Benchmark is a data analysis solution offering farmers a platform to analyse soil health and better utilise their data to create soil management plans.
Customers are able to join the platform easily by inputting a few sections of data to start them on their soil health journey. With the inputted data the platform uses a mapping system to detect sensitivities to develop a strategy for its customers
The early-stage company discloses that its founding product has been established but the platform will grow in directions initiated by its customer’s requests, staying true and adaptable to the field its serving. Also contributing toward the bettering of our climate crisis, soil can act as carbon stores and with the release of the new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) farmers are searching for exactly the kind of support Soil Benchmark is offering. The platform is most definitely joining an affluent sector and it will be exciting to see how it’s product broadens over time as it’s customer base grows
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Generous equity options
- In-office or remote working options
- Flexible working hours
- Supporting professional development
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2024
$0.7m
EARLY VC
Apr 2023
$0.2m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $1.2m
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Leadership
Tom Scrope
(CEO)Philosophy graduate. Recovering accountant. Ben and I started Soil Benchmark to try and help farms like the one I grew up on to better manage their soils. I'm also a 2024 Nuffield Scholar.
Benjamin Butler
(CSO)I studied Ocean Science at Bangor before moving into Soil Science at The James Hutton Institute. I started Soil Benchmark with Tom to make more of an impact on how soils were actually being managed.