Strella
Strella provides sensor and data solutions that monitor and predict produce maturity, automate ripening processes, optimize inventory shipout, and enable real-time environmental monitoring for the produce supply chain. Its products help growers, shippers, distributors, and retailers reduce food waste and improve produce quality throughout storage, distribution, and retail. Strella aims to ensure consumers receive high quality produce with less waste.
Facts
- HQ
- Seattle
- Sectors
- Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing
- Founded
- 2017
- Employees
- 67
- Total raised
- $7.4M SEC Form D filings Total of this company's SEC Form D filings
- Last round
- $1.8M · Jun 2026 SEC Form D
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Strella raises $4.25M, totaling $26.25M, to scale IoT fruit-ripeness monitoring and add kiwifruit
Strella raised $4.25 million, bringing total funding to $26.25 million to expand its IoT and machine-vision fruit-ripeness monitoring across the fresh produce supply chain and add kiwifruit to its supported crops. The Seattle-based ag‑tech, led by CEO Katherine Sizov, uses sensors that measure gases like ethylene plus metadata to help growers, packers, shippers and retailers reduce spoilage across 26 countries.
Seattle ag‑tech startup Strella raises $4.25M to scale produce‑monitoring tech; CEO Katherine Strella is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree
Seattle ag‑tech startup Strella raised $4.25 million to expand its produce-monitoring technology aimed at preventing spoilage and food waste; CEO and co‑founder Katherine Strella was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 leader.
Seattle ag‑tech Strella Raises $4.25M to Expand Produce‑Monitoring Tech; CEO Katherine Strella Named Forbes 30 Under 30
Seattle ag-tech startup Strella raised $4.25 million to expand its produce-monitoring technology aimed at reducing spoilage and food waste; CEO Katherine Strella was also named a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree.
Strella raises $4.25M to expand ethylene‑sensing produce‑monitoring tech, Series A now $26.25M
Strella, a Seattle ag‑tech startup led by CEO Katherine Sizov, raised $4.25 million to expand its ethylene‑sensing produce‑monitoring technology, bringing Series A total to $26.25 million and backing from SilverBlue, LeVert Ventures, Beta Milouot, and PeakBridge. The company of 19 employees serves customers in 26 countries and aims to cut food waste across the supply chain.
Strella raises $4.25M extension to Series A, bringing total funding to $26.25M to scale IoT produce‑monitoring tech
Strella, a Seattle ag‑tech startup that uses IoT sensors and machine vision to monitor ripening and prevent produce spoilage, raised $4.25 million to expand its technology and grow toward becoming a one-stop quality system for the food supply chain.
Katherine Sizov’s Strella Raises $22M to Reduce Food Waste with Produce Monitoring Technology
Katherine Sizov founded Strella, a Seattle-based ag tech startup that uses sensor technology and machine vision to monitor produce freshness across supply chains, helping reduce food waste. Since 2019, her company has raised $22 million, operates in 26 countries, and is nearing profitability while expanding its product range.
Seattle’s Agtech Startups Like Carbon Robotics Garner $157M to Drive Sustainable Farming Amid Industry Growth
Seattle and the Pacific Northwest are becoming a major hub for agriculture technology, driven by local tech talent, innovative farming, and advances in robotics and AI. Despite a dip in agtech investments from 2021 to 2022, startups like Seattle-based Carbon Robotics are raising significant funding and developing sustainable farming technologies.
Katherine Sizov
Katherine Sizov is the CEO and Co-Founder of Strella, a biosensing hardware and software company that provides data to optimize the produce supply chain and decrease losses due to food waste. She started the company when she read that 40% of food was wasted before being consumed. Now, Strella has helped Washington state apple and pear growers organize their inventory based on shelf life to reduce food waste and improve the overall quality. Katherine studied molecular biology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she further explored her passion for applied science and food. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Katherine Sizov - Strella - What Fuels You
Katherine Sizov is the CEO and Co-Founder of Strella, a biosensing hardware and software company that provides data to optimize the produce supply chain and decrease losses due to food waste. She started the company when she read that 40% of food was wasted before being consumed. Now, Strella has helped Washington state apple and pear growers organize their inventory based on shelf life to reduce food waste and improve the overall quality. Katherine studied molecular biology at the University of Pennsylvania, where she further explored her passion for applied science and food.
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Katherine Sizov Founder, Executive Officer, Director, Promoter
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Katherine Strella Co-founder, CEO and Co-founder
