Building upon a $2.6M seed round that closed in May, the new funding will enable Rise Gardens to expand upon its mission of creating productive, fun, and easy gardening systems for consumers.

Rise Gardens designs state-of-the-art indoor hydroponic vegetable gardens that make it easy for anyone to grow their own food. The system makes a complicated process productive and fun for gardeners constrained by busy schedules, short growing seasons or access to land in urban settings. The modular, WiFi-connected platform allows for expansion and enables growing of a wide variety of greens and vegetables. Founded in 2019 and based in Chicago, Rise Gardens encourages better nutrition and healthy outcomes by helping people grow their own food year-round and by partnering with schools to build nutrition education into the classroom.