Collie is a technology company.
Collie has raised $4.0M across 1 funding round.
Collie has raised $4.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Collie has raised $4.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Collie's investors include Atomico, Earlybird Venture Capital, Freigeist, Christian Reber, David Wallerstein.
Collie is an Amsterdam-based agritech startup founded in 2023 that develops smart collars for cows, paired with a mobile app, enabling farmers to virtually herd, fence, and monitor livestock without physical barriers.[1][4] The product serves dairy and beef farmers, solving labor-intensive herding challenges by allowing remote management of grazing, which boosts grass yields, milk production, cuts feed costs by €230 per cow annually, saves 3 hours daily on fencing, and increases grass production by 15% while reducing ammonia emissions up to 49%.[1][4] Recently raising $3.63M in seed funding, Collie demonstrates strong early growth in sustainable livestock management.[1]
Collie emerged in 2023 from a team of three founders blending engineering, animal behavior expertise, and IoT skills: one engineer with deep knowledge of animal behavior, and Kibet Kipkemoi as the IoT specialist.[1] The idea stemmed from enabling more natural cow lives—grazing outdoors, retaining horns, and keeping calves with mothers—while making farming efficient via hardware-software collars controllable by smartphone app.[1] Early traction built on addressing daily farmer needs like moving cows to fresh pastures, quickly gaining visibility in Dutch media and securing seed VC funding within months.[1][4]
Collie rides the agritech wave of precision livestock farming, leveraging IoT, GPS, and mobile apps to modernize traditional agriculture amid labor shortages, climate pressures, and EU sustainability mandates.[1][4] Timing aligns with rising demand for regenerative practices—rotational grazing enhances soil health and biodiversity—fueled by market forces like feed cost volatility and nitrogen emission regulations.[4] By scaling virtual fencing, Collie influences the ecosystem, competing with tools like iCownect's herd software while pushing outdoor grazing as economically viable, potentially accelerating adoption in Europe's dairy sector.[1]
Collie's seed momentum positions it for rapid scaling, likely expanding collar deployments across EU farms and integrating AI for predictive health monitoring.[1][4] Trends like AIoT in ag and net-zero farming will propel growth, evolving Collie from herding tool to full herd optimizer amid labor crunches. Its influence may grow by setting standards for welfare-tech hybrids, turning sustainable grazing into a profitability benchmark and redefining agritech efficiency.
Collie has raised $4.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $4.0M Seed in February 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2025 | $4.0M Seed | Atomico, Earlybird Venture Capital, Freigeist, Christian Reber, David Wallerstein |