$26.1 million doesn’t just show up in a bank account because someone’s running a slick landing page and a couple case studies. In agriculture, money moves when trust moves. And in this case, that trust is backing a radical truth: American farmers aren’t just underbanked, they’ve been underbuilt, financially speaking. That’s the blindspot Ambrook just raised a Series A to fix.
Founded by Mackenzie Burnett, Jeff Anders, and Dan Schlosser, Ambrook is building the financial infrastructure for the folks who feed us, starting with accounting software designed specifically for agricultural businesses. Not QuickBooks with a cowboy hat. Actual tools for livestock lifecycles, seasonal chaos, and multi-entity operations run by families who understand dirt better than spreadsheets.
Let’s get the names right. Thrive Capital led the $26.1 million Series A, joined by Dylan Field, yes, the same Dylan Field who built Figma, via Field Ventures. Homebrew doubled down, and a crew of sharp minds including BoxGroup, Designer Fund, Mischief, and Not Boring came in with fresh capital. The total haul? $29 million in funding since launch.
This isn’t some VC-backed charity project. Ambrook is already handling over $1.6 billion in transaction volume across 2,500+ farms in all 50 states. These aren’t software tourists. These are operators who’ve saved 75,000 hours of bookkeeping hell by using the platform. Ambrook Pay? Instant B2B payments, no nonsense. AI-powered matching? Real-time, real clean. Even their chart of accounts is aligned with IRS Schedule F and C, built by and for CPAs who know their stuff.
Here’s where it gets interesting. While everyone else is obsessed with generative AI making haikus or slide decks, Ambrook is using AI to automate real work: receipt management, invoice matching, and detecting financial anomalies before they become problems. Not to “disrupt” farmers. To empower them.
You want a lesson? Pay attention to how Ambrook got here. They didn’t chase hype. They went deep, building tech infrastructure that actually mirrors the complexity of ag finance. Hiring AI / ML engineers, embedding design talent, and scaling operations without ever losing the mission. It’s not a pivot. It’s a purpose.
Mackenzie Burnett (CEO) brings USDA roots and Stanford smarts. Jeff Anders is the design sniper who’s made products at Scale AI, Meta, and Venmo actually work. Dan Schlosser has Google and The New York Times in his rearview, now channeling that energy into a financial backbone for the people keeping America fed.
This isn’t a feel-good story. It’s a wake-up call to every founder building for overlooked industries: simplicity isn’t just elegance, it’s leverage. When you understand your market better than anyone else, that’s when the money comes calling.
