Cattler Raises $2 Million to Build the Operating System for the Global Beef Industry

Funding led by Homegrown Capital with participation from Grit Road Partners and other Agtech investors

Ignacio Albornoz is the CEO and one of the co-founders of Cattler.

LINCOLN, Neb. & SARATOGA, Calif. — May 1, 2026 — Cattler, the platform modernizing cattle operations from the ground up, today announced it has raised $2 million in new funding led by Homegrown Capital, with participation from existing investor Grit Road Partners and other investors in the Agtech space.

Cattler is building the system of record for the beef industry—bringing feeding, animal health, inventory, performance tracking, and financial workflows into one unified platform designed specifically for how cattle operations actually run. Unlike traditional farm management tools, Cattler works seamlessly both online and offline, enabling operators to capture and act on real-time data in the field, regardless of connectivity. It is also a heavy AI user across the board, and an enabler for AI tools as the ground truth for analytics, quicker data collection and several other functionalities.

The company is already operating across eight countries throughout the Americas and manages around a million head of cattle daily across feedlots, ranches, and integrated agribusinesses.

“The cattle industry runs on thin margins and real-world constraints, yet a lot of operators are still relying on spreadsheets or pen and paper for core workflows, and most of the medium and large, more corporate operations, still use really outdated software, based on local servers” said Cattler's cofounder and CEO, Ignacio Albornoz. “We’re building the system that operators actually want to use—something that reflects how the work gets done on the ground while unlocking better decisions and financial visibility.”

Despite being a $350B+ global industry, cattle production remains highly fragmented and under-digitized, with an estimated half of producers still operating without modern software systems. As demand for protein continues to rise and supply chains require greater accountability, producers are under increasing pressure to operate more efficiently and with better data.

Cattler’s platform connects the full operation: from nutritionists designing rations to pen riders logging treatments to managers tracking performance, and owners overseeing the business, all into a single, shared system. The result is tighter coordination, improved outcomes, and a growing dataset that has the potential to power financial services, marketplaces, and supply chain integration over time. And there’s more: the whole array of vendors, supporting industries, all the way to the packers and retailers, with the producer at the center of it, benefit from optimizing opportunities in transactions across the supply chain.

“Cattler is exactly the type of company we look for that is deeply embedded in the day-to-day realities of agriculture, solving real problems for operators,” said Tim Weelborg, co-founder and Partner at Homegrown Capital. “They’ve built a product that works in the field, not just in theory, and they’re gaining traction across geographies because of it.”

The new capital will be used to expand product development with AI at the center of it, grow the company’s footprint across North and South America, and continue building out the broader platform capabilities that extend beyond the core management platform, for example offering capabilities for cow-calf and stocker operations.

Grit Road Partners, an early investor in Cattler, participated in the round as part of its follow-on strategy. “Cattler is quietly becoming the backbone of how modern cattle operations run,” said Mike Jung, co-founder and Managing Partner Grit Road. “This isn’t just software. It’s the infrastructure layer for one of the largest and most archaic industries in agriculture. As adoption grows, so does the strategic value of the data and the platform sitting underneath it.”

The round comes at a time when venture investment in AgTech is concentrating in companies demonstrating strong commercial traction and clear ROI for customers. Cattler’s continued growth and  expansion into multiple markets position it squarely in that category. As the company discretely expands into adjacent services, it is positioning itself to capture a larger share of economic activity across the beef value chain.

About Cattler

Cattler is building the operating system for the global beef industry, helping feedlots, ranchers, and agribusinesses manage daily operations, improve performance, and gain real-time financial visibility. The platform integrates feeding, animal health, inventory, and billing into a single system designed for how cattle operations actually work—online and offline.

About Homegrown Capital

Homegrown Capital is a South Dakota-based venture capital company that invests in early-stage, technology-driven companies in the Midwest, with a special interest in most B2B Software, AgTech, FinTech, and Media/Subscription companies that can demonstrate strong scalability.

About Grit Road Partners

Grit Road Partners is a leading AgTech venture capital firm investing in early-stage companies across the agricultural value chain, backing founders building practical, high-impact solutions for producers and the broader industry.