Loamy Raises $6M Seed Led by Zeal Capital to Cut Produce Waste With AI

Loamy, the Los Angeles-based startup building an agentic AI operations platform for the food supply chain, has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Zeal Capital Partners. The SaaS News dated the funding October 28, 2026.

Slauson & Co., Supply Change Capital and Amplify.LA also participated. The new capital brings Loamy's total funding to $10 million, according to Dealroom and The SaaS News.

One System From Field Lot to Delivery

Loamy gives growers, packers, processors and distributors a single platform for food safety, quality, inventory, order tracking and traceability, replacing a workflow that, per Dealroom's report, still leans heavily on WhatsApp, spreadsheets and email. The software uses AI-enhanced satellite imagery and infrared analysis to track field lots and detect early browning, giving sales teams time to redirect fruit to processors weeks ahead.

The platform also scores produce condition from photos, reads supplier documents automatically, and traces orders back to field lots with FSMA 204 records. Field crews can run it offline on any phone. Customers include lettuce producers and general distributors.

According to Dealroom, CEO Charles Julius pointed to a strawberry grower who puts about $35,000 into every acre and can still lose a $40,000 load because no one knew it would miss the buyer's specifications. "That is an information problem, and it is solvable," he said.

Operators From Procore and Motive

Julius co-founded Loamy in 2024 with Jason Pesek. Julius previously led Procore's app marketplace and later ran Motive's new verticals unit; Pesek also came from Motive. The pair are now applying that software background to growers, packers and distributors, where Loamy says it has already cut product rejections in half for customers.

Traction and Use of Funds

The company reports annual recurring revenue growth of more than 30 times over the past year, net revenue retention above 500% and no customer churn. Those figures are company-reported and have not been independently verified.

The seed money will go toward scaling Loamy's engineering and go-to-market teams, advancing its AI product roadmap and expanding into new food categories.

"Margin pressure and labor constraints are accelerating AI adoption across the food industry," Nasir Qadree, founder and managing partner of Zeal Capital Partners, said, according to Dealroom.

Why It Matters

Fresh produce loses value by the hour, and most of the damage happens long before a shopper sees it. Dealroom's coverage puts food loss at roughly 40% before it reaches consumers, with about three-quarters of that occurring upstream of retailers. That is where Loamy is aiming: the handoffs between field, packhouse and distributor, where quality data is scattered across chat threads and paperwork.

The regulatory tailwind is real but slower than it once looked. Dealroom notes that FDA food-traceability enforcement under FSMA 204 has been pushed to July 2028, so Loamy's near-term pitch rests less on compliance deadlines and more on saving loads that would otherwise be rejected. If the company's retention numbers hold as it moves into new categories, the round positions a Los Angeles agtech player to compete for a slice of a supply chain that has been slow to digitize.

Source

The SaaS News — Loamy Raises $6M Seed