Latham Advises Messium on Its Seed Funding Round

Latham & Watkins has advised Messium, a UK AgriTech innovator using hyperspectral satellites and AI-driven crop growth models to tackle the challenge of nitrogen efficiency in farming, on its £3.3 million seed investment.

The round was co-led by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S, managed by Future Planet Capital) — with investment drawn from UKI2S’s ‘Space’ portfolio (backed by the UK Space Agency) and Expansion Ventures. Mudcake, Laconia, GRDC GrainInnovate, Clear Current Capital, Moonstone Venture Capital, and follow-on investor SuperSeed also participated in the round.

The Latham team was led by London partner Shing Lo, with associate Cyrus Fung.