Ag Ventures Alliance

AGRITX develops nutritional products for avian embryonic development to improve poultry farming outcomes.

AgTechBiotechFoodTechStatesville, US

Gina Sloan, PhD(Chief Executive Officer, Founder)Kevin Parrish(Chief Operations Officer, Co-Founder)inFrank Noca(Chief Brand Officer, Co-Founder)inGina P. Sloan(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsHigh Country Impact FundInnova Memphis, Inc.

American Autonomy develops drone software solutions for agricultural equipment manufacturers, including ground control stations, data management systems, and ecosystem integrations to enable farmers to access and utilize drone-collected data for decision-making.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHardwareRoboticsSaaSIowa City, US

Mariah Scott(CEO)in

Co-investorsAgLaunch AcceleratorFulcrum Global Capital

Barnwell Bio runs a biosurveillance platform that analyzes environmental samples such as waste streams to detect pathogen trends and provide animal health data.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechFoodTechNew York, US

Casey McGinley(Executive Officer, Director)inMichael Rhys(Executive Officer, Director)inJake Byrnes(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsAgLaunch AcceleratorDorm RoomTwelve BelowMax Ventures

Bioverse maps forest cover and species prevalence using satellite, drone, and AI/machine learning technologies to improve non-timber forest product harvesting, verify carbon and biodiversity credits, and support forest regeneration.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate Tech

Barnowl AG builds robotic systems and automation infrastructure for agriculture.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsBarnowlag, US

Sarah Hinkley(CEO / Co-Founder)inJaron Hinkley(Co-Founder)Bryan Stafford(Co-Founder)inJames Chivers(CTO)in

Co-investorsAgLaunch AcceleratorCORI InnovationFirstMile VenturesGreater Colorado Venture FundLeVert VenturesService Provider Capital+1 more

Bugbiome develops crop protection products for farmers that aim to work with natural systems.

AgTechBiotechClimate Tech

Dr Alicia Showering(Founder)in

Co-investorsAgLaunch AcceleratorAvonmore DevelopmentsCambridge Angels groupRockstart

ChopLocal is an online marketplace that connects consumers with local meat farms and butcher shops, allowing buyers to order meat directly and have it shipped to their door.

E-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesWayland, US

Jared Achen(Executive Officer, Director)inTawnya Achen(Executive Officer)

Continuum Ag is a soil health data intelligence company that helps farmers measure, verify, and monetize the Carbon Intensity of their crops to earn premiums on low-carbon grain.

AgTechClimate TechData & InfrastructureWashington, US

Mitchell Hora(CEO & Founder)Brad McDonald(Executive Officer)in

BoardSpencer Stensrude(Director)Michael Blanding(Director)Owen Gerard(Director)

Co-investorsEvergreen Climate InnovationsISA VenturesAg Startup Engine SeedSVG Ventures | THRIVE

Croft provides software to manage the H-2A agricultural visa process, helping farm employers, workers, agents, and facilitators handle compliance, administrative paperwork, and collaboration.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaSSioux Falls, US

Brady Hyde(Director)

Co-investorsAlloy PartnersBand of Angels

A biotechnology company focused on protein engineering and synthetic biology, serving the biotech industry.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate Tech

Murli(Founder, CEO)Abe(Founding Scientist)

Digital Metal is an online platform for ordering custom cast metal parts: users upload a STEP file to receive instant pricing, casting DFM analysis, and a 3D configurator for alloy, quantity, and finish, with parts shipped in 5-10 business days.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareSaaS

Co-investorsSoundproof Ventures

Distynct offers the Barn Alarm, a device that gives farmers remote visibility of their farm operations without installing new wires or probes.

AgTechHardwareIoTAmes, US

BJ Brugman(Founder & CEO)inBradly J Brugman(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJustin Van Wert(Director)Ben Williamson(Director)

Co-investorsInnoventures IowaISA VenturesNext Level Ventures

Earnest develops microbial seed coatings and agricultural biology products derived from prairie ecosystems to improve soil health and crop performance for farmers.

AgTechBiotechRantoul, US

Eddy Mejia(Co-founder)inDr. Gabe Price(Co-founder)

Co-investorsAgLaunch AcceleratorBoot64 VenturesAdams Street PartnersAndreessen HorowitzAtlas VentureBattery Ventures+4 more

EarthSense develops AI and robotics solutions for agriculture to address sustainability and productivity challenges.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics

Chinmay Soman(Founder)in

Co-investorsADB VenturesAgLaunch AcceleratorAurum Venture PartnersBread And Butter Ventures, LlcGen CapitalIllinois Ventures+2 more

Eiwa provides a platform for agricultural research trials that automates field data collection using drone imagery and a mobile scouting app, including an analytics library for crop metrics such as canopy, plant counting, plant height, and crop senescence.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS

Co-investorsGLOCAL LatamInnventureCultivation CapitalSerra Ventures

EmGenisys develops reproductive technologies to improve pregnancy outcomes in embryo transfer and in vitro fertilization for cattle and other animals.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechDripping Springs, US

Cara Wells, PhD(CEO & Founder)

Co-investorsTall Grass Ventures

HealthtechBridgewater, US

Seunghee Ham(Director)Raul Rabadan(Director)Oliver Elliott(President, Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of Issuer)Reuben Danzing(Chief Financial Officer of Issuer)

Genvax Technologies develops mRNA and nanoparticle-based vaccines for livestock, focusing on custom, herd-specific formulations that aim to improve speed and precision compared to conventional vaccine platforms.

AgTechBiotechHealthtechAmes, US

Joel Harris(Co-founder)inDr. Hank Harris(Co-founder)inDL Hank Harris(Director)Scott Holmstrom(Director)

Co-investorsNext Level Ventures

Global Neighbor uses patented directed energy technology to control weeds and stimulate crop growth without chemicals, offering products such as a harvest weed seed control unit (bSCU) and a seed priming system for farmers.

AgTechCleantechDeep TechHardwareXenia, US

Jon Jackson(Executive Officer, Director)inNeil Saterin

BoardJames A Ellis(Director)inDean Didato(Director)in

Co-investorsClean Energy VentureInnova Memphis, Inc.Texas HALO FundTitletownTech

Grain Weevil makes a robot that moves and manages grain inside storage bins, letting farmers maintain grain conditions and quality without physically entering the bin.

AgTechHardwareRoboticsAurora, US

Chad Johnson(Co-Founder & CEO)inBen Johnson(Co-Founder / Chief Innovation Officer)in

Co-investorsHomegrown CapitalInnova Memphis, Inc.Invest Nebraska

Green Acres Milling is a milling company focused on regenerative and sustainable food supply chains, emphasizing soil health and restoration.

AgTechFoodTechImpact & Social GoodAlbert Lea, US

Kewaskum, US

Tracey Wiedmeyer(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardBen Voss(Director)

Co-investorsC2 VenturesTundra AngelsTwo Ravens

Gripp Rendezvoo is Equipment Relationship Management software for OEMs, dealers, and service providers that centralizes customer communications, equipment records, and product information in a single platform.

AgTechConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaS

Tracey(Co-Founder & Product)Jenkin

Co-investorsAgLaunch AcceleratorAlloy PartnersTundra AngelsTwo Ravens

Holganix makes Bio 800+ soil products containing over 800 species of beneficial microorganisms that improve soil health, allowing farmers and turf professionals to reduce fertilizer and water use while increasing crop yields and carbon capture.

AgTechCleantechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodGlen Mills, US

Barrett Ersek(Founder & CEO)inGene Godick(Executive Officer)Bryan Hansel(Head of Revenue Strategy)inDavid Stark(Executive)inKaitlyn Ersek(Chief of Staff)inRadhika Moolgavkar(Vice President HGX, Product)in

Co-investorsiSelect FundCultivation Capital

Horizen is an AI-native operations platform for agricultural distributors that unifies sales, inventory, purchasing, finance, and fulfillment in one system with permissioned AI agents built into every module.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS

Ichora develops crop protection fungicide solutions using repurposed molecules with antimicrobial properties to address resistant plant pathogens.

AgTechBiotech

Co-investorsOval Park Capital

AgTechBiotechAtlanta, US

Kyle Mohler(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDean Didato(Director)inDiane Allemang(Director)

Co-investorsElevate VenturesInnova Memphis, Inc.

Kalix Technologies makes portable PCR-based molecular diagnostic base units and test kits that detect DNA/RNA pathogens in samples such as blood, milk, feces, soil, and urine, delivering results in about an hour.

AgTechHardwareHealthtech

Co-investorsAgLaunch Accelerator

Lepidext develops a biocontrol product based on a naturally-occurring corn earworm virus isolate that increases sterility in infected insects, aimed at controlling corn earworm in agricultural crops.

AgTechBiotechLexington, US

Bruce Webb(Founder & President)inPaul Mulhollem(Director)Angelika Fath-Goodin(Co-founder)Gary P Cullen(Director)

Co-investorsBluegrass Angel VentureCultivation Capital

Lilac develops biological seed inoculants for legume crops, with PL11 designed to enhance nitrogen fixation and yield for yellow pea and lentil growers in the Northern Plains through engineered Rhizobium strains.

AgTechBiotechWheatland, US

Dr. Barney Geddes(Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder)Wyatt Warkenthien(Co-Founder & Head of Operations)inMatt Crisp(Executive Chairman and Co-Founder)inTom Snipes(Board Member and Co-Founder)Natalie DiNicola(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardDean Didato(Director)in

Co-investorsInnova Memphis, Inc.

Mach develops an integrated autonomy hardware and software platform for off-road machinery, including edge computing, radar sensors, and fleet management tools designed for agriculture, defense, mining, and construction equipment manufacturers.

AgTechHardwareRobotics

Co-investorsNext Level VenturesThe Venture Collective

MicroMGx runs a high-throughput natural product discovery process that combines metabolomics and genomics (metabologenomics) to find bioactive compounds produced by microbes, supplying patented natural products to life science R&D organizations.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechEvanston, US

Regan Thomson(Co-founder & Board Member)inWilliam Metcalf(Chairman of the Board and CoFounder)Jack Kloeber(CEO and Co-Founder)inNeil L. Kelleher(Co-founder)Jennifer Kelleher(COO and Corporate Secretary)

BoardAnthony Goering(Director)

Co-investorsAgLaunch AcceleratorThe Innovation Space

Midland Seafood raises Pacific white shrimp indoors in the Midwest using a proprietary algae-based closed-loop aquaculture system, selling fresh shrimp to regional grocers, specialty markets, and consumers online.

AgTechCircular EconomyCleantechFoodTechDes Moines, US

Motion Grazer AI (SIM) builds vision-based sensing hardware and machine learning algorithms that assess sow reproductive potential, body condition, and locomotion for pork producers with sow breeding operations.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareEast Lansing, US

Michael Lavagnino(Director)Madonna Benjamin(Director)Daniel Morris(Director)John McIntyre(Founder/CEO and President)

Co-investorsMichigan Rise

Mycologics develops natural product-based biofungicides that target soil-borne and foliar fungal diseases in food and feed crops such as corn, sugar beets, and cucurbits.

AgTechBiotechClimate TechDurham, US

Anindya Chanda(Founder)in

Co-investorsAgLaunch AcceleratorIDEA NC

AgTechRice, US

Dana Persson(Chief Executive Officer and Director)Jonathan Olmscheid(Chief Financial Officer and Director)Melinda Dittmer(Director and Chief Operating Officer)

Co-investorsInnova Memphis, Inc.

Nutt Bio is developing a single-injection sterilant for male pigs that achieves the same outcomes as surgical castration, used to prevent boar taint.

AgTechBiotech

Phinite manufactures organic fertilizer from livestock waste in granular form for growers and dealers.

AgTechRaleigh, US

Jordan Phasey(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

BoardJeff Clark(Director)Keegan Wilson(Director)Michael McCord(Director)

Co-investorsIDEA NCOval Park CapitalSerra Ventures

Phospholutions develops phosphorus fertilizer technology, including its patented RhizoSorb additive and RhizoSorb 8-39-0 product, designed to increase phosphorus efficiency and replace dry MAP and DAP fertilizers.

AgTechCleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsState College, US

HUNTER SWISHER(Executive Officer, Director)inRICHARD DEFLURI(Director)CHRIS ABBOTT(Director)ANDREW SPAHR(Director)

BoardMATTHEW RHODES(Director)in

Co-investors1855 Capital PartnersOspraie Ag ScienceRadicle GrowthTekfen Ventures

Poultry Patrol develops SMR robots for use in commercial poultry barns to manage and chase birds.

AgTechHardwareRobotics

Jack Kilian

PowerPollen develops commercial pollination technology that preserves, stores, and applies pollen for crops like corn, rice, and wheat, allowing application at optimal times to increase yields.

AgTechClimate TechAmes, US

Todd Krone(Director)inJason Cope(Treasurer & Secretary)inScott Uknes(Executive Officer, Director)Carl Cox(Executive Officer, Director)Kavilash Chawla(Executive Officer)inCrystal Bruntz(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsLiechtenstein Group

Quercus Biosolutions develops plant-based alternatives to synthetic chemical crop protection products for agriculture facing climate and population pressures.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotech

Co-investorsMissouri Technology CorporationService Provider CapitalSerra Ventures

Quorum Bio develops genetic engineering tools for precision fermentation, enabling the production of complex natural products using engineered non-model microbes.

AgTechBiotechFoodTech

Sudharsan Dwarknath, Ph.D(Co-Founder & CEO)Yasuo Yoshikuni, Ph.D(Co-Founder & Advisor)Sudharsan Dwaraknath(Founder)in

Co-investorsFTW VenturesJuniperOverwater Ventures LlcChemistryCraft VenturesPace Capital

Co-investorsAgLaunch Accelerator

ReEnvision Ag develops a cone-shaped dibble planting system called SeedSpike™ that enables farmers to plant seeds with greater precision and in more diverse soil conditions.

AgTechClimate TechHardwareIowa, US

Jayson Ryner(Founder)in

Co-investorsInnova Memphis, Inc.

Co-investorsElevate Ventures

Co-investorsInnoventures Iowa

Seismi makes a wireless monitoring mat that tracks heart rate, respiratory rate, and activity in pets without restraints or wires.

AgTechHardwareHealthtechIoTMedical Devices

Yale Zhang(CEO)inCharles Guan(VP of Engineering)

Co-investorsHAXAgLaunch Accelerator

Sentinel provides satellite imagery analysis and decision-support tools to optimize nitrogen application timing and rates for crops, helping farmers improve profitability and nitrogen use efficiency.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaSLincoln, US

Jackson Stansell(Founder & CEO)in

Smooth Ag develops robotics and software to help ranchers manage herd operations, optimize grazing, and make data-driven decisions.

AgTechHardwareRobotics

River(Founder)

Co-investorsAgLaunch AcceleratorDolby Family Ventures

Environmental Tillage Systems manufactures strip tillage and nutrient management equipment designed to improve soil productivity and farm profitability.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechHardwareSoutheastern Minnesota, US

Spornado develops air sampling and detection equipment for fungal pathogens, serving environmental and industrial clients concerned with contamination monitoring and remediation.

AgTechBiotechCleantechHardware

Kristine White(CEO)Michael Saleh(CTO)James Scott(CSO)

Haber Technologies develops grain drying and management automation systems for farmers, utilizing IoT platforms and proprietary control software to optimize the drying and storage of harvested grain across North American agricultural operations.

AgTechHardwareIoTAmes, US

Eric Harweger(Co-founder)Dillon Hurd(Co-founder)

SunFarmor offers a turnkey solution for rural communities to develop and operate utility-scale solar farms, providing energy independence to farmers and landowners.

AgTechCleantechEnergy

Larry Kearns(Founder)