Ag Ventures Alliance
Venture capital4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Ag Ventures Alliance is an Iowa-based, member-governed agricultural investment organization with a team that includes venture and farm-trial staff and a board largely drawn from Iowa farming communities. It also operates the AgVA Foundation, a nonprofit that supports agricultural communities through education, training, and promotion of sustainable farming practices.
Team Β· 4 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 13 of 65 portfolio companiesAgTech Γ12AI & Machine Learning Γ4Biotech Γ3Robotics Γ2Cleantech Γ1Data & Infrastructure Γ1FoodTech Γ1Hardware Γ1
HQs:United StatesΓ8
Investments Β· 65 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathNew York, US
Michael Rhys(Executive Officer, Director)Casey McGinley(Executive Officer, Director)Jake Byrnes(Executive Officer)
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)James Chivers(CTO)in
Distynct provides smart barn alarm systems with remote 24/7/365 monitoring for agricultural operations.
AgTechIoT
BJ Brugman(Founder and CEO)
James A Ellis(Director)Jonathan Jackson(Executive Officer, Director)Dean A Didato(Director)
Glen Mills, US
Michael Donald Gausling(Director)A. Donald McColluch, Jr.(Director)Barrett A Ersek(Executive Officer, Director)Lawrence Donald Miller(Director)Gene Donald Godick(Executive Officer)Eric Donald Arnson(Director)
AgTechLexington, US
Paul P Mulhollem(Director)Angelika P Fath-Goodin(Executive Officer, Director)Gary P Cullen(Director)Bruce Webb(Executive Officer, Director)
AgTechEvanston, US
Regan Thomson(Director and Co-Founder)Jennifer Kelleher(COO and Corporate Secretary)William Metcalf(Chairman of the Board and CoFounder)Neil Kelleher(Director and CoFounder)Jack Kloeber(CEO and Co-Founder)Anthony Goering(Director)
CleantechState College, US
RICHARD DEFLURI(Director)CHRIS ABBOTT(Director)HUNTER SWISHER(Executive Officer, Director)MATTHEW RHODES(Director)ANDREW SPAHR(Director)
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)
SwineTech provides PigFlow, an operating system for pork producers that coordinates workflows, real-time task management, and AI-assisted decision-making across farm operations.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Frequently asked questions
- What sectors does Ag Ventures Alliance focus on?
- Ag Ventures Alliance focuses on AgTech.
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