Department of Agriculture (USDA) — 2023 Investments

Acadian Research & Development focuses on carbon product development and innovation in the materials and clean technology space.

CleantechClimate TechDeep TechNew Materials

Anthony R. Richard, Ph.D.(Founder and CEO)Jacob Heil(Engineer)

Advent Innovations is a women-owned technology company specializing in advanced technology solutions for farming and agriculture, serving multiple business sectors with products developed from deep expertise in hardware and software engineering.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTRobotics

Ritubarna Banerjee(CEO)Malichi Flemming(Senior Hardware Engineer)Corey Leydig(Senior Software Engineer)

Allergyamulet develops a portable food allergen and ingredient sensor to help people with food allergies safely identify potential allergens in food before consumption.

ConsumerHardwareHealthtechMedical Devices

Abigail Barnes(Co-Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsALAllerfund Ventures, LlcCOColle Capital PartnersDIDipalo VenturesGRGreat North VenturesGRGreat Oaks Venture CapitalHEHealthX Ventures+3 more

Cache Environmental Laboratories (CEL) is an environmental regulatory compliance consulting firm that applies the USEPA Quality System to design data collection for air quality, drinking water, wastewater, biosolids, and hazardous waste programs.

CleantechEdTech

Cellbae develops molecular biology assays, reagents, and diagnostic test kits for detecting human and veterinary diseases as well as food pathogens.

BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices

Foray Bioscience uses single plant cells and AI-powered software (Pando) to direct how plant matter forms, producing plant materials, molecules, and seeds without growing whole plants.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotechCambridge, US

ABAshley Beckwith(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsCOCollaborative FundMIMilemark Capital PartnersSEService Provider CapitalTHThe Engine VenturesREReGen VenturesTETet Ventures

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

JHJoel Harris(Co-founder)inDHDr. Hank Harris(Co-founder)inDL Hank Harris(Director)Scott Holmstrom(Director)

Co-investorsAGAg Ventures AllianceINInnoventures IowaNENext Level Ventures

Glanris produces designer biochar (Biocarbon) made from rice waste for use as a soil amendment, a filler in materials like asphalt, concrete, and drywall, and as a water and air filtration medium.

AgTechCircular EconomyCleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsMemphis, US

Anastasia Eagle(CMO & Co-Founder)Andrew Forsdick(CFO (Fractional))Damian Russell(Head of Operations)inBryan M. Eagle III(CEO & Founder)Thomas W. Volinchak(Director)

BoardJBJan Bouten(Director)in

Co-investorsCOCool Climate CollectiveECEcho River CapitalINInnova Memphis, Inc.INInnovaSASage

Hydronalix designs and manufactures unmanned surface vessels and robotic water rescue systems for the US military and commercial markets.

Defense TechHardwareRobotics

Anthony Mulligan(CEO)

Inso Bio develops low-cost workflow automation tools for genomics laboratories to accelerate sample-to-result processing and increase accessibility to genomic analysis.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHardwareMedical DevicesIthaca, US

Harvey Tian(Co-Founder and CEO)inAdam Bisogni(Co-Founder and CSO)in

Co-investors202048 VenturesSOSocial StartsSOSOSVSPSpacecadet Ventures

IonicScale is a technology development startup building miniaturized, chip-scale mass spectrometers, including a handheld chemical analyzer.

Climate TechDeep TechHardware

Micro-Precision Technologies manufactures thick film substrates and electronic components for commercial, industrial, and military applications, with a focus on government products and sensor systems.

Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareSemiconductorsSalem, US

Mighty Cricket makes cricket-based and plant-based protein powder marketed as an allergen-friendly, non-GMO nutritional supperfood for athletes and active consumers.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech

Sarah Schlafly(Founder)

Mycologics develops natural product-based biofungicides derived from microbial sources for broad-spectrum crop disease control, serving agricultural growers.

AgTechBiotechClimate TechDurham, US

ACAnindya Chanda(CEO and Founder)in

Co-investorsAGAg Ventures AllianceAGAgLaunch AcceleratorNCNC IDEA

Hayward, US

Mark Peterman(Executive Officer)

PadmaAgRobotics builds autonomous farm robots for tasks including crop spraying, weed removal, plant thinning, and cilantro harvesting on row crops.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics

Raghu Nandivada

Pitch Aeronautics provides a weather intelligence platform for electric utilities, combining line-mounted sensors (WireWarrior), drone-based deployment (Astria), and an AI platform (WireWeather) that produces probabilistic weather forecasts.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnergyPropTechBoise, US

Zachary Adams(Chief Executive Officer)IGIan Gibson(President)inDavid Bennett(Director)

BoardPhilip A Bradley(Director)

Co-investorsTETechstars

PVT Clean Energy LLC develops and commercializes energy harvesting technologies including solar and geothermal, such as building integrated photovoltaic and thermal (BIPVT) systems.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyPropTech

Dr. Chen(Co-founder & Interim CEO)inDr. Zadshir(Co-founder)

Co-investorsNSNSW Clean Technology Innovation Grants

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)YYYasuo Yoshikuni, Ph.D(Co-Founder & Advisor)SDSudharsan Dwaraknath(Founder)in

Co-investorsAGAg Ventures AllianceCOCollaborative FundFTFTW VenturesJUJuniperOVOverwater Ventures LlcCHChemistry+2 more

RUTE manufactures precast, post-tensioned wind turbine foundations under the brand name BXG Box Girder, engineered to reduce concrete volume, installation time, and lifecycle carbon emissions.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwareImpact & Social GoodGranite Falls, US

HealthtechCambridge, US

RDRahul Dhanda(Executive Officer, Director)inJCJames Collins(Director)DWDavid Walt(Director)in

BoardIRIssi Rozen(Director)in

Co-investorsCACatalio Capital Management, LPGAGaingelsILIllumina VenturesCACatalio Capital ManagementGOGood VenturesGVGV (Google Ventures)+2 more

The page presents data on the decline of Florida citrus yields driven by HLB (citrus greening) disease and the rising costs of managing it, but does not clearly describe a specific product or service the company offers.

AgTechTampa, US

YLYianni Lagos(Executive Officer)inChana Cannon(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsENEnergy Impact Partners

Texas Earth produces natural and organic soil amendments, fertilizers, and biological application programs for agricultural and turf maintenance.

AgTechNew Materials

Jim Burnett(Founder)Sarah Burnett(CEO)

Lockhart, US

JKJohn Kinzer(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardBrad Nicholson(Director)Richard Wilkerson(Director)Scott Long(Director)Jon Hasz(Director)

Medgene develops custom animal health vaccines using field-level diagnostics, bioinformatics, and rapid data analysis through its 5-step ISPrime process, working with government agencies and university research.

AgTechBiotechHealthtech