How many investments has Tall Grass Ventures made?

Tall Grass Ventures has 22 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.

What stage does Tall Grass Ventures invest at?

Tall Grass Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.

What sectors does Tall Grass Ventures focus on?

Tall Grass Ventures focuses on AgTech, Energy, FoodTech.

Where is Tall Grass Ventures located?

Tall Grass Ventures is headquartered in Calgary, CA.

Who does Tall Grass Ventures co-invest with?

Tall Grass Ventures most often shares deals with Rockstart, Emmertech, Startup TNT, among 19 tracked co-investors.

Tall Grass Ventures

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Calgary · Pre-Seed–Series A · 11 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Tall Grass Ventures aims to redefine what value-add investing means by prioritizing collaboration within a community that shares its values and goals, believing such alignment drives growth more than capital alone. The firm leverages deep industry knowledge, connectivity and operating experience to partner with visionary entrepreneurs and accelerate the development of agrifood technology solutions intended to reshape global agriculture.

Invests inAgTech Energy FoodTech Calgary Canada Denmark Europe Global

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage

Pre-Seed–Series A

Calgary, AB, CA

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2022

AUM

$23M

Tracked investments

Team · 11 people

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Chris Edwards· Pathfinder· Calgary, Alberta, Canadain

Chris Edwards works in fund operations and portfolio management at Tall Grass Ventures, working with prospective founders and evaluating investment risk and upside. He has 20 years of professional experience, earlier focused on deploying capital into oil and gas projects in Canada and abroad, M&A evaluations, and managing multinational teams, and has more recently worked as an independent investor doing deal sourcing and investment analysis within angel syndicates and other venture funds. His international work led him to transition into agriculture and agri-food innovation.

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Wilson Acton· Co-founder· Calgary, Alberta, Canadain

Wilson Acton co-founded Tall Grass Ventures with Chris Edwards and helps guide the firm's strategic direction while working with founders and management teams. He previously practiced as a partner at a Canadian national law firm with a focus on mergers & acquisitions and capital markets, and earlier co-founded, built, and exited several businesses in agtech and fintech. A fifth-generation member of a Saskatchewan grain and livestock family, he focuses on pre-Series A technology investment in Canada.

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Marlise Hunter· Director of Platform

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Chris Paterson· Venture Partner· Rocky View County, Alberta, Canadain

Chris Paterson works at the intersection of strategy and technology, helping early-stage and high-growth ventures clarify their strategy and messaging. He has spent 25 years in the North American agribusiness sector, holding roles as a farmer, independent ag retailer, entrepreneur, technical agronomist, executive, journalist, and investor. Over the past decade he has focused on the digitization of farming, agribusiness, and agrifood.

David Sullivan· Collaborator· Canadain

David Sullivan serves as Executive Vice President of Global Ag Risk Solutions, where he has contributed to sales growth and the modernization of business processes, HR practices, and IT systems. He co-founded Parametrics.Ag, a parametric weather insurance offering that is now a subsidiary of Global Ag Risk Solutions. He holds a degree in Agronomy and an MBA from the University of Saskatchewan and has over 20 years of experience in agriculture spanning finance consulting, retail, manufacturing and distribution, insurance, and lending.

Brett McMickell· Executive Director and Chief Technology Officer of Kubota North America· Grapevine, Texas, United Statesin

Brett McMickell is Executive Director and Chief Technology Officer of Kubota North America, with leadership experience across Fortune 500 companies, small-cap public companies, and startups. He previously served as President and CEO of AgJunction from 2019 until its 2021 acquisition by Kubota, joining the company in 2017 as SVP of Global Product Development, and earlier spent over a decade at Honeywell Aerospace in roles including Senior Director of Engineering for Actuation Systems. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Utah.

Connie Wiltshire· Organizer· Calgary, Alberta, Canadain

Connie Wiltshire coordinates operations at Tall Grass Ventures, focusing on organization, communication, and partner engagement. She has worked as an administrative professional for over 25 years across the government, oil and gas, and technology sectors, moving from support roles into positions overseeing systems, platforms, and initiatives. She has spent the last three years in technology and has an interest in AgTech, informed by family roots in agriculture.

David Zoric· Explorer, TGV Investment Team· Vancouverin

David Zoric is a member of Tall Grass Ventures' investment team, where he helps identify and evaluate potential investment opportunities and conducts market research on the agrifood tech sector. He joined the firm during his final year at the University of British Columbia, where he earned a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Marketing and captained the tennis team. He previously interned at Amazon and Westbank, and focuses on cellular agriculture and food technology.

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Jon Ladd· Partner· Bristol, New Hampshire, United Statesin

Jon Ladd has over 40 years of experience in development and senior management, with expertise in precision GPS, GNSS, sensor fusion, and wireless technology. He began his career in 1982 working on an early commercial geodetic GPS surveying system with Chuck Counselman's MIT team, and later contributed precision guidance and auto-steering technology to agricultural companies including AGCO, CLAAS, and CNH. He has served as president and CEO of private and public companies in the US and Canada, including NovAtel Inc., and graduated in Surveying Engineering from the University of Maine in 1980.

Lori Ell· Strategist / Advisor· Calgary, Alberta, Canadain

Lori Ell is an advisor at Tall Grass Ventures who works with growth-oriented organizations as a business strategist and coach. She has over 25 years of executive experience across multi-billion dollar, startup, and mid-market companies in a range of industries, with expertise in turnarounds, financial strategy, and organizational transformation. She has served as a board member and mentor for agriculture organizations and startups spanning agri-food processing, manufacturing, retail, and technology, and supports Indigenous economic self-sufficiency as an Alberta Metis.

Trish Henderson· Independent Advisor· Stettler County 6, Alberta, Canadain

Trish Henderson grew up on a family farm in central Alberta and studied Agriculture Business Management at the University of Alberta, followed by a ten-year career at Farm Credit Canada. She runs a cow-calf farming operation with her husband and has consulted for primary producers, crown corporations, producer groups, and livestock software companies. She serves as an independent advisor focused on bringing new technologies to agriculture that support sustainable food production.

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Tall Grass Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

Wilson ActonCo-founderFounded Whipcord +1 Lori EllStrategist / AdvisorFounded Greenroad

What they invest in

from 18 of 22 portfolio companies

AgTech ×14AI & Machine Learning ×9Biotech ×6IoT ×6Hardware ×5Cleantech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Healthtech ×3

HQs:Canada×8United States×3United Kingdom×1Israel×1Norway×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 9 portfolio companies

33%

solo founders

3 of 9 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founder×32 founders×6

Investments · 22 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 1 2023 · 23 dated

Geneneergeneneer.com in✓ verified

GeneNeer develops advanced gene-editing platforms to accelerate the development of crop seeds with improved yield, growth, and nutritional value for the agricultural supply chain.

AgTechBiotechDeep TechJerusalem, IL

Dr. Kinneret Shefer(Co-founder)Prof. Oded Shoseyov(Co-founder)

Aggeneaggene.ca

AgGene develops plant traits using genome editing for agricultural improvement.

AgTechBiotechAlberta, CA

Logan Skori(CEO)inSarah(Founder)

Co-investorsStartup TNT UCeed Funds BoxOne Ventures

AgriRobotagrirobot.ai in

Agrirobot develops autonomous safety software for agricultural machines that integrates with existing control systems to enable safe, self-directed operation in the field.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningRobotics

Co-investorsPeblinge Ventures Rockstart

Cecinnovationscecinnovations.com in

CEC Innovations monitors water quality for viruses, bacteria, and chemicals to identify contaminants of emerging concern and support community health.

CleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureHardwareHealthtech

Paul Westlund(CEO & Founder)

Cellar Insightscellarinsights.com inSep 2025

Cellar Insights develops predictive models to help potato growers optimize storage conditions, increasing crop quality and marketable yield while reducing post-harvest losses.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFoodTechIoT

Ross Culberson(Co-founder)inTerry(Co-founder)

Co-investorsAccelerate Fund UCeed Funds Verdex Capital Carrot Ventures SVG Ventures | THRIVE UCeed

Emgenisysemgenisys.co in

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-investorsAg Ventures Alliance

Farmbloxfarmblox.com in

Farmblox connects farm equipment and in-field sensors (measuring soil moisture, power outages, weather, and more) to a mobile and web app, letting growers monitor operations remotely and automate tasks.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningIoTNewton Highlands, US

John Dyer(Executive Officer, Director)inMarc Printz(Executive Officer, Director)inNathan Rosenberg(Executive Officer, Director)inJonathan Mitchell Gaines(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Printz(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsSanta Cruz Venture Hyperplane Venture Capital MHS Capital Service Provider Capital Slow Ventures

Ground Truth Aggroundtruth.ag in 𝕏

Ground Truth Ag develops an AI-powered benchtop system that grades grain in real-time by analyzing visual and non-visual factors using machine vision and near-infrared spectroscopy.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTSaskatchewan, US

Kyle Folk(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsEmmertech Golden Opportunities Fund Conexus Venture Capital

Intellicultureintelliculture.com in 𝕏

IntelliCulture provides a farm management platform that consolidates equipment tracking, labor monitoring, fleet maintenance, and performance analytics for agricultural operations.

AgTechIoTSaaS

Cole Powers(Founder | CEO)Michael Wu(Founder | CTO)Ramin Shaikhi(Founder | COO)

Co-investorsEmmertech Serra Ventures

Lite 1lite-1.bio in

Lite-1 uses microorganisms to biofabricate sustainable pigments and colourants as an alternative to conventional dyes for the fashion, design, and materials manufacturing industries.

BiotechCircular EconomyCleantechNew Materials

Co-investorsSoGal Ventures

Nectarnectar.buzz in 𝕏

Nectar builds software and data tools for migratory and commercial beekeepers, including a traceability system that generates operation-specific best management practices from hive data.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningIoTSaaSMontreal, CA

Marc-André Roberge(Co-Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsFounderFuel GV (Google Ventures)Menlo Menlo Ventures True Ventures

Onekindonekind.ai

OneKind builds AI systems that capture and analyze animal behavior in clinical trials and production environments with traceable, reproducible, and auditable outputs for regulatory compliance.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech

Hanif Datoo(CEO)David Dixon(CFO)Jeswin James(Head of AI)in

Pherosynpherosyn.com in 𝕏

PheroSyn produces pheromone lures designed to monitor and control agricultural pests through insect attractants.

AgTechBiotechCleantech

Dr Mary Ellis(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)Daniel Bahia(Co-founder and Director of Operations)in

Co-investorsAngel Academe Rockstart Sustainable Ventures

Picketa Systemspicketa.com inMay 2023

Picketa Systems develops real-time plant tissue analysis technology for crop management, helping growers, food processors, and fertilizer companies optimize nutrient management and resource allocation.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareFredericton, CA

XAVIER HEBERT-COUTURIER(Executive Officer, Director)PETER GOGGIN(Director)DOMINIC LEVESQUE(Executive Officer)MAXIME DUMONT(Executive Officer, Director)ZACHARY ANDERSEN(Executive Officer)

Board CHRIS EDWARDS(Director)in

Co-investorsEast Valley Ventures Startup TNT

Sensorglobesensorglobe.no in

Sensor Globe provides data-driven technology to measure and improve fish welfare and operational outcomes in aquaculture farms.

AgTechData & InfrastructureHardwareIoT

Sheamus MacDonald(Co-Founder and CEO)inAleksandr Stabenow(Co-Founder and CTO)

Co-investorsRockstart

SimpleHedgesimplehedge.app

SimpleHedge is a platform for farmers to manage crop and cattle risk by tracking production, sales, inventory, and financial hedges in one place.

AgTechFintechSaaSCalgary, CA

Mark Hlady(Founder)in

Co-investorsBarrel Ventures Startup TNT Trillick Ventures

Vivid Machinesvivid-machines.com in 𝕏Feb 2023 · $5.8M

Vivid Machines provides real-time crop intelligence and vision-based technology for fruit producers, offering insights on crop load management, yield forecasting, plant health, and disease detection.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningHardwareToronto, CA

Jonathan Binas(Co-founder)in Jenny Lemieux(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsEntrepreneur First MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF)Spatial Capital Stand Up Ventures BDC Capital Corporation BoxOne Ventures +2 more

Zilabioworkszilabioworks.com

ZILA BioWorks develops high bio-content epoxy resin systems (bio-epoxy) that serve as drop-in replacements for traditional epoxies in composites, coatings, and adhesives, cutting carbon emissions while enabling recyclability.

Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials

Jason Puracal(CEO & Co-founder)Evan Bouchier(CPO & Co-founder)Bradley Clark(CFO)Andy Merriman(Director of Sales)Keithanne Mockaitis(Chief Scientific Officer)

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

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Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

The Boring Billions: Why Santa Cruz Ventures Just Backed Farmblox — Santa Cruz Works

Farmblox · santacruzworks.org · Aug 20, 2026

Nectar Social Raises $30M, Rebrands Itself as Nectar Agent - Demand Gen Report

Nectar · demandgenreport.com · Jun 2, 2026

Agtech start-up tackles potato storage losses with sensors

Cellar Insights · manitobacooperator.ca · Apr 12, 2026

Agtech Brand Identity & Go-to-Market Strategy | Ground Truth Ag | Ascent Strategy

Ground Truth Ag · ascentstrategy.com · Apr 2, 2026

SimpleHedge Brings Fintech Tools to Farm-Level Commodity Hedging | Fintech.ca

SimpleHedge · fintech.ca · Dec 16, 2025

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Tall Grass Ventures made?: Tall Grass Ventures has 22 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Tall Grass Ventures invest at?: Tall Grass Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Tall Grass Ventures focus on?: Tall Grass Ventures focuses on AgTech, Energy, FoodTech.
Where is Tall Grass Ventures located?: Tall Grass Ventures is headquartered in Calgary, CA.
Who does Tall Grass Ventures co-invest with?: Tall Grass Ventures most often shares deals with Rockstart, Emmertech, Startup TNT, among 19 tracked co-investors.

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