Building the Global AgTech Hub
Working directly with producers to identify problems in the agriculture value chain and collaborating to develop innovative solutions
OUR STORY
Starting in 2021, Grit Road Partners is a Midwest-based team that invests in gritty, early stage Ag Tech start-ups that are looking to solve Midwest Producers Problems. Our mission is to serve as the leading catalyst to build and strengthen the AgTech ecosystem globally and ultimately make the Midwest, the global hub of AgTech.
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WHY GRIT ROAD PARTNERS?
Global View
Born in the Midwest, built for the world. Ag touches everything, and we look for opportunities that do the same.
Bench
Key strategic partnerships industrial agribusiness, individual producers, institutional ag-families and land grant universities. When we invest, founders inherit an ag bench that speaks farmer, rancher, and processor fluently.
Access to Midwest Ag Network
We serve as a connector, helping Midwest-built technology reach global markets while bringing international innovations back to the producers who keep the Midwest growing.
AgTech Deal Flow Network
Created and manages a community of like-minded AgTech investors to share deal flow, co-invest and provide connectivity on AgTech events and ecosystem development. Currently over 100 members globally. Â
GROWTH
We help grow companies right here in the Midwest and bring the best ideas from everywhere else back home, making the heartland the world’s AgTech center.
LEADERSHIP
We are not just investors. We are part of the AgTech community, on the boards, in the barns, and in the field helping push the industry ahead.
IMPACT
We invest in companies that roll up their sleeves and get things done, building good jobs, better paychecks, and real impact in communities they call home.
EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS
