OUR WHY
BUILDING THE FUTURE
Ag-Tech is innovative technology that solve REAL problems across the agriculture and food value chain. Agricultural technologies come in the form of software, biotech inputs, hardware (that includes small wearable sensors and large machinery), tech-enabled services, and also can include animal health pharma/therapeutics/bio-science and advanced-food products.
Most importantly, our core belief about Ag-Tech is as follows: Contrary to what many believe, AgTech is NOT merely an industry “vertical.” Ag-Tech is a vast market segment that permeates horizontally through our daily lives. Regardless of how you define it, it is undeniable that agriculture is undergoing a seismic shift across the globe.
INVESTING ACROSS THE ENTIRE VALUE CHAIN
INPUTS
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– Seed sowing/planting
– Animal feed
– Biotech/genomics
FARMTECH
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– Improve yield
– Increase efficiency
– Vertical scalability
– Process automation
WATER
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– Irrigation
– Water usage
– Presicion H2O
– Water quality
SUSTAINABILITY
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– Waste reduction
– Energy production
– Environmental/carbon
PROCESSING
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– Crop storage
– Animal processing
– Meat animal processing
– Byproduct processing
DISTRIBUTION
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– Supply chain
– Local food infrastucture
– Traceability
– Shelf life extension
– Producer to consumer connectivity
CONSUMER
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– Access
– Health
– Traceability
– Authenticity
– Convience
MANAGEMENT
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– Human Resources
– Financial Resources
GLOBAL NEEDS
CHANGING CONSUMER PREFERENCES
IMPROVE FOOD TRANSPARENCY
SUSTAINABILITY, REGENERATION AND IMPACT
PREPARE FOR POPULATION INCREASE
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
BETTER SUPPLY CHAIN
THE BENCH
We’ve assembled an incredibly robust network – that we’re calling The Bench – of agriculture producers (including next generation farmers), agribusinesses, founders, managers, networkers, and mentors, to not only help us validate problems and opportunities within Ag-Tech, but to also serve as advisors, coaches, and first-customers for our portfolio companies.
FARMER FIRST
We’re proud that our fund is backed almost exclusively by agriculture producers and agribusiness. This will foster our approach of understanding and backing founders solving real problems with real solutions for Midwest agriculture.
