Grit Road Partners

As winter wheat grows across the fields this season, it’s not just the crops we’re keeping an eye on—it’s the investment landscape in AgTech. ???? I’m thrilled to announce the upcoming episode of Digital Ag Global, where I’ll be joined by Clyde Graham and two incredible guest speakers: Chris Rawley, CEO at Harvest Returns Ben Williamson, Managing Director at Grit Road Partners Together, we’ll discuss what it takes to raise investment in digital agriculture. From attracting the right investors to showcasing innovation and impact, we’ll cover the challenges, opportunities, and strategies shaping the AgTech sector today. Whether you're an entrepreneur looking to scale your solution or an investor seeking the next big thing in #AgTech, this episode is for you! Tune in, ask questions, and let’s cultivate the future of agriculture together. ??? Don’t forget to share your thoughts with us in the comments! Join our LinkedInLive: https://lnkd.in/dXTRbFAR Watch us on YouTube: https://shorturl.at/f1qM6

"God gave Nebraska two things: ag and being in the center of the country." -Michael Jung (Grit Road Partners) Day three of #SPSW2024 started with the 1 Million Cups Omaha Investor Panel at Millwork Commons! Attendees gathered to get funding tips from panelists from Nelnet, Nebraska Angels, MOVE Venture Capital, Grit Road Partners and Nebraska Enterprise Fund. Huge thanks to Nebraska Angels for sponsoring this event! See what other events are lined up for the day ? https://buff.ly/4dHe2iT

Happy Friday!!! ?? Silicon Prairie Startup Week is finally here, and that means another special edition of 1 Million Cups Omaha!! ?? Join us bright and early on Wednesday, November 13 at Millwork Commons for a funding panel featuring different investors from across the midwest: ?Emily Kist, Nelnet ?Josh Bartels, Nebraska Angels ?John Grange, MOVE Venture Capital ?Michael Jung, Grit Road Partners ?James A. Reiff, Nebraska Enterprise Fund Special shoutout to our moderators: ?Adam Folsom, Beeso Studio ?TJ Andreasen, Black Dog Ventures and PGSA As always, free coffee sponsored by Nebraska Angels starts at 8am, panel begins at 8:25. See you all there! ? ? Huge thank you to Silicon Prairie News for putting on such a fantastic week of events! Stick around after the discussion for VC Office Hours hosted by MOVE Venture Capital and Nebraska Startup Academy, Tech Training Wheels with appsky and Omaha Data Science Academy, and Legal Office Hours with Baird Holm LLP.

Grit Road Partners is excited to add Oaken to its portfolio. We look forward to working with Shashi Raghunandan, Anwar Parvez and the rest of the Oaken team. Oaken is building the data infrastructure for agribusinesses to share and manage their data assets. Oaken's initial focus is digitizing communications, leasing, and payments between farmers/ farmland managers and landowners. With over $30Bn in payment flows between farmers and landowners annually, and around 35% of the farmland in the US under a lease, farms and farmland managers are looking to reduce administrative burden, report on their stewardship of the land, and retain and grow their business with landowners. Oaken's platform helps achieve this. Oaken has an aggressive roadmap that includes AI, a mobile interface, and expanding to other entities in the ag value chain, like succession planner and wealth managers. Purdue DIAL Ventures

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Grit Road Partners is excited to announce its most recent new partnership with Cara Wessels Wells, PhD and EmGenisys. EmGenisys has built a first-in-class machine learning based SaaS embryo health analysis platform which can improve pregnancy rates of embryo transfer and IVF to deliver value to the livestock IVF industry.??

?? Congratulations to the Semi-Finalists of the 2024 THRIVE Global Impact Challenge! ?? Today, these innovative startups pitched their disruptive solutions online, tackling challenges in: -Soil Health & Biodiversity -Food Security & Waste Reduction -Reducing & Offsetting GHG Emissions -Nutrition & Health -Cleantech: Water & Energy A huge thank you to our incredible panel of judges for making Pitch Day possible! ?? Your expertise is invaluable in helping us shape the future of agri-food tech. Stay tuned for the announcement of the finalists who will pitch LIVE at the THRIVE Global Impact Summit! Don't miss this exciting event—register today to see the future of agri-food innovation unfold. ?? https://lnkd.in/gw8Vc6Ey #THRIVEGlobalImpactChallenge #SemiFinalists #PitchDay #AgriFoodTech #Innovation #Sustainability #THRIVEGlobalImpactSummit

"No boots in the grain!" Grain Weevil

Congrats to RhizeBio and EmGenisys for being recognized by THRIVE as two of the top 100 Global Innovators!!

The Animal Health Corridor Summit exceeded all expectations! This event showcased some of the most exciting animal health companies of our generation to improve pets, livestock, horses and even bees! It was an honor to engage with the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor ecosystem and be recognized with the Innovation Award. Thanks to our coaches Brandon Day and Jared Spader. Especially the leadership, Kimberly Young and Emily McVey for organizing an awesome event. #innovation #technology #AHSummit24 #animalhealthsummit #AHCorridor