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Ag Startup Engine
Micro VC · Ames, IA, United States · North America
Ag Startup Engine is a private program that funds early-stage agricultural technology entrepreneurs in the Midwest and supports them with mentorship and financial backing. It hosts monthly investor meetings where companies pitch to its network of farmers, producers, executives and corporations, and it invests $25-100k per company via equity, SAFE or convertible note.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsagtechanimal healthroboticsprecision agriculturelivestock automationsustainability
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Or find every investor that fitsAg Startup Engine lists 32 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (80%), Healthcare & Biotech (9%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (6%). 96% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Grit Road Partners, ISA Ventures and Next Level Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Ag Startup Engine, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Ag Startup Engine's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 32. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 70th | 32 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 58th | 3% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 93th | 80% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Grit Road Partners | 5 |
| ISA Ventures | 4 |
| Next Level Ventures | 4 |
| Innova | 3 |
| IndieBio | 2 |
| Reservoir | 2 |
| SOSV | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers32100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 80% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 4% | 3% |
| Human Resources | 2% | 1% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Grit Road Partners
Compare Ag Startup Engine head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Ag Startup Engine| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Aug 2026 | Seed | |
| 29 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Ag Startup Engine
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Ag Startup Engine's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
32 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agritx develops a proprietary blend of pre/probiotics, vitamins, amino acids, and minerals to enhance the eggshell microbiome for fertilized avian eggs. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Gross-Wen Technologies develops and implements an algae-based wastewater treatment solution | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Automed sells devices and kits for health care. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Birds Eye Robotics makes autonomous robotics and intelligent barn insights for commercial poultry producers to improve performance and reduce manual work | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bloomfield provides plant breeders, growers, and scientists with high-resolution crop data using robotic technology | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| BoviJet improves farming practices for maintaining healthy herds through automation | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| ChopLocal delivers meat from farms and butcher shops to customers | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Continuum Ag helps farmers improve their profitability via improved soil health | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Dalan Animal Health develops vaccines for animals, including honeybees and shrimp. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Farmwave builds technology for agriculture, including a Precision Harvest AI solution to reduce harvest loss | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Fermeate develops technology to control production microorganisms for precision fermentation products | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| FloVision develops and implements AI vision systems for the meat processing industry to optimize yield and quality | Food & AgricultureAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Genvax Technologies develops custom, herd-specific livestock vaccines | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Distynct is a smart and reliable barn alarm company offering peace of mind, context and urgency, and proactive management right at your fingertips. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Greenfield Robotics is a company that aims to eliminate herbicides and restore profit to farmers through scalable, intelligent technology. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Hilltop Bio develops biologically derived formulations to support animal recovery and health | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company engineers living immune cells to fight cancer in pet dogs and applies the discoveries to human cancer therapy | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Mach develops and deploys autonomous vehicle systems for various industries, including agriculture, construction, and defense. | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- agstartupengine.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 27 Apr 2026
- Companies checked
- 32
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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