Calgary’s Tall Grass Ventures (TGV) has announced the successful close of its inaugural fund with a total fund size of $32 million.
TGV is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on fundamentally advancing agriculture and food on a global scale.
Tall Grass Ventures Fund I garnered significant interest from a diverse range of investors including lead investors Manitoba First Fund and Farm Credit Canada.
In addition to institutional investors, TGV’s limited partners include leading grain and livestock producers from Manitoba to British Columbia; livestock feeders; commodity brokers and traders; financial service firms; private equity investors; technology founders; and executives in ag machinery, energy, construction, and marketing.
Tall Grass Ventures Fund I is actively investing in pre-Series A technology companies across the agriculture and food supply chain. The Fund primarily invests in companies across Canada and those that have strong applicability to Canadian agriculture.
TGV’s portfolio includes 11 companies representing various aspects of the agrifood supply chain from gene editing and biological solutions to software and hardware solutions in specialty crops, plant-tissue sampling, grain grading and beyond.
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