# Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners

> Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners is a VC fund backing Agriculture and Robotics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners is a VC fund focused on Agriculture and Robotics. Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners is actively seeking to make investments in U.S. companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 2 | 100% |
| Robotics | 1 | 50% |
| Wireless | 1 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 50% |
| Internet of Things | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hortau | Hortau specializes in wireless and web-based irrigation management. Hortau integrates proprietary soil sensing innovations with the latest information technologies to deliver the most advanced irrigation management solutions on the market. Hortau was founded in 2002, by Dr. Jean Caron, Agronomist, Ph.D in Soil Physics and Jocelyn Boudreau,agricultural engineer, M.Sc. in Soil Physics. Their expertise is in Agronomy, Soil Physics and Agricultural Engineering. Improving crop production is their focus. |  |  | Feb 28, 2019 |  |
| Hip Chick Farms | Hip Chick Farms makes delicious, organic and easy poultry products for the whole family. | $2M | Series A | Aug 26, 2016 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Advantage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advantage-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avrio Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avrio-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Business Development Bank of Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-development-bank-of-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Capital régional et cooperatif Desjardins — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Export Development Canada](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/export-development-canada) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fondaction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fondaction) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners invest in?

Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners invests primarily in Agriculture, Robotics and Wireless startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners closed in Feb 2019. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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