# Ag Ventures Alliance

> Ag Ventures Alliance is a VC fund in Mason City backing Agriculture and AgTech. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mason City, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 12%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ag-ventures-alliance/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/agventuresallia
- Website: http://www.agventuresalliance.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AgVenturesAlliance

Ag Ventures Alliance is a company that offers agriculture business support services.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $475k–$17M |
| Pre-Seed | $50k–$1.5M |
| Series A | $1.3M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agriculture | 15 | 58% |
| AgTech | 9 | 35% |
| Biotechnology | 9 | 35% |
| Farming | 6 | 23% |
| Sustainability | 4 | 15% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 31% |
| Series A | 7 | 27% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 23% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 17 | 65% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quercus Biosolutions | Quercus aims to create effective, environmentally friendly alternatives to chemical pesticides by designing proteins from scratch, which can be regulated as biopesticides. This approach promises faster development and deployment compared to traditional methods, with potential for significant advancements in crop protection over the next few years. | $5M | Seed | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| CryoBio | CryoBio is an agricultural biotech company that provides biological solutions that allow crops to withstand sub-zero temperatures without damage. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Barnwell Bio | Barnwell Bio analyzes waste streams for insights into animal health and farm management. | $6M | Seed | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| Soil Action | Soil Action offers AI-enabled real-time soil analysis developed by the Foundational Model for Soil, which allows them to see into the ground, direct agricultural implements, unlock latent crop yield potential, improve plant and food nutrition, and reduce fertilizer waste and its environmental effects. This technology is aimed at enhancing soilmanagement and agricultural productivity. | $5.3M | Seed | Aug 12, 2025 |  |
| EMGenisys | EMGenisys offers an embryo health assessment platform that determines embryo viability and sex in a single assessment in the lab. Its technology utilizes video motion magnification to determine if cells are actively dividing or decaying, ensuring the embryos are alive and healthy at the time of transfer.It aims to improve animal production tofurther sustainability and promote animal welfare through advancements in reproductive technologies. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| Gripp | Gripp Ag revolutionizes farm activity and equipment tracking with a simple yet effective QR code and mobile app that allows users to capture unrecorded events. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Feb 26, 2025 |  |
| Switch Bioworks | Switch Bioworks produces sustainable nitrogen fertilizer by reprogramming naturally occurring symbiotic microbes to produce fertilizers. | $17M | Seed | Sep 05, 2024 |  |
| Earnest Agriculture | Earnest Agriculture is a developer of probiotics that increase crop yields for farmers. The company's probiotics protect against disease, insects, and weeds and promote nutrients, soil health, and drought tolerance. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Continuum Ag | Continuum Ag uses soil testing technologies to tailor recommendations for building soil health and regenerative agricultural practices. The company will use the money to continue software development to enhance usability and usefulness, and will expand its soil database through farm consultants in Continuum’s Top Soil network, a nationwideassociation of soil health focused agronomists. | $1.8M | Series A | Jun 13, 2023 |  |
| Tractor Zoom | Tractor Zoom is committed to helping leaders in agriculture make empowered, data-driven decisions when it comes to buying, selling, financing, and insuring heavy equipment. | $5M | Series A | Oct 03, 2022 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ag Startup Engine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ag-startup-engine) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Innova Memphis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innova-memphis) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Ag Ventures Alliance invest in?

Ag Ventures Alliance invests primarily in Agriculture, AgTech and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ag Ventures Alliance's check size?

Ag Ventures Alliance typically joins rounds of $475k–$17M at Seed, $50k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $1.3M–$11M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ag Ventures Alliance participates in.

### When did Ag Ventures Alliance last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ag Ventures Alliance closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 26 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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