# Clay Mitchell

> Clay Mitchell is a Series A investor at Fall Line Capital backing AgTech and Agriculture. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fall Line Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fall-line-capital)
- Location: Waterloo, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clay-mitchell-4b66b34

Clay Mitchell is a Series A investor at Fall Line Capital in Waterloo focused on AgTech and Agriculture. Clay Mitchell - Co-founder & Managing Director @ Fall Line Capital

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 4 | 50% |
| Agriculture | 3 | 38% |
| Farming | 2 | 25% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Hardware | 1 | 13% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 50% |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 63% |
| Canada | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Guardian Agriculture | Kiwi Technologies provides advanced crop protection services using state of the art technology. | $20M | Series A | Jun 20, 2023 |  |
| Pluton Biosciences | The miniscule organisms Pluton Biosciences discover possess the power to create global change. Pluton quickly and inexpensively taps into the diverse world of bacteria, fungi and viruses to discover next-generation products for carbon sequestration, agriculture, pharmaceutical, biomaterials and bioremediation.Pluton Bioscience's discoveryprocess generates diverse commercialization options, including: Organisms (biological products), Small Molecule Chemistries (fermentable and non-fermentable) and New Traits (scale dependent). | $16.5M | Series A | May 24, 2023 |  |
| FarmWise | FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency. | $45M | Series B | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| Verge Ag | We help progressive grain farmers save time and money by increasing the productivity of their existing equipment. Verge Ag’s software empowers a farmer to execute their field operations with their existing equipment at a level of productivity and efficiency previously out of reach. Our product, Launch Pad, provides farmers with the tools to harnessthe power of artificial intelligence and digital simulation to automate in-field decision making and improve field operations. While most agtech companies have been focused on increasing production or optimizing inputs, we have always obsessed over increasing profitability across the entire farm. That obsession has driven us to the digitization of how farmers operate their farms of all sizes and types from all corners of the globe. | $7.5M | Series A | Apr 28, 2022 |  |
| Guardian Agriculture | Guardian Agriculture has developed an integrated eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) system for precision application, extending growers’ reach, reducing environmental impact, and minimizing product resistance.Offered as a service, the company’s autonomous, eVTOL, agricultural systems collect and act intelligently on data generatedthroughout the crop protection process. When deployed at scale the systems are capable of eliminating hundreds of millions of pounds of unnecessary pesticide use annually while helping farmers grow healthier, better-protected crops. | $10.5M | Seed | Apr 06, 2021 |  |
| Guardian Agriculture | Kiwi Technologies provides advanced crop protection services using state of the art technology. | $10.5M | Seed | Apr 06, 2021 |  |
| Hi Fidelity Genetics | Hi Fidelity Genetics is a start up based in Durham, NC. They develop tools to measure and predict plant traits. Such tools are essential for maintaining a sufficient supply of food as the world's population grows and its climate changes. | $8.5M | Series A | Dec 13, 2018 |  |
| Verge Ag | We help progressive grain farmers save time and money by increasing the productivity of their existing equipment. Verge Ag’s software empowers a farmer to execute their field operations with their existing equipment at a level of productivity and efficiency previously out of reach. Our product, Launch Pad, provides farmers with the tools to harnessthe power of artificial intelligence and digital simulation to automate in-field decision making and improve field operations. While most agtech companies have been focused on increasing production or optimizing inputs, we have always obsessed over increasing profitability across the entire farm. That obsession has driven us to the digitization of how farmers operate their farms of all sizes and types from all corners of the globe. | $1.5M | Seed |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cavallo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cavallo-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Leaps by Bayer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leaps-by-bayer) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FMC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fmc-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pillar VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pillar-companies-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [E14 Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-e14-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Calibrate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calibrate-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Fall Line Capital

VC Fund · San Mateo, United States

Fall Line Capital primarily seeks investment in broadacre farmland and agricultural technologies. The firm engages in purchasing and actively managing farmland throughout the United States, and by investing in technology companies that are strategic to our landholdings. Fall Line Capital's primary goal is to realize untapped productivity infarmland.

5 contacts available at Fall Line Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Libby Spalding | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/libby-spalding-25a4 |
| Wade Condrey | Head of Southern Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wade-condrey |
| Yanniv Dorone | Senior Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yanniv-dorone-74b4 |
| Baptiste Tellier | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baptiste-tellier |
| Clay Mitchell | Co-founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clay-mitchell |

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## FAQ

### What does Clay Mitchell invest in?

Clay Mitchell invests primarily in AgTech, Agriculture and Farming startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 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 Clay Mitchell last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Clay Mitchell closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 8 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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