Tall Grass Ventures
VC Fund
Calgary, Canada
Tall Grass Ventures is a seed stage venture capital firm that focuses on supporting the next generation of early stage agrifood tech solutions. The agrifood tech investment firm is investing in Canada's continued role as a powerhouse in an evolving food economy. Tall Grass Ventures is based in Calgary, Alberta.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 39%
- Fund size:
- $25M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Tall Grass Ventures invests in
Stages Tall Grass Ventures invests in
Countries Tall Grass Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$3.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Agriculture 6 (33%)
- Software 5 (28%)
- AgTech 4 (22%)
- Biotechnology 3 (17%)
- Machine Learning 3 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 7 (39%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (22%)
Country
- Canada 5 (28%)
- Norway 1 (6%)
- Denmark 1 (6%)
- United States 1 (6%)
- United Kingdom 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wilson Acton
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Chris Edwards
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
|
Marlise Hunter
Director of Platform
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Director of Platform | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Wilson Acton
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picketa Systems Precision develops a leaf-evaluated-nutrient system for real-time plant tissue analysis. Its platform removes any turnaround time in the process of analyzing plant samples, allowing growers to make data-oriented decisions on time without obstructing their workflow. It tracks the performance of fields and helps measure the impact ofdifferent varieties, fertilizer products, and techniques, season after season. | $1.5M / Jun 15, 2026 | ||
| Sensor Globe Norway AS offers sensor tech for aquaculture, enhancing fish welfare and data insights. | Pre-Seed / Sep 23, 2025 | ||
| Cellar Insights provides potato growers with a simple way to remotely monitor and act on storage conditions. | Seed / Sep 08, 2025 | ||
EMGenisys
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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 | |
| AgriRobot helps make food production more sustainable and secure by enabling farmers around the world to make better use of agricultural field robots. And it helps manufacturers of field robots create fully autonomous machines. | Seed / Dec 11, 2024 | ||
| SimpleHedge is a Financial Software for the farmers to make crop hedging process easy and valid. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| PheroSyn develops and produces novel pest pheromones. PheroSyn is a spin-out from Rothamsted Research, the world-leading, non-profit research centre that focuses on strategic agricultural science to the benefit of farmers and society worldwide. | Pre-Seed / Jul 22, 2024 | ||
| IntelliCulture provides a farm management solution that helps to prevent pest outbreaks, improve labor efficiency, and automate machine management. The mission of IntelliCulture is to provide clients with technology that keeps their businesses competitive. IntelliCulture collects data from agricultural equipment and analyzes it to provide insights. | $2.6M / Seed / Jun 03, 2024 | ||
| Picketa Systems Precision develops a leaf-evaluated-nutrient system for real-time plant tissue analysis. Its platform removes any turnaround time in the process of analyzing plant samples, allowing growers to make data-oriented decisions on time without obstructing their workflow. It tracks the performance of fields and helps measure the impact ofdifferent varieties, fertilizer products, and techniques, season after season. | Convertible Note / Jun 01, 2024 | ||
| AgGene is an agricultural biotechnology company. AgGene is involved in the development of plant traits to address crop production challenges. Their flagship GTPase accelerating protein technology improves protein content in plant tissues, a step towards producing protein yields. | Pre-Seed / Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| See all 18 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Tall Grass Ventures invest in?
Tall Grass Ventures invests primarily in Agriculture, Software and AgTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Tall Grass Ventures invest in?
Tall Grass Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$3.2M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Tall Grass Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Tall Grass Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Tall Grass Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Tall Grass Ventures?
The team at Tall Grass Ventures includes Wilson Acton (Managing Partner), Chris Edwards (Managing Partner) and Marlise Hunter (Director of Platform). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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