Two Iowa Companies Accepted into AgLaunch365 Accelerator
Summary
Six startup companies have been chosen that will participate in the AgLaunch365 accelerator after winning the 2019 AgLaunch Row Crop Challenge at the Farm Journal AgTech Expo earlier this month. The six AgLaunch Row Crop Challenge winners are: • Agrynex (Ithaca, NY) — packs and deploys antimicrobial systems for efficient crop protection with fewer chemicals • Continuum Ag (Washington, IA) — quantifies and improves soil health by integrating diverse soil data into the online platform, resulting in actionable results • Lepidext (Lexington, KY) — revolutionizing corn earworm pest control with an organic method for suppressing adult moths • Nexyst360 (St. As part of acceptance into the program, the companies will also receive investment from Innova Memphis and Ag Ventures Alliance. Since announcing the Ag Innovation Fund, the firm has invested in four Iowa companies: Agrisync, Rantizo, SwineTech and Tractor Zoom. “We are excited about the caliber and vision of these teams, and their capacity to totally transform the future of row crop agriculture,” said Schuyler Dalton, Director of Farmer Network and Entrepreneurship at AgLaunch in an announcement.