39. The State of Agtech with the Ag Startup Engine team

Our latest podcast episode features my compadres from Ag Startup Engine, the AgTech fund that we started ten years ago, Joel Harris, Colin Hurd, and Mikayla Mooney. We discuss the state of agtech investing. To borrow from Dickens: It is the best of times. It is the worst of times. Entrepreneurs at Ag Startup Engine portfolio companies continue to do great work in building impactful businesses. And we discuss some of those. But you don’t have to look far in the agtech venture investing world to find zombie businesses, dead businesses, and billions in investment that’s went up in flames.What have we learned? How can we build the right kind of muscle memory in the Midwest for effectively deploying risk capital and building the next generation of great businesses? I enjoyed the conversation with my teammates and know you will too.