The Wild Ride of Agtech Startups

Hear how Wilson applies the lessons learned as a 5th generation farmer, competing in show jumping, and a career as an M and A lawyer to helping agricultural startups in his stable on this episode.

Episode 4 of the Growing the Future podcast, hosted by Tall Grass Ventures, Wilson Acton, Convergence Growth, Aberhart Farms, Aberhart Ag Solutions, Dan Aberhart, Sure Growth Solutions, titled "The Wild Ride of Agtech Startups" was published on March 17, 2023 and runs 56 minutes.

March 17, 2023 ·56m · Growing the Future

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Hear how Wilson applies the lessons learned as a 5th generation farmer, competing in show jumping, and a career as an M and A lawyer to helping agricultural startups in his stable on this episode.

Episode Description

Show jumping can teach a person plenty about venture capital.

In show jumping (VC Agtech), where horses (startups) are racing (solving farmers problems) against a clock where time (money) is running out to navigate many challenging obstacles (regulatory hurdles, finding customers, and developing a sustainable business model), the horse (founder) has a personality of their own; the team must get to the end without too many mistakes (penalties) against you or your ride = zero.

There are some winners though, and big winners at that.

For Wilson Acton, Managing Partner at Tall Grass Ventures, a unique venture capital fund out of Alberta focused on agricultural companies, so far they've sifted through 160 companies to find 6 that could be winners.

Hear how Wilson applies the lessons learned as a 5th generation farmer, competing in show jumping, and a career as an M and A lawyer to helping agricultural startups in his stable on this episode.

Connect with Wilson:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilsonacton/

Website: https://www.tallgrass.vc

Email: [email protected]

Aberhart Family of Companies:

https://aberhartagsolutions.ca

https://aberhartfarms.com

https://suregrowth.ca

https://www.convergencegrowth.com

Connect with us on AGvisorPro: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/aberhart-dan

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