Showcasing Success
Every year the Ag Innovation Showcase selects the most innovative and promising companies working in the Ag and food sector to present their technologies to our Showcase audience.
We are very proud to report that past selected companies have gone on to achieve great commercial success. Over the past 9 years, presenters have raised $510M in funding, found new investor leads, built new partnerships, and been acquired by some of the biggest names in Ag.
Take a look at some of our many success stories below.
Success Stories
Aspire Acquires Cricket Protein Bar Maker Exo
💼Aspire Food Group
📍 Austin, Texas
📅2016, 2017
NewLeaf Symbiotics Raises $24M
💼 NewLeaf Symbiotics
📍 St. Louis, Missouri
📅 2012
XTB Laboratories preparing for launch
💼 XTB Laboratories
📍 Davis, California
📅2016
AgriMetis Raises $23.5M on Series B Funding
💼 AgriMetis
📍 Lutherville, Maryland
📅 2015
Arable to Incorporate Point Forecasting Into Sensor Tech
💼 Arable Labs
📍 Princeton, New Jersey
📅 2016
Bitwater Farms Readies New Production Facility
💼 Bitwater Farms
📍 Napa Valley, California
📅 2016
Crop Enhancement Secures $8.5M in Capital
💼 Crop Enhancement
📍 Boston, Massachusetts
📅 2016
Dupont acquires Granular
💼 Granular
📍 San Francisco, California
📅 2011
Ignitia Wins $100K from Dubai 2020 Expo
💼 Ignitia
📍 Stockholm, Sweden
📅 2016
TerViva Brings Total Capital to $11.6M
💼 TerViva, Inc.
📍 Oakland, California
📅 2013
ZeaKal Raises $5.3M on Series B Funding, Develops PhotoSeed, Expands Field Trials
💼 ZeaKal
📍 San Diego, California
📅 2012
Arvegenix Raises $2.4M in Capital
💼 Arvegenix Inc.
📍 St. Louis, Missouri
📅 2014
Blue River Tech Acquired by John Deere Following $17M funding
💼 Blue River Technology
📍 Sunnyvale, California
📅 2012
Vestaron Completes $10.2 Million Series B
💼 Vestaron Corp.
📍 Kalamazoo, Michigan
📅 2011
Fiberstar Wins 2015 FIE Natural/Organic Award
💼 Fiberstar Bio-Ingredient Technologies, Inc.
📍 River Falls, Wisconsin
📅 2014
AeroFarms Raises $20M Series B
💼 AeroFarms
📍 Newark, New Jersey
📅 2010
Benson Hill Bio Increases Total Funding to $34.7 million
💼 Benson Hill Biosystems, Inc.
📍 St. Louis, Missouri
📅 2013
Once Innovations Raises $5M with Option for Additional $14M
💼 Once Innovations
📍 Plymouth, Minnesota
📅 2013
mOasis 2015 Quarter 1 Sales Exceed all of 2014
💼 mOasis, Inc.
📍 Union City, California
📅 2014
Kultevat Partners with Sumitomo Rubber Industries
💼 Kultevat, Inc.
📍 Creve Coeur, Missouri
📅 2014
Concentric (INocucor) Expanding to Meet Increasing Demand
💼 Concentric
📍 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
📅 2014
aWhere Announces Partnerships with Spensa & Vasham
💼 aWhere, Inc.
📍 Broomfield, Colorado
📅 2014
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Innovations are disrupting the food supply chain beginning with farm inputs and continuing through to consumers to create a sustainable food system that will produce nutrition to feed the planet. The 10 th year event, September 10-12 in St Louis, will curate discussions looking forward to emerging industry trends, present high-impact agrifood innovations from around the world celebrating alumni from previous years and introducing new companies.
