While agriculture has radically transformed in the last 100 years, the industry continues to face challenges to meet the world’s demand for food. With proper access to capital Canada is well positioned to become a global leader in agtech innovation.
We have thrown out the Canadian playbook when it comes to early stage investing. We believe agtech founders need investors to bet bigger and earlier then we see in the tech space. Emmertech provides founders with proper access to capital to help them grow.
Emmertech brings together key agribusiness leaders from across North America. Our Limited Partners include key stakeholders in the agricultural ecosystem, from boots-on-the-ground farmers to large multinational agribusiness leaders. We are proudly supported by Innovation Saskatchewan through a $15M commitment to the fund and ongoing support.
We invest from seed to series B with a special focus on ‘where technology meets the farm’.
Emmertech is a founding partner, alongside Cultivator powered by Conexus and Economic Development Regina, in the Agtech Accelerator. An accelerator program providing select companies with access to resources, programming and funding they need scale.
Each company selected to participate in the yearly cohort has the opportunity to receive an equity investment at intake – a first for an accelerator in Saskatchewan and Canada.
Ground Truth Agriculture Inc. announced the close of a $4 million seed round. The funding round was led by Conexus Venture Capital Inc. and includes $2 million from its agtech-focused Emmertech fund.
Emmertech Managing Directors, Sean O’Connor and Kyle Scott, highlight tailwinds in the Canadian agtech space in a recent article published in the Globe and Mail. We have a generational opportunity to lead the world in one of our most critical industries by investing in innovation and not stifling with counter-productive policy.
CBC News discusses how Saskatchewan has become a hub for emerging agtech, speaking with several industry leaders, agtech founders, and farmers.
The AGTECH ACCELERATOR shared the results of its inaugural cohort, which saw unprecedented success, in the first half of 2022! The AGTECH ACCELERATOR brings together both agriculture and technology to accelerate the growth of Canadian agtech startups built to solve global problems.
Vancouver-based company, BarrelWise Technologies Ltd., announces the close of a seed funding round of $3.1 million. This round was led by Conexus Venture Capital through its Emmertech fund, with additional investment by Ag Capital Canada. Read more here.
Vive Crop Protection announced today the close of its USD $26 million ($34 million CAD) Series C investment round. The round was led by Conexus Venture Capital and its Emmertech fund.
