Village Capital | Venture Forum - Agriculture US 2015

Start

1/27/2016, 3:30:00 PM

End

1/27/2016, 7:30:00 PM

Organizer

Village Capital

Location

21c Museum Hotel Louisville

Join Village Capital for our flagship event in the longest running agriculture accelerator in the world based here in Louisville, KY. The Venture Forum is the culmination of a 3-month workshop and an exciting opportunity to meet face-to-face with entrepreneurs

Join Village Capital for our flagship event in the longest running agriculture accelerator in the world based here in Louisville, KY.  The Venture Forum is the culmination of a 3-month workshop and an exciting opportunity to meet face-to-face with entrepreneurs from around the country who have developed the next generation of solutions that improve the way we grow, process and distribute agricultural-based products. The afternoon will feature pitches from the ventures participating in the VilCap Agriculture: US 2015 program and will include an audience of investors, mentors, potential customers, and members of the greater startup and agricultural community. The forum will be followed by a reception that includes appetizers, drinks and live music for all attendees!! You can't miss it! If you have any questions, please contact Whitney Muse at whitney.muse@vilcap.com Venture Forum Program

• 3:30pm - 4:00pm: Registration & Networking
• 4:00pm: Introduction from Village Capital
• 4:15pm: Presentations from the Agriculture U.S. 2015 cohort
• 5:30pm: Reception and opportunity for One-On-One "Deep Dive" sessions with participating entrepreneurs
• 7:30pm: Event Close

Ventures in Attendance 3Bar Biologics  improves farm productivity and sustainability with beneficial microbial inoculants which increase crop yield while reducing dependence on chemicals. Arise AgTech is developing a new way to grow plants with soil, anywhere, using less water, land, energy, labor and no chemicals, waste or pollution. Earthineer is a social platform for hyper-local food and sustainability Emmer & Co.  is rebuilding the poultry industry with 100% heritage chickens; the best tasting, most humanely raised birds that existed before the industrialization of agriculture. Follow That Meat! de-commodifies beef by managing the flow of relevant data about each individual animal. Full Harvest is a mission-driven B2B marketplace that helps growers bring their excess to market. Hemp Foods America distributes and manufactures highly nutritious hemp foods. IDIAS enables farmers to grow more, higher quality produce, with less effort. Kuli Kuli is creating an international market for moringa, a green superfood, to improve nutrition and livelihoods for rural women farmers in the developing world. Stony Creek Colors manufactures US grown, sustainable natural indigo dye for denim dyeing that is a plug and play solution for denim mills to replaces imported indigo synthesized from coal tar. Sunstrand manufactures eco-friendly bio-materials, with densities less than carbon fiber, for virtually limitless polymer composite & plastic applications. XFungo produces and distributes environmentally-safe, nutrient-based fungal and bacterial control products that enhance plant growth, strength and vitality. Special Thank You to Our Partners Village Capital is grateful for the continued support of local leaders dedicated to innovation and agricultural sustainability. Louisville has been our home for our national agriculture for three years and we are honored to be part of such a unique and supportive community. Thank you to our partners and local leaders for including us! Partners Include: Blue Sky Network, Stephen Reily and Emily Bingham, The Owsley Brown II Family Foundation, Reily Foods Co-Investors Include: Radicle Capital, Sustainable America