Iowa AgriTech Accelerator Opens Applications for 2018 Cohort

The Iowa AgriTech Accelerator has opened applications for AgTech startups wishing to participate in its 2018 cohort. Early-stage AgTech companies from around the world that have an idea, intellectual property or prototype for agricultural innovation are encouraged to apply at www.agiowa.com/apply.php.

Six startups will be selected to participate in The Accelerator’s Class of 2018, which will gather in Des Moines, Iowa, to embark on a 94-day journey to accelerate their businesses. Throughout the incubator period, startup companies will each receive $40,000 in seed funding, subsidized housing throughout the incubator period, time with mentors and investors and opportunities to build strategic partnerships. This year’s class will be held May 29 through August 30.

The Accelerator is once again excited to have support from some of the largest and well-known AgTech companies in Iowa, including DuPont Pioneer, Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company, Grinnell Mutual, Kent Corporation, John Deere, Peoples Company and Sukup Manufacturing, in addition to more than 100 mentors. Investor companies and mentors will provide intensive professional and personal mentoring to each of the six startups, offering the companies a wide range of resources to help get their businesses and ideas off the ground running. Receiving financial, tech, legal, HR, marketing and design advice, the startups will benefit from each investor company relationship, and in return, the agriculture industry will benefit from their innovations. 

About the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator
The Iowa AgriTech Accelerator, based in Des Moines, Iowa, is a mentor-led accelerator focused on AgTech innovations. Led by innovators and leaders in several areas of agriculture, The Accelerator seeks startups ready to change the status quo. For more information about the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator, visit AgIowa.com.

If someone you know has a great AgTech idea or business looking to grow, please refer them to The Accelerator’s website, www.agiowa.com, to learn more about the program.