Funding Sources
Ambrook
Ambrook is a financial services company that sells farmer-first bookkeeping software to farmers and ranchers. The company has a comprehensive Funding Library that is free and searchable. The library also features the From Farms to Incubators Women in Agrifoodtech Directory.
Better Food Ventures
The company invests in food and agriculture technologies, and it is affiliated with The Mixing Bowl, a thought exchange forum that hosts events on agtech and foodtech.
https://betterfoodventures.com/
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Provides a variety of grants for research initiatives related to new tools and technologies and growing methods in agriculture.
https://foundationfar.org/
MerianVentures
A venture capital firm that invests in women-founded and co-founded innovation in cyber, blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and consumer-facing companies.
https://www.merianventures.com/
NASDA Foundation
The foundation runs the Women’s Farm to Food Accelerator program a 12-week program to help women farmers in Oregon and Washington to scale-up their food and beverage businesses.
https://nasda.foundation/women-in-agriculture
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the only federal agency whose mission includes support for all fields of fundamental science and engineering, except for medical sciences. The NSF’s grant programs include those in biological sciences and computer and information science and engineering.
https://www.grants.gov/learn-grants/grant-making-agencies/national-sciencefoundation.html
Schmidt Family Foundation
The foundation run by Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, is interested in investing in start-ups and initiatives in food and agriculture. Its 11th Hour Project addresses issues impacting the health of the planet by providing grants to qualified nonprofits that align with the foundation’s mission.
https://tsffoundation.org/
United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.)
The agency offers a searchable database of available grants.
https://nifa.usda.gov/page/search-grant
Village Capital
This Washington, D.C., venture capital firm finds, trains, and invests in early-stage ventures, and also runs accelerators and bootcamps for entrepreneurs. It has a mission to invest in women-founded start-ups.
https://vilcap.com/
Y Combinator
Y Combinator provides seed funding for start-ups.
https://www.ycombinator.com/