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5About Purdue Ag-Celerator
Purdue Ag-Celerator is a $2 million plant sciences innovation fund designed to provide critical startup support for Purdue innovators who wish to commercialize patented intellectual property or Purdue "know-how" technologies. Funding is considered for innovations that impact the life sciences, such as advancing crop traits, generating higher yields, using big data to improve farm management, finding new uses of plants, using precision agriculture, and discovering advanced breeding techniques.
Purdue Ag-Celerator Headquarter Location
610 Purdue Mall
West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907,
United States
765-494-4600
Latest Purdue Ag-Celerator News
Dec 21, 2020
Purdue Ag-Celerator invests in diagnostic device by: Reed Parker, Inside INdiana Business Posted: / Updated: Dec 21, 2020 / 09:49 AM EST WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. DISCOVER, which stands for Diagnostic Sensors for Cause of Bovine Respiratory Disease, has developed a device that suggests which antibiotic would be most successful in treating the disease on a case-by-case basis. “We are excited about the investment and are looking forward to develop our prototype and build the business,” Verma said. “Using paper-based biosensors, DISCOVER (Krishi LLC) aims to improve animal health. The Ag-Celerator funds will help bring this novel technology from the lab to farms and veterinary clinics.” Verma was one of several startups to present their projects to the Ag-Celerator selection committee. Trending Headlines
Purdue Ag-Celerator Investments
5 Investments
Purdue Ag-Celerator has made 5 investments. Their latest investment was in Verility as part of their Seed on January 1, 2022.
Purdue Ag-Celerator Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/14/2022 | Seed | Verility | $0.1M | Yes | 2 | |
1/14/2022 | Seed | |||||
5/31/2019 | Seed | |||||
2/4/2019 | Incubator/Accelerator | |||||
2/4/2019 | Incubator/Accelerator |
Date | 1/14/2022 | 1/14/2022 | 5/31/2019 | 2/4/2019 | 2/4/2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Seed | Seed | Seed | Incubator/Accelerator | Incubator/Accelerator |
Company | Verility | ||||
Amount | $0.1M | ||||
New? | Yes | ||||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 |
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