Become AN INVestor Partner

Do you want to back innovative projects that will make an impact in our industry? Are you seeking to de-risk the process of investing in innovative ideas and new startup leaders/teams?

Then welcome to DIAL Ventures!

We can give your early investment a higher chance of success with a pipeline of ideas and talent within a process that de-risks our portfolio company outcomes. We can do this because we have a Fellow's cohort of seasoned entrepreneurs who work with our corporate partners to engage during ideation, solution development, wireframe testing, first trials, often leading to early-stage sales. This gives you access to agrifood industry startups led by seasoned startup teams, together reducing risk.

Our unique strategy and corporate participation path provide advantages in opportunity identification and new business creation. DIAL’s strategy focuses on increasing the probability of successful startup companies, co-creating companies with industry leaders, developing a new pool of talent for the industry and delivering reducing time-to-market for our portfolio companies.

Investing in one of our many portfolio companies allows you to leverage these advantages!

Become AN INVESTOR

Frequently Asked Questions

Why would we as a venture investor or family office be interested in the Food and Ag industry?

In 2021 over $52B was invested in new companies in AgTech and FoodTech and these are now two of the fastest-growing technology segments worldwide. Why? Because the journey from farm to fork is often inefficient, fragmented, wasteful, and exposed to environmental and safety issues; and as an industry, the agricultural food chain has traditionally been one of the laggards in technology adoption. Agrifood systems must change to benefit the world and savvy investors recognize this as a critical inflection point.

How specifically could DIAL Ventures help our firm?

By engaging with DIAL Ventures, you keep abreast of innovations within this high-growth industry. As part of our select strategic engagements with investors, we would invite you to our closed-door ideation workshops with the top industry leaders and strategists so you can get early insights into the latest industry trends. An added benefit of engaging is having an opportunity to get an early look at the companies we launch, which may in time fit into your overall portfolio strategy.

You talk about an innovation ecosystem, what does that mean?

DIAL Ventures has established an innovation ecosystem that leverages our 150-year history at Purdue University and #1 ranking in Agriculture and AgBioscience. This results in deep and impactful relationships with corporate partners, and leaders in innovation science, in turn leveraging advances in technology applications to benefit our industry. We invite you to be a part of this ecosystem to both learn and contribute and keep abreast of the latest trends and discoveries in agri-food.