Jay Farmer

Merrill Lynch Canada, Inc. is a Canadian broker/dealer headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. They are a subsidiary of Midland Walwyn, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). The firm offers brokerage and investment banking services as well as commercial lending, global high-yield debt, global equity, and M&A services to institutional and retail clients.

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center provides business development advisory services. It helps clients by providing financing, sales and client development, mentoring, peer-to-peer exchange, grant and new ventures accelerating services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

I2A Fund LLC seeks investment opportunities in companies located in Illinois. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of technology-enabled products & services, new media, education products & services, consumer & retail products, clean technology, life sciences and nanotechnology. It provides financing for seed stage capital requirements with an investment size of $250,000 to $1 million per company.

Syngenta Ventures is a venture capital firm in Switzerland. The firm was founded in 2009. The firm is headquartered in Switzerland.

Cultivation Capital LLC (Cultivation Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Brian Matthews, Cliff Holekamp, Jim McKelvey, Kyle Welborn, and Peter Esparrago. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Label Insight, Inc. develops a cloud-based product data engine that helps brands and retailers to understand and manage their product data in the market. It operates SmartLabel which gives consumer easy access to detailed product information. The company was founded by Anton Xavier, Dheeraj Patri and Dagan Xavier in February 2008 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center /Incubator/ (Chicagoland Entr Center) is a venture capital subsidiary of Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Growers Holdings, Inc. offers an all-in-one crop planning, sales, and precision software. The company was founded by Steven Valencsin in 2011 and is headquartered in Garner, NC.

AVP Management Co. LLC (AVP Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Gareth Asten, Jeffrey Dunn and Lucas Mann. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Premier Crop Systems Holding LLC engages technology industry. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

FluroSat Pty Ltd. develops satellite-based remote sensing technology for the early detection of crop stress. It provides interpretable information to the agriculture industry. The company was founded by Malcolm Ramsay and Anastasia Volkova and is headquartered in Eveleigh, Australia.

NanoGuard Technologies LLC operates as agricultural laboratories. The company was founded by Mark Hochwalt and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

The Yield Lab LATAM SAS is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Buenos Aires City, Argentina.

Eiwa SA engages in imagery analysis using drones, field-level imagery and computer vision to analyse, predict and model crop behaviour for the plant breeding industry. The company was founded by Marcelo Gowland and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

C3 Industries, Inc. offers cannabis products in legal medical and recreational markets. Its brands are Cloud Cover and High Profile. The company was founded by Ankur Rungta, Vishal Rungta, and Joel Ruggiero in 2018 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI.

The Yield Lab Manager LLC (Yield Lab Manager) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Thad W Simons and Thomas Adamitis. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.