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Iowa AgriTech Accelerator

AgTech & FoodTech · Run by Iowa AgriTech Accelerator (was backed by Iowa ag corporates) · West Des Moines, IA

Verified Jul 22, 2026Official website

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The facts

All fields verified Jul 22, 2026
Terms model
Equity for cashInvests cash in your company and takes equity (an ownership stake) in return.
Investment
Not publishedDefunct since January 2021 (dissolution announced by the board after four cohorts and 18 graduates). Press reports at closure described $40,000 seed investments for 6 percent equity, but this was never confirmed on an operator page, so amounts remain unpublished.
Equity taken
Not publishedDefunct since January 2021 (dissolution announced by the board after four cohorts and 18 graduates). Press reports at closure described $40,000 seed investments for 6 percent equity, but this was never confirmed on an operator page, so amounts remain unpublished.
Program length
Not published
Format
In person
Location
West Des Moines, IA
Cohorts per year
Not published
Cohort size
Not published
Stage focus
early-stage agtech (historical)
Sub-vertical
agtech (machinery, insurance, crop tech corridor)
Demographic focus
Not published
Backers
John Deere (historical), Vermeer (historical), Grinnell Mutual (historical)
Notable alumni
Not published

Terms notes: Defunct since January 2021 (dissolution announced by the board after four cohorts and 18 graduates). Press reports at closure described $40,000 seed investments for 6 percent equity, but this was never confirmed on an operator page, so amounts remain unpublished.

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Terms in plain English

The Iowa AgriTech Accelerator ran in the Des Moines area from 2016 through 2020 and graduated 18 companies across four cohorts before its board announced the program's dissolution in January 2021. Press coverage of the closure reported that startups received $40,000 in seed funding in exchange for 6 percent equity, but we could not confirm those figures on an operator owned page, so the amounts are listed as not published. It was backed by Iowa agriculture corporates including John Deere, Corteva Agriscience, Grinnell Mutual, Farmers Mutual Hail, Kent Corporation, and Sukup Manufacturing. The program is defunct and there is no application.

Who this is actually for

No one can apply; this entry exists so founders searching for the program learn that it dissolved in early 2021 and was not revived. Iowa and Midwest agtech founders should look at currently active agtech programs instead.

Application windows

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Sources

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