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Homegrown Capital

Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Mar 2025, closing $30M. Last cheque observed Oct 2024.

VC firmQuietLast fund $30M, Mar 2025

SeedSeries ASeries BAgricultural-techFoodAg-tech

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 1 on record
Since the last cheque737days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$5.4MCheque size, as they say$500K – $2.0MRounds led0 of 1
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Homegrown Capital highlights

  1. 01

    1 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds

What they do

Homegrown Capital is a South Dakota-based venture capital company that invests in early-stage, technology-driven companies in the Midwest.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$500K – $2.0M as they say
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
Agricultural-techFoodAg-tech
Based in
Brookings, United States
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first1 appearances

  1. 2024

    1 round

  2. Oct
    HummingbirdsSeed · US · TechCrunch$5.4MWith 7 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named

MPMatt PaulsonManager of its General PartneriFiling they signed
MPMatthew PaulsonExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
TWTim WeelborgManager of its General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 2 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

14 of 22 we have independently watched raise

BrevityCattlerChampionChippCoCo CodersDeviiPearPitchlyPrismaticProsperStackQueryRosie AISentinel FertigationSoiltech WirelessGrain WeevilGrain WeevilGrain WeevilPointsPathSchool of Traditional SkillsSiteKickStatcounterThread Autonomous Inspection

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Quick answers about Homegrown Capital

What does Homegrown Capital invest in?

Homegrown Capital invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agricultural-tech, Food and Ag-tech.

How active is Homegrown Capital?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2024.

What has Homegrown Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Hummingbirds (Seed, Oct 2024).

How big are Homegrown Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.4M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $2.0M.

Is Homegrown Capital investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2024.

What kind of investor is Homegrown Capital?

Homegrown Capital is a VC firm based in Brookings, United States.

Has Homegrown Capital raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Mar 2025, reporting $30M raised.

Does Homegrown Capital take cold pitches?

Yes: its own website says it reads unsolicited pitches.

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