# Tall Grass Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> Tall Grass Ventures is a vc firm based in Canada. 13 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Tall Grass Ventures

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 13 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now Last fund $500K, May 2024

Pre-seed Seed Series A Agriculture Food Agtech

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**40%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 13 on record

Since the last cheque **46** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.9M** Rounds led **6 of 13** Mostly in **Canada, 62%**

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## Tall Grass Ventures highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 82% of its rounds
- 03 Led 6 rounds

## What they do

> We are a venture capital firm investing into the future of agriculture and food. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Agriculture Food Agtech
- **Based in:** Calgary, Canada
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **13 appearances**

- **2026** 2 rounds
- **Sept** **[Lilac Agriculture](https://millionrounds.com/company/lilac-agriculture)** Seed · US · AgFunderNews **$2.3M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[Picketa Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/picketa-systems)** Seed · CA · East Valley Ventures **$2.1M** *Led*
- **2025** 4 rounds
- **Sept** **[Marin X Inc. (Sensor Globe)](https://millionrounds.com/company/marin-x-inc-sensor-globe)** Pre-seed · CA · Tall Grass Ventures **Undisclosed** *Led*
- **Sept** **[Cellar Insights](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellar-insights)** Seed · CA · Tall Grass Ventures **Undisclosed** *Led*
- **Jul** **[EMGenisys](https://millionrounds.com/company/emgenisys)** Seed · US · Tall Grass Ventures **$1.5M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Picketa Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/picketa-systems)** CA · Verdex Capital **Undisclosed** *Led*
- **2024** 4 rounds
- **Dec** **[AgriRobot](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrirobot)** DK · Tall Grass Ventures **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[PheroSyn](https://millionrounds.com/company/pherosyn)** Venture · GB · Tall Grass Ventures **Undisclosed** *Led*
- **Jun** **[IntelliCulture](https://millionrounds.com/company/intelliculture)** Series A · CA · Tall Grass Ventures **$3.5M** With 2 others
- **Jan** **GeneNeer Ltd.** Seed · IL · Tall Grass Ventures **$1.0M** *Led*
- **2023** 2 rounds
- **May** **[Picketa Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/picketa-systems)** Seed · CA · Tall Grass Ventures **$1.1B** With 6 others
- **Apr** **[Vivid Machines Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivid-machines-inc)** Seed · CA · Tall Grass Ventures **$4.3M** With 9 others
- **2022** 1 round
- **Nov** **[Ground Truth Agriculture Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/ground-truth-agriculture-inc)** Seed · CA · Tall Grass Ventures **$4.0M** With 5 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 registration **2 named**

CE **Chris Edwards** Managing Partner i Filing they signed

WA **Wilson Acton** Managing Partner i Filing 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)

**8** of 17 we have independently watched raise

[Agrirobot](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrirobot)[Cellarinsights](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellar-insights)[Emgenisys](https://millionrounds.com/company/emgenisys)[Intelliculture](https://millionrounds.com/company/intelliculture)[Nectar](https://millionrounds.com/company/nectar)[Pherosyn](https://millionrounds.com/company/pherosyn)[Simplehedge](https://millionrounds.com/company/simplehedge)[Vivid-machines](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivid-machines) Aggene Cecinnovations Geneneer Groundtruth Lite-1 Onekind Picketa Sensorglobe Zilabioworks

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.

Latest fund on file

**$500K**

raised in May 2024

From its SEC filing. Nothing newer is on file yet.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$2.9M** the round, not its cheque

Led 6 of 13 rounds **46%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *8*
- Pre-seed said *1*
- Series A said *1*
- Venture *1*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Emmertech](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emmertech) 3
- [Desjardins Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/desjardins-venture-capital) 2
- [East Valley Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-valley-ventures) 2
- [Koan Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/koan-capital-corp) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Tall Grass Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Emmertech** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/emmertech)[**Desjardins Venture Capital** Government **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/desjardins-venture-capital)[**East Valley Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-valley-ventures)[**Koan Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/koan-capital-corp)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Tall Grass Ventures put money into.

[**Picketa Systems** $2.1M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/picketa-systems)[**Cellar Insights** Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellar-insights)[**EMGenisys** $1.5M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/emgenisys)[**AgriRobot** Dec 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrirobot)[**PheroSyn** Jul 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/pherosyn)[**IntelliCulture** $3.5M · Jun 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/intelliculture)

## Quick answers about Tall Grass Ventures

### What does Tall Grass Ventures invest in?

Tall Grass Ventures invests most often at Seed and Pre-seed (82% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Agriculture, Food and Agtech.

### How active is Tall Grass Ventures?

13 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 6. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Tall Grass Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Lilac Agriculture (Seed, Sept 2026), Picketa Systems (Seed, Jun 2026) and Marin X Inc. (Sensor Globe) (Pre-seed, Sept 2025).

### How big are Tall Grass Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.9M.

### Does Tall Grass Ventures lead rounds?

Yes: it led 6 of its 13 investments on record (46%).

### Where does Tall Grass Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Canada (62%), the United States (15%) and Denmark (8%).

### Is Tall Grass Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Tall Grass Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Emmertech (3 rounds together), Desjardins Venture Capital (2 rounds together) and East Valley Ventures (2 rounds together).

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