Building systemic ventures to
scale regenerative agriculture
Overstory
Ventures
...transformational new crops...to profitably scale soil health...need value chains and markets...to enable grower transitionsOverstory has a replicable venture strategy committed to regenerative values. It will align these new 'technologies' and strategy to deliver value to partners and regenerative outcomes to society.
Overstory Ventures is a venture studio that supports purpose-driven entrepreneurs to develop systemic agri-food companies that advance regenerative agriculture.Our ventures focus on developing value chains and markets for new crops that have major potential for soil health, climate change adaptation and mitigation, thriving communities, water quality, and biodiversity.What are these "new crops?" Perennial grains, like Kernza®. "Cash cover crops" like pennycress, winter pea, and winter durum. New opportunities in agroforestry, like hybrid hazelnuts.These and many other new perennial and winter annual crops can embed soil health practices into the basic structure of row-crop agriculture. They keep a living root in the soil year-round, keep the soil cover, diversify systems, and reduce inputs.All of these crops are on track to be marketable, scalable, and deliver major impact. But in order to be real opportunities for growers to adopt, these crops need real value chains and markets. Overstory will build the ventures needed to enable this transition.Overstory is committed to developing steward-owned and/or inclusive business models that enable holistic regeneration.
A strategic partnership with the University of Minnesota Forever Green Initiative and other agricultural innovation platforms provides Overstory access to an internationally leading portfolio of new crops with strong IP that can advance regenerative agriculture.This is an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors to build purpose-driven businesses. Do you want to build the regenerative agriculture enterprise ecosystem of the future? Join us!
Overstory Ventures brings together talented entrepreneurs, impact investors, and access to expertise and IP to new crops to advance regenerative agriculture.
We use a replicable venture-building process to de-risk and scale at pace
Scout:
The core Overstory team scopes new venture opportunities and attracts talented entrepreneurs eager to create impact-driven companies
Ideate & Validate:
Entrepreneurs are brought together for an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program. They meet co-founders and form founding teams
Runway-To-Market:
We invite founding teams to join the Venture Studio. We provide resources and structure to build strong impact driven businesses together
Why partner with Overstory? Why a venture studio strategy?
To prospective entrepreneurs: we offer unique opportunities and resources to be part of Co-Founding teams and build successful ventures that advance regenerative agriculture at-scale
To investors: we offer scalable solutions to create regenerative agricultural landscapes with a venture building process and partnerships that significantly de-risk investment
To our R&D partners: we offer the talent and venture-building processes needed for these new crops to bring scale, value, and impact.
To growers: we create strong regenerative brands and build markets that provide reliable opportunities to adopt new crops that can improve soil health
Are you an investor, funder, entrepreneur, or partner that wants to work with Overstory to transition literally millions of acres of farmland to diversified and regenerative agriculture over the coming decades?