Nine institutions have joined Generation Food Rural Partners, joining inaugural collaborator NC State announced earlier this year.
Big Idea Ventures, a US-based venture capital fund focused on food and agricultural technologies, has added nine additional university collaborators for its Generation Food Rural Partners (GFPR) fund.
Louisiana State University, Oregon State University, Penn State University, Purdue University, Tufts University, University of Hawai’i, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have signed up to GFPR.
GFPR has a $125m target. NC State University was the first collaborator announced in February this year.
The academic partners will each benefit from an on-campus venture centre and access to experts from Big Idea Ventures.
