AgTech Business Builder for Bootstrapped Farming Entrepreneurs
“Laudando has the best track record in AgTech”
– Anonymous Venture Capitalist
AgTech development in the United States is on life support. Venture capital’s approach isn’t working. Competition for control of new technologies hinders further development, adoption, and scale. Cultural divides between ag, tech, and VC stakeholders lead to the wanton disregard of practical farm & engineering requirements which are critical to success. Incumbent/CVC moat-protection ignores truly disruptive technology, lest it decrease shareholder value or the value of their stake in competing technologies. Therefore, AgTech funding only finds its way to “allowable innovation”, on the condition the founding visionary loses control.
None of this brings prosperity to the American farmer.
But we think Farmer is just another word for entrepreneur, so we’re recruiting the next generation of AgTech founders to catalyze the future of farming, together.
Program Details & Requirements
*Must have close personal tie/investment in agriculture to qualify*
Leverage L&A Toolbox and “Just add entrepreneur”
L&A Provides:
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Strategy/Management Consulting, Including Business Formation & IP Support
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Reduced Rate Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) AgTech Development Services
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Access to L&A Workshop & Tools
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Use of the L&A ParkingPlot™
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L&A Meeting/Office Space
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L&A AgTech Trailer/Mobile Office
Terms:
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L&A receives 20% - 80% Phantom Equity Stake (non-dilutable, project dependent)
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Entrepreneur minimum investment $20k-$100k (negotiable, project dependent)
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50% NRE rate discount, 75% NRE rate discount to farmers (or nuclear family of farmers)
The AgCeption™ Commercial Pollinator Business
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Crop: Almonds (Almond Pollinators)
Product: Proprietary sensor fusion hive retrofit kit with pheromone-based models providing real-time, high-ROl operational insights to beekeepers
Status: Proof-of-Principle
Founder Recruited? Yes
Timeline:
Risk Reduction
Concept Build & AI Model Development
February/March Trials
Proof-of-Principle Data Collection & Characterization
The AgCeption™ Broomrape Business
Crop: Process Tomatoes
Product: Proprietary sensor & early detection models to ID and treat parasitic broomrape in California process tomatoes
Status: Industry Collaboration /Discovery
Founder Recruited? Yes
Timeline:
Discovery
Chile Data Collection
Concept Build & AI Model Development
CA Summer Trials
The AgCeption™ Greenhouse Business
Crop: Specialty Vegetable Transplants / Row Crop Breeders
Product: Proprietary sensor package attaching to irrigation booms that runs real-time phenotyping models for plant attributes, counts, vigor analysis, etc.
Status: Functional Proof-of-Concept in Process Tomatoes, Broccoli, & Celery
Founder Recruited? Yes
Timeline:
Alpha Engineering
Design Revision
CA Central Coast Data Library Build
Alpha Build & Trials
Commercially Available (RaaS/SaaS/CapEx)
The AgCeption™ Corn-o-Scope™ Business
Crop: Corn & Soybean Breeders
Product: Proprietary phenotyping system for HarvestMaster™ GrainGages™ that capture corn kernel length & width, as well as ear-heights
Status: Commercially-Available. Initial series production (15 units) deployed across the Midwest USA. Launching soybean model in 2025, along with improved & expanded functionality
Founder Recruited? Now recruiting, preference given to Midwest entrepreneurs
Minimum Investment: $50k for 20% (Crop / Regional Exclusivity Negotiable)
Timeline:
Software Improvements / Ear-Height Fidelity Improvements
Establish Midwest Office
Series II Production
Commercially Available (RaaS/SaaS/CapEx)
2025 Season & Scale
The L&Aser™ Rice Business
Crop: Rice
Product: High Clearance L&Aser™ Implement for Aquatic/Semi-Aquatic Weeding
Status: Efficacy Trials in L&A Laser Lab / Industry Discovery
Founder Recruited? Now recruiting, preference given to Sacramento Valley entrepreneurs
Minimum Investment: $100k for 20% (Regional / Crop Exclusivity Negotiable)
Timeline:
Industry Collaboration & Discovery
Prototype Build
CA Efficacy Trials
Alpha Implement Design
Alpha Build
The L&Aser™ Strawberry Business
Crop: Strawberries
Product: L&Aser farm_ng Amiga / Amiga Max Integration for Weeding Furrows
Status: Preliminary Design Completed. CDR, Build, & Model Tuning Pending
Founder Recruited? Now recruiting, preference given to Coastal Valley entrepreneurs
Minimum Investment: $50k for 25% (Exclusivity Available)
Timeline:
Critical Design Completion
L&A ParkingPlot Trials
Alpha Build
Commercially Available (RaaS/SaaS/CapEx)
The L&Aser™ Specialty Crop Business
Crop: Specialty Vegetable Crops
Product: L&Aser™ 3-Point Tractor Implement Integration for Weeding & Thinning
Status: Preliminary Design Completed. CDR, Build, & Model Tuning Pending
Founder Recruited? Now recruiting, preference given to Salinas Valley entrepreneurs
Minimum Investment: $100k for 20% (Single Crop / Regional Exclusivity)
Timeline:
Critical Design Completion
Commercially Available (RaaS/SaaS/CapEx)
Alpha Build
The L&Aser™ Row Crop Business
Crop: Midwest Row Crops
Product: L&Aser™ SwarmFarm™ Integration for Weeding & Thinning
Status: L&Aser™ Further Development for Row Crops Underway
Founder Recruited? Now recruiting, preference given to Midwest USA / Australian entrepreneurs
Minimum Investment: $250k for 10% (Crop / Regional Exclusivity Negotiable)
Timeline:
L&Aser Further Development for Row Crops
6m Toolbar Integration
Australia Trials
US Shakedown