MEET NORTH DAKOTA'S FIRST BATCH OF STARTUPS In March 2020, Silicon Valley-headquartered innovation platform, Plug and Play, announced its newest location in Fargo, North Dakota. Plug and Play itself is a global innovation platform with accelerator programs, corporate innovation services and inhouse venture capital to make technological advancement progress faster than ever before. Founded in 2006, Plug and Play has since spread to over 25 locations globally, giving startups the necessary resources to succeed in the ever-changing entrepreneurial sphere. Under their existing Food & Beverage program, Plug and Play North Dakota is focused on agricultural technology and will run two, three-month programs a year. Startups accepted into the programs will have the opportunity to not only work with the corporate partners (Bremer Bank, CHS, Microsoft Corp. and The OCP Group) but also will test their technology at the Grand Farm Test Site. To get this mission up and running, 14 startups have just been selected to be the first batch in this new Agtech program. These 14 startups were chosen by partners of the program and represent a variety of new agriculturespecific innovations, like soil sensing and analysis, field monitoring, precision farming, automation and sustainability. Get to know more about these inaugural Plug and Play startups by joining us as we watch their exciting progress! For more information, visit www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/north-dakota/
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JULY / AUGUST 2020