The Land Grant Startup Launch Competition

The Land Grant Startup Launch Competition is designed to accelerate early-stage startups focused on sustainable business practices in the food and agriculture sector. Hosted by Penn State's Smeal College of Business and College of Agricultural Sciences, this competition offers significant support to help student ventures scale and succeed.

 

- $50,000 investment from the Garber Venture Capital Fund for the winning startup

- Support for scaling, R&D, and team expansion

- Travel stipends and accommodations for all finalist teams

- Mentorship and resources from Penn State's entrepreneurship ecosystem

 

Teams must be a formative-stage business (corporation or LLC) that meets two or more of these criteria:

- Less than seven years from formal organization

- First product/service in testing or pilot production

- Pre-revenue or early revenue (<$1M TTM)

- Leadership team working towards commercialization

 

 

Those who are interested can learn more and apply here: https://www.smeal.psu.edu/sustainability/land-grant-launch

 

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the competition to landgrantlaunch@psu.edu