Agtools selected to join UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation’s investment event
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Agtech data and analytics company Agtools has been selected by UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation’s “Born in California” demo days.

This event features the University of California’s premier and most investment-worthy startups in the Life Sciences, Digital Health, Technology, Consumer, and Sustainability sectors seeking Seed and Series A investors. The event will be held on November 17-18, 2021. 

As a leader of innovation worldwide, University of California led the pack with most international patent applications applied in 2020. These are the top startups carefully selected by the 11 top schools in California and they submit their top contenders. 

44 startups have been selected for this program among a large group of applicants. These startups will be eligible to receive $9.85 million in soft commitments from investors and join the elite group of companies who have received investments from this program. UC Irvine Beall Applied Innovation has impacted investments to the sum of $26.5 Billions in returns from UCI startups and 59% of the investments have remained in California. 
 

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