As of the conclusion of 2025, Verdelis Fund LLC of Verdelis Investments / ProAgInvest LLC accomplished its first 12 months of operations with a targeted portfolio of early-stage investments addressing productiveness, sustainability, and effectivity challenges in agriculture and associated infrastructure.
Verdelis — led by longtime agribusiness / ag-tech {industry} chief and CEO Bob Trogele, PhD, and CFO Ralph Pastore, who brings greater than 50 years of expertise in finance and accounting throughout numerous industries — targets applied sciences with clear real-world purposes, robust strategic relevance, and a number of paths to scale.
“Verdelis is off to a fantastic begin,” mentioned Trogele. “We stay up for even larger issues in 2026 and past.”
In constructing its portfolio, Verdelis Fund particularly emphasizes:
- Balanced publicity throughout biology, infrastructure, and automation
- Strategic alignment with main {industry} companions
- Sustainability-driven options
- A number of value-creation paths together with direct gross sales, partnerships, and licensing
Helping the Fund in its efforts and market outreach is a stellar and rising roster of greater than a dozen industry-seasoned Affiliate Consultants and eight Choose Collaborators from throughout the breadth of ag-tech and agribusiness.
Funding Highlights
Amongst its Consultant Portfolio Firms, Verdelis Fund made specific progress within the following areas:
Confluence Genetics. Confluence develops superior organic options to enhance animal well being and agricultural productiveness, initially targeted on poultry manufacturing. Whereas income timing on this sector may be uneven, the corporate has made regular progress validating its know-how by means of trials and buyer engagement, with extra upside from enlargement into different animal classes and potential licensing alternatives.
EcoPhage. EcoPhage develops environmentally pleasant organic merchandise that shield crops from bacterial ailments, lowering reliance on conventional chemical pesticides. In 2025 the corporate submitted its third product for U.S. regulatory approval, demonstrating the repeatability of its know-how platform.
Emergent Connext. Emergent Connext is constructing a dependable Web of Issues (IoT) community for underserved rural and agricultural areas. Throughout 2025, the corporate expanded its community footprint and fashioned strategic partnerships, together with a collaboration with Microsoft’s Airband initiative, positioning it as foundational infrastructure for contemporary agriculture.
Kilter. Kilter develops autonomous robotic techniques that cut back herbicide use by means of exact, AI-driven weed management. In 2025 Kilter entered right into a strategic partnership with Kubota to pilot and commercialize its know-how in Europe. The funding was accredited and Verdelis Fund’s inaugural portfolio displays a disciplined method to investing in sensible, scalable applied sciences aligned with long-term agricultural and sustainability developments.
Verdelis Fund’s inaugural portfolio displays a disciplined method to investing in sensible scalable applied sciences aligned with long-term agricultural and sustainability.
