Update from RHA Ventures - September 28, 2023

RHA Ventures announces the addition of new portfolio companies

London, ON - RHA Ventures Inc. is pleased to announce it has completed investments in 3 early stage companies; Farm Health Guardian, Local Line and VETSon. These investments reflect the company’s commitment to providing innovative early-stage companies with the capital and resources needed to scale their operations.

“We are thrilled to support these companies and help the founders achieve their business goals and vision” says Joe Dales, Co-Founder of RHA Ventures. “Each of these companies are aiming to address real challenges in their markets and deliver sustainable solutions to their clients.”

Farm Health Guardian is a management tool for farmers and food companies to improve biosecurity and disease prevention, saving time and reducing costs. https://farmhealthguardian.com/
Local Line is an all-in-one sales platform for family farms, helping them sell their products online to retail and wholesale buyers.  Local Line will have thousands of growers in eight countries on their platform processing over $100m in local food sales this year. https://site.localline.ca/

VETSon a leading innovator in telemedicine for veterinarians, farmers and animal owners through cutting-edge mobile technology and digital solutions.https://vetson.ca/

“We are thrilled to welcome these 3 new companies to our portfolio. We look forward to supporting their success by sharing our expertise and experience as founders and entrepreneurs.” said Brian Foster, Co-Founder of RHA Ventures.

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FCC and Western Fair District partner to elevate agriculture and food producers

Woodstock, Ontario, September 12, 2023 – Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is pleased to announce a long-term partnership with Western Fair District to deliver the knowledge, innovation and research Canadian producers can use to complement their own expertise in the advancement of their farming and food businesses. 

The partnership announcement includes new on-farm research called Innovation Farms Ontario powered by AgExpert, located at Haggerty Creek near Bothwell, Ontario. This research farm is part of a network of Canadian demonstration farms where innovative, emerging technology is developed and tested. The results and benefits of different technologies in the emerging agriculture robotics and automation industry are shared with producers to optimize current farming practices and future decisions.

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Two RHA Ventures Companies Speaking at the Agri-Tech Breakfast at COFS

Rob Hannam of Farm Health Guardian and Chuck Baresich of Haggerty AgRobotics spoke at the Agri-Tech Breakfast at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show. Rob and Chuck shared what they are working on and provided great advice for startup companies.

A short video from Rob's presentation


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