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Cargill Early Stage Investments

We invest in great ideas

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Cargill has been investing in innovation and creating new business models since early in our company's history. As the pace of change in ag, food, nutrition, technology and innovation continues to accelerate, we aspire to engage a broad network of entrepreneurs and investors to propel Cargill into the future.

While you may not always hear about it in public statements, we review hundreds of opportunities per year and continually evaluate new partnerships and investments. We have been reinventing ourselves for over 150 years as we nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way.
 

Four major areas for opportunity

We are particularly interested in ideas and innovations that support the following four major segments:

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Origination & Processing

We connect producers and users of grains and oilseeds around the globe through origination, trading, processing, and distribution, as well as offering a range of farmer services and risk management solutions.

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Animal Nutrition & Protein

We help livestock, aquaculture farmers, feed manufacturers and distributors of all sizes deliver better animal nutrition including everything from additives and premixes to complete feed formulations and productivity solutions.

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Industrial & Financial Service

For decades, we have been reliably selecting, modifying and reacting various nature-based chemistries to create specific, innovative solutions for our industrial customers.

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Food Ingredients & Applications

We provide ingredients, resources and expertise across a wide variety of applications for creating successful food and beverage products.

We are also interested in technology beyond these four segments – especially if an innovation can leverage our scale and reach. A small sampling of technologies of interest include:

 
  • Core digital technology
  • Drones
  • Imaging
  • 3-D printing
  • Advanced analytics – Big data, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Bio-fermentation
  • Sustainability
  • Internet of Things

Connect with us

Do you have an innovative idea to share with Cargill? Connect with us using the form below.