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Areas of Interest

AVAC’s investment interests include the following areas:

Information and communication technologies

  • Nanotechnology
  • Agribusiness
  • Advanced Materials
  • Intelligent & Industrial Software
  • Networks & Wireless

Life sciences

  • New & Enhanced Foods
  • Nutraceuticals & Functional Foods
  • Medical and Veterinary Therapeutics
  • Medical Devices and Equipment
  • Agri-Food Processing
  • Health & Nutrition

Industrial technologies

  • Renewable Energy
  • Environmental Technologies
  • Material Science & Manufacturing
  • Agricultural Bioproducts
  • Environmental Technologies

Early-Stage Value Add Investment Program

Focuses on royalty-based investments in companies in the following areas:

  • Agribusiness (agrivalue)
  • Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
  • Life sciences
  • Other industrial technology businesses

Early-Stage Venture Fund

Fund-of-fund investments in early stage venture capital funds.

Ag Research

Innovation investments in research, and royalty-based investments with companies

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