Joel Harris – Startup Investor Profile

General Info

Joel Harris is an early investor focused on Midwest Agtech and Animal Health startups. He is known for a disciplined acquisition strategy. Joel’s investment focus areas include small and medium businesses, analytics, biotechnology, and IoT. He primarily engages in seed round investments. Previous investments by Joel Harris include Genvax Technologies. His partnership and collaboration style includes tripling efforts by doubling the investor base. Investment check sizes vary, and he is involved in securing funding for startup initiatives.
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Country: JAM
Industries: agriculture, agtech, livestock, food production, farmer support
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed

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🤖 AI Activity Report

Status: very-active

AI Reasoning: Search results show Joel Harris is CEO of Genvax Technologies and Executive Director of Ag Startup Engine with recent activity referenced in October 2024 (Popular Pig, Iowa Tech Podcast, Apple Podcasts). The cited investments and leadership at Ag Startup Engine include investments in Leah Laboratories, Mazen Animal Health, GW Nutrition, Gross-Wen Technologies, Skroot Laboratories, and Pyrone Systems, indicating ongoing investment activity. The most recent documented activity is Oct 2024, which is less than 6 months prior to the reference date used to calculate inactivity, therefore he is classified as very-active. The startup invested mentioned: Genvax Technologies.

Angel activity thresholds:
Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.

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