Ben Williamson
@Ben_Invests
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VC @gritrd and advising @investnebraska / agtech champion / personal health and fitness nerd
Lincoln, NE
Joined October 2017
We did the damn thing! Super proud to be helping lead this charge and even more excited to keep partnering with the best entrepreneurs in the country!.
Grit Road Partners is pleased and excited to announce it has successfully CLOSED and oversubscribed its $11M+ Ag-Venture fund! We are eager to continue to partner with the best AgTech entrepreneurs and build the AgTech ecosystem to make the Midwest the Global AgTech Hub!
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Funny realization of a fun fact this morning: I think it’s legitimately possible I’ve eaten more raw eggs than almost anyone on earth. I’d conservatively estimate 6,240+ in the last decade.
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Are there any good platforms to facilitate this? @itsabhinaya @dunkhippo33 @NWischoff @SpencerStensrud @DeanDidato @MattPaulsonSD @dankerr_KC.
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It’s relatively easy to raise (at least one round) of follow-on funding (from both angels and VCs) IF you send regular investor updates. Most investors more or less mentally plan on at least a pro rata follow on. Its virtually impossible if you don’t send updates.
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This right here is one of the primary reasons I’m so damn bullish on AgTech.
Only two things really matter right now:. 1. ai.2. the physical world we inhabit. The bigger AI gets, the more important our physical world will become. (the spaces we inhabit, our cities, a need for community, etc). Build in one of these.
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RT @bendreyfuss: I personally don’t really care that the man i’d never heard of before had an affair with the lady I don’t know who he work….
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Hey all Nebraska startup and broader AgTech people you should absolutely come to AgTech Connect in 2.5 weeks!! @NebraskaCombine @InvestNebraska @GritRd @SiliconPrairie
agtechconnect.co
Celebrate Midwest's Agricultural Technology with this program in the heartland - AgTech Connect.
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100%. Our almost-four-year-old literally counted to five the other day to scold the two-year-old. Impossible not to laugh.
My four-year-old’s new favorite thing is to give the two year-old a stern talking-to when he does something naughty. “I’m very disappointed in you, Buzz.”. I don’t really have to do anything anymore. The circus polices itself.
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Toddlers are like little junkies. Leave the goods within reach and they can’t stop themselves.
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RT @nickkokonas: Thoughts on AI (warning: long thread). I’ve been formulating these ideas for a long time…. not months, decades. But only….
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“Mediocrity is invisible until passion shows up and exposes it”.
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The last two weeks during the “how to incentivize having more kids” discourse I was convinced money isn’t the biggest factor. Today I realized that our getting over replacement (3 kids) will cost roughly $58k for daycare alone in 2026. I guess what I’m trying to say is anyone.
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Playing a new game in our house called “Toddler or pregnant wife?” In today’s episode: wheat thins in the bathroom. I’m actually completely stumped here.
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Someone has to have created an AI agent for email by now right?.
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“And each kitchen sink shall have a garbage disposal”. “Does it dispose of garbage, sir?”. “Absolutely not”. “Does it dispose of food, sir?”. “Sometimes, and sometimes not”. “So what is it for, sir?”. “Only the plumbers will know”
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