Fourteen agricultural technology companies from across the globe will pitch their business models to investors for the 2018 AgTech Venture Day, taking place Oct. 2 in Johnson Creek. Four of those startups are Wisconsin based.

The event is hosted by Golden Angels Investors, a Brookfield-based angel network and one of the largest investment networks in the Midwest. Golden Angels will have a fund committed to the presenting companies. In 2017, Golden Angels Investors dedicated nearly $1 million for agtech startups pitching at the event.

Here are the presenting startups. You can find more about AgTech Venture Day here.

• Aker Technologies: A crop diagnostics company based in Minnesota.
• AmebaGone: The Madison company, a finalist for the 2018 Governor’s Business Plan Contest and winner of the Life Sciences category, developed a natural alternative to antibiotics that secures crop yields for growers without chemicals and metals.
• Augean Robotics: Robotics and automation company based in Philadelphia.
• Cambridge Crops: Massachusetts company created a life-extending coating technology for perishable goods.
• Cellulosic Sciences: Madison company developed technology for transforming lignocellulosic materials into new and more useful forms.
• Farm Dog: Israel-based company operates a pest and disease management platform.
• Nanopore Diagnostics: Based in St. Louis, this company is developing a field-based screening and diagnostic tool for counting microbes.
• Native Traits: Michigan company developed technology to recover genetic traits from ancestral strains of corn.
• Novihum: Based in Germany, this company manufactures a more beneficial humus concentrate (dark, organic soil).
• PhylloTech: Middleton-based company created a method of advanced protein and antibody farming in plants.
• Rantizo: Iowa company created software platform for automated drone spraying.
• Shade Haven: Viroqua-based company makes mobile shade structures for protecting livestock.
• Skyx: An Israel tech company, Skyx is an agricultural-robotics company that creates autonomous drones for spraying farmland.
• Vence: California company developed a virtual fencing and autonomous animal control technology.