AgTech Advisor
International AgTech founders who want customers, pilots or investors in Germany need an AgTech advisor who knows the market from the inside. Dirk Vandenhirtz has built and sold agricultural technology companies from Aachen and opens the doors to German OEMs, distributors, research farms and investors.
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25+ years deep-tech operator · €120M+ raised · 60+ patents · 4 exits · Based in Aachen
TL;DR
AgTech advisory from AixPoint bridges the gap between lab-proven technology and commercial-scale agriculture. Based in Aachen, Germany, Dirk Vandenhirtz provides fundraising readiness, IP strategy, go-to-market and scaling advisory for precision agriculture, robotics and deep-tech ventures across the DACH region and Europe.
What makes AgTech Beratung at AixPoint different
Fundraising Readiness
Rebuild your data room, financial model and investor narrative.
Go-to-Market Strategy
Translate a precision-agriculture or biotech platform into a sequenced commercial plan, which farm, which crop, which channel.
IP & Patent Strategy
60+ patents filed. We map the freedom-to-operate landscape and convert lab IP into a defensible portfolio.
Operational Scaling
Hire the first 20 people, build unit economics, and operationalise the post-Series-A operating system.
The Validate → Build → Scale framework
- 01ValidateTwo-week intensive: market sizing, customer interviews, technology audit, competitive defensibility.
- 02BuildEmbedded advisory: fundraising materials, GTM motion, hiring plan, IP roadmap.
- 03ScaleBoard-level operating cadence, investor introductions, EU/US expansion, M&A optionality.
Engagement model
Most engagements run as a quarterly retainer combined with success fees on closed funding rounds. Equity participation is available for early-stage ventures.
Specialised advisory services
Go deep on a single topic. Each service is a dedicated advisory track.
AgTech fundraising advisory
Investor narrative, deck, model, data room, warm intros, Seed to Series B.
Discuss your fundraising readiness
patent portfolio analysis
FTO, claim architecture, filing roadmap, licensing risk, investor DD readiness.
Audit my IP
go-to-market strategy
ICP, channels, pricing, design partners, first €1M ARR motion.
Plan your go-to-market
fractional CCO services
Embedded commercial leader: pipeline, ops, OEM/grower channels, board reporting.
Discuss your commercial bottleneck
Robotics Launch Europe programme
CE strategy, distributors, demo sites, EIC funding routes for hardware founders.
Plan your European launch
AgTech regulatory readiness advisory
Investor-grade regulatory framing for biologicals, crop inputs, precision ag and AI tools in regulated agricultural markets.
Discuss regulatory and investor readiness
From the portfolio
Vertical Farming
Néboda Farms
Precision Optics
ENANTIOS
Bio-Surfactants
PureSurf
Agri-Voltaics
AckerKapital
Pyrolysis Heat & Biochar
KuroVia
Coffee AI
Agrivero
Water Intelligence
WAI
Circular Mineral Processing
CarboSlag
Questions about working with an AgTech advisor
- Why work with an AgTech advisor based in Germany?
- Germany is Europe's largest market for farm machinery and a hub for AgTech investors. An advisor on the ground shortens the path to OEMs, dealers and research farms.
- Can you introduce us to German investors?
- Yes, where there is a fit. Dirk Vandenhirtz knows the German and European AgTech investor landscape from his own rounds.
- Do you work in English?
- Yes. Engagements run in English, German or Dutch.
- What stage of AgTech company do you work with?
- Pre-seed through Series B: companies with a working prototype or commercial pilot preparing for institutional rounds.
- Which AgTech sub-sectors do you cover?
- Precision agriculture, farm robotics, biotech & gene editing, vertical farming, ag-fintech, livestock-tech and food traceability.
- Do you also advise investors?
- Yes. We provide diligence, deal sourcing and portfolio support for VCs and family offices active in AgTech.
- Where are you based?
- Aachen, Germany. Engagements span the EU, UK, North America and selected APAC markets.
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