Osage Orange

Osage Orange manufactures high-potential ventures at the intersection of sustainability and legacy industry disruption. We build a repeatable system: identify urgent problems in agriculture, construction, and logistics through corporate partners, unlock university IP for solutions, recruit entrepreneurial talent, validate paying customers, and deploy pre-seed capital—all before traditional VCs see the deal flow. 

• Legacy industries are failing to innovate fast enough. Agriculture, construction, and logistics face existential sustainability challenges, but lack the agility to commercialize breakthrough solutions.

• Breakthrough ideas are trapped and going nowhere. Universities hold untapped IP, established companies can't innovate beyond their core business, and talented founders are searching for the right business to address.

• The US Heartland needs economic engines for the next 50 years. By building businesses that support enduring regional strengths in agriculture, construction, and logistics, we benefit from a strong local talent base and create future resilient employers in the age of AI, water scarcity, and a changing climate.