Amol Deshpande is an investment associate with Cargill Ventures based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Prior to joining Cargill Ventures, Amol was a co-founder of three businesses across the agriculture, food, educational services and water management industries. Amol also previously worked as a consultant for Deloitte & Touche. While at Cornell University, Amol served as a director for the Cornell University Business Incubator, and was co-president of the Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital Club. At Cornell, Amol was a recipient of the Park Fellowship two-year, full tuition merit scholarship plus stipend, awarded based on leadership potential in the business world and the community.

Amol holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and an MBA from Cornell University.

Amol.Deshpande@black-river.com