AgTech

367: The “Tom Sawyer” Approach in AgTech Venture Capital with Carter Williams, CEO of iSelect Fund

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Carter Williams is the CEO and Managing Director at iSelect Fund, who invests at the convergence of agtech and human health. Carter has spent his entire career working on innovation. First as a young engineer at McDonnell Douglas, next in his leadership roles at Boeing managing R&D and starting Boeing Ventures.  Later…

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365: The Produce Section – Strategy Series with Jack Richardson

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Jack Richardson is kicking off a new and improved version of The Modern Acre newsletter. After starting his career in venture banking, Jack has spent the last five years in AgTech, first at a food waste startup and now in precision technology at an Ag OEM. He’s spent most of…

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364: From Blue River Technology to Founding Bonsai Robotics with Tyler Niday

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Tyler Niday is the Founder and CEO of Bonsai Robotics. Bonsai provides vision-based automation and autonomous solutions to combat growers’ biggest challenge: the labor crisis. Bonsai partners with existing manufacturers enabling greater performance, efficiency, and insight than ever before. Prior to founding Bonsai, Tyler held various positions at Blue River…

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362: From Salesman to CEO with Dan Lindberg, CEO of Meras Water Solutions

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in communications from Sacramento State University, Danmoved to Kerman, CA to work on a ranch for his now father-in-law. Working on his father-in-law’sranch, Dan learned quickly about the farming industry and realized his heart’s desire was workingwith primarily almond, pistachio, grapes, and cotton. He…

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361: Achieving Hyper-Focus as an AgTech Startup with Lumo’s Founder & CEO, Devon Wright

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Devon Wright is the Founder and CEO of Lumo, a hardware and software smart valve agtech startup. Lumo’s mission is to massively improve fresh water efficiency and food security. They do this helping farmers optimize irrigation so they can continue to meet our growing food demand with an increasingly volatile…

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358: Marketing Technology That Pays Farmers for Social Media with Scott Nelson, Founder of Make Hay

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Scott Nelson is the CEO and Co-Founder of Make Hay. Launched in partnership with Purdue University and High Alpha Innovation, Make Hay is a SaaS marketing platform that enables brands to produce authentic and trusted agricultural-related content at scale, all while amplifying and empowering the voices of America’s Agriculture Industry….

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355: Building a Sustainable Food Waste Tech Company with Matt Aronson, CRO of Verdant Technologies

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Matt Aronson is the Chief Revenue Officer of Verdant Technologies. Verdant is committed to reducing global waste and enhancing sustainability through their proprietary technology, HarvestHold, which extends the usable life of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Tune in to hear more about their approach to food waste and how Matt and…

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354: Apeel’s New CEO on Improving Technology and Evolving the Business Model

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Luiz Beling is the new CEO of Apeel Sciences, a leading company in supply chain innovation for the fresh produce industry. With over two decades of agriculture industry experience, Beling brings a wealth of knowledge and skills in driving innovation and fostering strategic partnerships. Beling most recently held leadership roles…

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352: The Not-Your-Average-Farmer’s Takes on AgTech, Regenerative, and Organic

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Zac Ellis is the Sr. Director of Agronomy at Olam and oversees thousands of acres of almond production. The Olam Group is a leading food and agri-business supplying food, ingredients, feed and fiber to 20,900 customers worldwide. Their value chain spans over 60 countries and includes farming, processing and distribution…

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351: David Friedberg on Joining Ohalo Genetics as CEO, Gene Editing Technology, and AgTech Trends

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Dave Friedberg is CEO, Chairman, and co-founder of Ohalo Genetics ( https://ohalo.com ), which is accelerating evolution to unlock nature’s potential. Dave excels at developing and deploying agricultural technologies that boost farmer productivity while reducing humanity’s land, water, and energy footprint. Dave is also CEO and founder of The Production…

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