Investing

370: Acre Insights – Our Top 10 Food & Ag Companies

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Disclaimer: This is not investment advice! This week, we change up the format a bit. Tim and Tyler each choose 5 companies in food and ag that they believe have strong upside. Let us know what you think of the picks! Note: this is for fun and not an exhaustive…

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369: Manulife’s COO of Farmland Services on Regen Ag, the Farm Economy, and Centralized Services

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Kevin Wright is the COO of Farmland Services at Manulife. Manulife Investment Management manages a diversified global portfolio of timberland and agriculture with forests covering 5.5 million acres across the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, and New Zealand, and farms covering nearly 400,000 acres of prime farmland across the…

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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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356: Investing for Impact in Agriculture with Grant Mulligan of AlTi Tiedemann Global

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Grant Mulligan is a Director of the Investment Group at AlTi Tiedemann Global, a global wealth and alternatives manager. Grant focuses on the firm’s climate sustainability impact investments, specifically nature-based solutions and decarbonization technology. Prior to joining AlTi, Grant was a Project Director at NatureVest, the in-house impact investing team…

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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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347: AgTech Diligence and How to Impress AgTech VC with Michael Lavin, Managing Partner at Germin8 Ventures

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Michael Lavin is the founder and managing partner of Germin8 Ventures, a purpose-driven venture capital firm that believes in the power of technology to fix the global food system. Founded in 2018 and backed by C-level executives, entrepreneurs and technologists across the food and agriculture industries, Germin8 is building a…

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331: Rolling Up Legacy Processors with Phil Taylor, Co-Founder of Mad Ag & Mad Markets

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Philip Taylor, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of Mad Agriculture. He co-founded the organization in 2016 with his life partner, Nicole Brinks, to reimagine and restore our relationship to the land, sea, and each other through good agriculture. Prior to founding Mad Ag, Philip was a career global ecologist who…

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326: Investing in Regenerative Farmland with David Leon and Tim Luckow – Co-op Members Call Preview

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Join the Co-op for the full episode! David Leon of Biome Capital Partners and Tim Luckow of Farm lead our recent Co-op members call discussing how they are building their investment firms focused on regenerative farmland. Links: Sponsor: This episode is presented by Local Line. Learn more HERE. Check out…

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324: Agribusiness M&A Integration with Joe Mosher, Founder of Mosher Consulting Group

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Joe Mosher is the Founder and Principal of Mosher Consulting Group and host of The Pacesetter Pod. Mosher Consulting Group helps food and agribusiness companies grow their businesses, deliver profitable results, and set their people up for future success. For more than 15 years, Joe has supported executives in executing their…

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311: A First-Principles Approach to Farmland Investing with Ben Gordon, CEO and Co-Founder of Fractal Ag

Listen: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Ben Gordon is the CEO of Fractal Ag, a farmland investment platform that brings investors alongside farmers to drive impact and returns. Ben previously co-created Corteva Agriscience’s carbon program while also leading Business Development. His background includes experience in agriculture technology, management consulting, and private equity due diligence. Ben previously…

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