Agtech|Expert Commentary|Insight

Content sponsored by Pontifax AgTech Written by Dr. Phil Erlanger Phil Erlanger is the Managing Partner of Pontifax AgTech, a growth capital investor in the global food and agriculture technology sector.   Despite the huge opportunities for growth and return on investment that it offers, the agriculture technology (agtech) sector remains underserved by private capital investors. […]

Investment dollars into food and agtech startups reached a record $4.6 billion in 2015 – double that of the previous year, according to AgFunder. In 2016, although investment dollars fell back to $3.2 billion, the number of deals increased by 10 percent, reaching a record 580. Although impressive, and resulting in breakthrough technologies, a panel of […]