AgTech’s Promise and Investors’ Rewards – the Need for Dialogue
Michael Raymont Managing Director VAC Capital AgTech’s greatest promise is that it can maximize the quantity and quality of global food production while conserving resources. While much of the recent excitement surrounding AgTech has come from technology innovators and investors, another important voice has not always been p
Read moreMother Nature Meets the Internet of Things
Atanu Basu Chief Executive Officer & President Ayata Co-Authored by Gabe Santos, Managing Partner, Homestead Capital What does the oil and gas industry have in common with agriculture? More than you think. Both industries are influenced by Mother Nature in complex ways that we are understanding better every day. Adv
Read moreAustralian Water Policy: A Model Worth Exploration
By Garrett Baldwin In April, GAI News discussed California’s water policy and resource management challenges, which have been brought to light by the state’s ongoing drought. In a conversation with Sprott Asset Management, founder Rick Rule argued that the lack of a free-market pricing mechanism has led to misallo
Read moreDoing Business at the Speed of Mother Nature – A Disconnect for Venture and Private Equity Investors?
Jeffrey Steen Managing Partner Kachina LLC High risk capital, in the form of angel, seed or venture equity, is critical to the success of high technology firms, regardless of the industries those tech firms target. However, different industries’ unique characteristics present barriers to successful high risk investing. There
Read moreInnovation for Farmland Price “Transparency”
By Dan Emerson Earlier this year, San Francisco-based Granular acquired farmland valuation tool called AcreValue. AcreValue gives online users valuation information on farmland in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, using proprietary algorhythms that factor-in 50 different metrics, in a map-based interface. Valuation estimat
Read moreWhy Invest in AgTech?: A Dutch View
Wilco Schoonderbeek Vice President, Ag Investments, PPM Oost The Dutch have a long history of venture capital dating back to the 1600’s including the establishment of the Dutch East India Company, the first multinational corporation to fund both private and public ventures, and the first company to issue shares. AG tech is al
Read moreIndia’s EM3 AgriServices Secures US$3.3 Million Investment from Soros’ Aspada
By Sarah Day Levesque Rohtash Mal has spent the last few years embarking on what he calls his second career – one that has immersed him in the Indian agricultural sector and now places him as founder and CEO of EM3 AgriServices. We spoke earlier this month from his home in New Delhi, India. He opened up about his fi
Read moreTom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, to Keynote GAI AgTech Week
SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, 2015 – Highlighting the inaugural Global AgInvesting (GAI) AgTech Week, June 22-24, will be a keynote address and town hall Q&A by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, who will speak to the current strengths, innovations and outlook for the agricultural economy. This featured keynote will take place on W
Read moreManaging Drought Risk Through Transparency in Ag Investments [+VIDEO]
By Gerelyn Terzo Disque Deane Jr., co-founder of Water Asset Management, LLC, which oversees $500 million in assets under management across public globally and private investment vehicles in water rich agriculture with a focus on the Southwestern United States, addressed the conditions for water development at the recent in Global
Read moreOpportunities for the Asian Investor In Agriculture
Simon Hopkins Chief Executive Officer Milltrust International Group The old idiom, Slowly Slowly Catchy Monkey, is about right for agricultural investment. If there's a monkey in a tree, and his tail is hanging down, you have to move very slowly to catch him. In other words, patience and steadiness will accomplish your goal.
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