May 8, 2023

By Lynda Kiernan-Stone, Global AgInvesting Media

Leading agrifood investment and innovation platform SVG Ventures|THRIVE is collaborating with Israel’s Start-Up Nation Central to forge a North America-Israel bridge supporting the mutual growth of, and connections between, the agrifood tech ecosystems in each country.

Together, Silicon Valley-based SVG Ventures and Start-Up Nation Central, a nonprofit with a mission to promote Israel’s innovation ecosystem around the world, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) forming the basis of a strategic partnership for the mutual benefit of their respective agrifood tech sectors.

The particulars of the partnership include long-term programs in Israel and the U.S. designed to strengthen links between the two country’s agrifood industries through co-marketing, greater ecosystem access, and business opportunities, with a key goal of helping Israeli startups scale more rapidly in international markets, and increasing access to high-value Israeli innovation and technology. 

“We are happy to team up with SVG, a leading partner in the AgriFood tech innovation ecosystem, to promote joint initiatives for this sector,” said Emma Vardimon, director of global partnerships, Start-Up Nation Central. 

“This partnership will allow us to expand our global connections for the benefit of Israeli tech and propel deal flow opportunities to the SVG innovation platform. The mutual commitment to promoting the AgriFood ecosystem and finding opportunities will allow us to promote leading Israeli technological solutions to address a common global challenge.”

SVG is a leading innovation and investment platform comprising top agriculture, food and technology corporations, universities, and investors making up a community of more than 8,500 startups from over 100 countries. Taking on some of the biggest challenges being faced by the world today, SVG invests in, accelerates, and creates unrivaled access for entrepreneurs to scale on a global level. 

Its Corporate Innovation program works with Fortune 1000 companies to transform their business, accelerate growth, and foster their innovation priorities with the ability to leverage relationships with their global partners including top government, agriculture, and tech corporations such as Corteva, Driscoll’s, FCC, BASF, Kubota, Land O’Lakes, Trimble, Taylor Farms, Bayer, ICL, Nutrien, Intel, Valmont, UFA, Yamaha Motor Ventures and Wilbur-Ellis, among others. 

Joining SVG is Start-Up Nation Central, which provides a platform bringing Israeli innovation to the rest of the world while nurturing business growth and generating partnerships with corporations, governments, investors, and NGOs that will strengthen Israel’s economy and society. 

John Hartnett, founder and CEO of SVG Ventures|THRIVE, commented, “Our platform delivers incredible opportunities for startups and we are excited to partner with Start-Up Nation Central to support and accelerate innovative Israeli companies focused on advancing a more sustainable future for the global food and agriculture industries.”

~ Lynda Kiernan-Stone is editor in chief with GAI Media, and is managing editor and daily contributor for Global AgInvesting’s AgInvesting Weekly News and  Agtech Intel News, as well as HighQuest Group’s Unconventional Ag. She can be reached at lkiernan-stone@globalaginvesting.com.

*The content put forth by Global AgInvesting News and its parent company HighQuest Partners is intended to be used and must be used for informational purposes only. All information or other material herein is not to be construed as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Global AgInvesting and HighQuest Partners are not a fiduciary in any manner, and the reader assumes the sole responsibility of evaluating the merits and risks associated with the use of any information or other content on this site.