Sandor Schoichet said that he is excited about a new technology called controlled environment agriculture, or CEA, which, he explained, is poised to revolutionize key elements of farming. This is the focus of the VLAB panel “Indoor AgTech: Planting the Seeds of a Better Food Supply” on May 27. An alum of MIT and University [...]
Rob LeClerc, Founder of AgFunder Dr. Rob Leclerc is the cofounder of AgFunder, the premier online marketplace connecting accredited investors with quality Ag related companies from around the globe in this $6.4 Trillion industry. According to Leclerc, investment in AgTech was relatively flat before 2013. Innovation in agriculture was concentrated in seed and [...]
SeedStar technology at work. Image courtesy of John Deere Over the next 35 years, the world population is expected to increase by nearly one-third — more than 2 billion people. Providing enough food for these folks, with about the same amount of land and probably less water, is a huge challenge that needs [...]
VLAB is pleased to welcome Lance Donny, Founder and CEO of OnFarm Systems, to our stage on Sept. 15. Donny grew up on a farm in California where his family grew table grapes. After college, he spent 20 years in software before coming back to AgTech. After realizing that many farmers were having a hard [...]
image courtesy Silicon Valley Business Journal We are pleased to have Jorge Heraud, CEO of Blue River Technology, as a panelist for our first event of the season. Join us on September 15 for AgTech: Sandhill Bets on Precision Agriculture. Blue River has a great story that you won’t want to miss and registration [...]
