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Boston, MA, US

• AgTech-focused Investor, advisor and mentor to early-stage AgTech, Enterprise IT & FinTech companies. Focused on deal-specific Angel/SPV/Fund-of Funds investments.
• Investments include: TellusLabs (acquired by IndigoAg, Dec 2018), Greensight Agronomics, Vence, Verdical, SmartYields, and Work-Bench, LP Fund II.
• Investment thesis and operating ethos creates deep relationships with early stage companies and key leadership across a broad portfolio of businesses ranging across animal health, nutrition, biotech, yield improvement.
• Builds deep and authentic relationships throughout the agtech innovation ecosystem ranging from corporations, incubators, academia, event coordinators, and other VCs.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Strategic Advisor to the CEO and executive team at EarthOptics.

Lincoln, MA, US

• As a boutique consulting firm, we focus on agtech’s hard problems: innovation, spinouts, corporate strategy, and complex financial modeling.
• We specialize in crafting international business development strategies, new product generation, and go-to-market solutions that win; bringing clarity to nebulous concepts and programs.
• Our clients include early stage companies, family offices with operating agricultural companies, large corporations, and academics looking to dive deep into the nexus of agriculture, technology, and finance.
• Services include: C-level advisory services, tech investment and innovation strategy, board management, M&A roadmap planning, complex financial modeling, organizational design, sourcing/evaluating partnerships.
• A leading mentor and advisor to early stage companies disrupting complex agriculture, finance, and technology-enabled markets.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

GreenSight provides an integrated HW/SW/Data platform in the cloud for land managers--ranging from Turf, to Agriculture, to Defense, We combine automated drones, advanced sensors, and data analytics to deliver superintendents and farmers actionable alerts enabling them to better manage water, pesticide, and fertilizer usage. www.greensightag.com

Honolulu, Hawaii, US

Berlin, DE

• Developed and championed the team’s crop science digital, environmental, and food security investment theses--Water, Sustainability, Soil Health,, Nitrogen replacement, and Carbon.
• Lead investor in four leading AgTech companies: SoundAg, EarthOptics, GuardianAg, ChrysaLabs.
• Board member and committee member across 7 companies over 4.5 years, including NewLeaf Symbiotics, Amfora, IBI-Ag.
• $50m+ USD deployed in four years
• Builds deep and authentic relationships throughout the AgTech innovation ecosystem ranging from corporates, incubators, academia, event coordinators, and other VCs

Montreal, Quebec, CA

Arlington, Virginia, US

Emeryville, California, US

St. Louis, Missouri, US

Woburn, Massachusetts, US

Ness Ziona, IL

San Francisco, California, US

New York City, New York, US

Our first program focused on the tech/digital side of food and agriculture. As the name implies, we’re looking for the best entrepreneurs across the entire food value chain, from AgTech, manufacturing and supply chains, to food safety, waste reduction and traceability.

San Diego, CA, US

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Amsterdam, North Holland, NL

Here at Startupbootcamp FoodTech we are looking for high-growth tech startups operating within all the segments of the food chain from agriculture to restaurants and retail, from food substitutes to drones and robots. Over the 3 months program, 10 selected high potential startups from across the globe will accelerate their companies with the help of our.

London, GB

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Acquired by IndigoAg in December, 2018TellusLabs is an Earth monitoring and machine learning company based in Boston. The company provides answers to high-stakes economic and environmental questions by assembling decades of satellite imagery and other geospatial data into a dynamic map of the Earth. When connected to the team’s big data and machine.

New York, New York, US

Boston, MA, US

• Global lead of ten tech scouts identifying and evaluating emerging technologies and other innovations from startups, corporations, academics, governments, and independent organizations for potential implementation.
• Develop knowledge of impactful new products, services, and trends, and translate that information into actionable intelligence for Fidelity's business units.
• Work with internal clients and Fidelity Labs to create future scenarios, specify and sponsor technology proofs of concepts, gather quantitative and qualitative data, and monitor weak signals for key triggers.
• Published/presented influential insights and recommendations to senior management.
• Mentored to early stage companies (SBC FinTech, FinTech Innovation Lab, MassChallenge, QCFintech, and others.)

Westminster, Colorado, US

Westminster, Colorado, US

Mclean, VA, US

Chief Technologist, Consultant, Regional Segment Leader in new product generation, innovation, and engineering R&D organizations.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Graz, Styria, AT

·Conducted innovative research with respect to networked economies, systems modeling, simulation systems design, and valuation techniques using Real Option Theory.·Co-wrote “Developing Business Models for eBusiness.” Presented at the International Conference on Electronic Commerce (ICEC). Vienna, Austria. 2001.

Ma, International Relations: Int'L Business And Law

Bs, Economics, And Systems Engineering

Executive Certificate In Strategy And Innovation

European Politics, Technology Policy