May 11, 2020

If anything is made clear by the global pandemic, it’s that the world can change in a minute. Technology has proven its crucial role in enabling systems, markets and human behavior to change with it. We work from home. We host global conferences virtually. We log into an app and our dinner, groceries and transportation arrives on our doorstep. Our collective dependence on a functioning global food chain has catapulted agri-foodtech to “essential” status. Entrepreneurs and investors have grown agri-food technology into a $20 billion venture capital sector worldwide in 2019, which represents a nearly 10-fold expansion from the $2.4 billion invested just five years ago. Much more innovation, and venture capital to support it, is needed.