“When we invested, what I loved about Bear Flag was that they were solving the right problem,” writes AgFunder partner Rob Leclerc about his firm’s exit from the ag automation startup.
The failings of the US food system have left 88% of the population metabolically unhealthy. Frighteningly that means they’re all at a higher risk of complications from the Covid-19 virus compared to the 12% who are deemed metabolically healthy. This startup wants to help.
It’s hard to know how to respond to the spread of COVID-19. The virus is creating uncertainty across the world, impacting societies and businesses with varying degrees of severity.
We joined DCVC Bio, Novo Holdings, 8VC and others to invest in sustainable leather startup MycoWork’s $17m Series A. Here’s why.
Last month we invested in our 30th startup, and as we continue to grow and scale both AgFunder’s venture capital funds and our GROW accelerator in Singapore, we are developing new ways to help the exceptional founders in our portfolio.
On November 26th, AgFunder is hosting two investor webinars, one at 7:00 am Pacific, another at 4:00 pm Pacific, to discuss AgFunder’s New Carnivore Fund
America’s biggest milk producer has just filed for bankruptcy — a newsflash that’s been a bit like hearing thunder after seeing lightning: stunning, but predictable.
AgFunder has just opened the New Carnivore Fund to investors. The $20M fund will invest in alternative protein startups including plant-based alternatives, cellular agriculture, and the picks-and-shovels that will enable the industry.
Daniel Vradenburg is the former president of Wilbur-Ellis and the board chair of Cavallo Ventures and now he’s joining soil science startup Trace Genomics.
Word has been getting around about Aerobotics’ incredible decision support technology for tree crops. Rob Leclerc shares some facts and figures about the startup’s rapid growth to-date.
Wherever we look, humans have consistently built technologies that surpass their animal predecessors. Cars replaced horses, petroleum replaced whales, tractors replaced oxen, telecommunications replaced carrier pigeons. Food may be next.
Solinftec could be the operating system for the autonomous farm and they’ve just hired a new CEO to rapidly drive the startup’s global expansion, writes AgFunder founding partner Rob Leclerc.
Join us in investing in the food revolution!
Rob Leclerc, Founding Partner at AgFunder, will be participating in the online conference Virtual Summit on AgTech next week alongside alternative meat leaders such as Ethan Brown from Beyond Meat.
AgFunder Co-Investment Fund II is democratizing venture capital.
Two weeks ago, our CEO Rob Leclerc went to Israel to attend Food and Ag Week and here’s what he discovered.
The AgFunder Team receives many meeting requests from large and medium Corporates and so we’re taking this opportunity to host office hours at our office here in downtown San Francisco
After the agriculture technology (AgTech) sector raised a total of $2.36 billion in 2014, the big question was whether or not the sector would
Editors Note: AgFunder recently sat down with Mark Kahn, founding partner of Omnivore Partners, a VC firm investing in early stage agriculture and food technology companies
Editors note: Rob Leclerc is the CEO and Melissa Tilney is the Head of Marketing at AgFunder. This article originally appeared in TechCrunch. Before Monsanto acquired Climate Corporation in late
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