Most of us began the year asking if 2025 would see the agtech sector recover from its lows of the last couple years.
AgFunderNews’ top guest contributors this year—a mix of startup founders, investors, and scientists—zeroed in on much the same. Why are LPs walking away from agtech? Are ag biologicals actually an investible category? How is AI impacting this sector? Do capital models need a complete makeover for food and ag?
Contributors explore this and much more in our top guests articles of 2025:
↠ Agtech VCs must stop competing over crumbs and start collaborating
Sarah Nolet, Tenacious Ventures managing partner
Connie Bowen, Farmhand Ventures general partner
↠ Agtech is dead. Long live the system
Mark S. Brooks, innovation and venture executive
↠ A deep dive into the investment thesis for ag biologicals
Gustavo Mamao. IdeeLab head of international business development
↠ Private capital is a fundamental—and underfunded—piece of global food security
Eduardo Nunes, Cordiant Capital managing director
↠ Agtech is not a revolution, it’s a farm tool
Marc Printz Farmblox COO and cofounder
↠ Agtech poised for a rebound in 2025?
Guus Hovius, executive director, equity private placement, Rabobank North America
Josh Bean, associate, equity private placement, Rabobank North America
↠ Beyond the hype cycle… why alt-meat won’t follow Silicon Valley’s playbook
Christie Lagally, founder and CEO, Rebellyous Foods
↠ Rice, the staple crop most VCs forgot
Amy Duffuor, Azolla Ventures cofounder and general partner
Barrios Labarthe, Azolla Ventures rice investment fellow
↠ Farming is no longer ‘old-school.’ It’s the ultimate testbed for AI innovation
Tim Bucher, CEO, Agtonomy
↠ Quantum computing in agriculture… analyzing the next frontier of innovation
Dr. Joseph Byrum, CTO, Consilience AI
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