FoA 289: [VC Roundtable] Trends Boosting Agtech and 2022 Predictions

Omnivore: https://www.omnivore.vc/ 

Tenacious Ventures: https://tenacious.ventures/

SP Ventures: https://www.spventures.com.br/ 

Merck Animal Health Ventures: https://www.merck-animal-health.com/animal-health-ventures/ 

Last month I gathered four agtech venture capitalists who all happen to be very popular previous guests of this show to talk about what they’re seeing in agtech investment, and to speculate about where things might go from here. What resulted was a great conversation talking about how areas of technology are making their way into agriculture, and how that’s made them feel suddenly like part of the “popular kids” of the venture community. 

The four voices you’re going to hear from today are Mark Kahn from Omnivore in India, Sarah Nolet from Tenacious Ventures in Australia, Janette Barnard with Merck Animal Health Ventures here in the U.S., and Francisco Jardim of SP Ventures in Brazil. I’ll link to each of their websites and the previous episodes where you can hear them in the show notes.

Francisco Jardim LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franciscojardim/ 

Sarah Nolet LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/svnolet/ 

Janette Barnard LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janettebarnard/ 

Mark Kahn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-kahn-20490a/ 

Sarah Nolet Twitter: https://twitter.com/svnoles

Janette Barnard Twitter: https://twitter.com/JanetteJoyB 

Mark Kahn Twitter: https://twitter.com/agri_technology