AgFunder is a venture capital and private equity firm investing in agrifood technology companies that is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2013 by Melissa Tilney , Michael Dean, and Roc Leclerc. The company invests through proprietary funds and invites investors on the platform to co-invest through co-investment funds of Special Purpose Deals on a deal by deal basis. Notable investments made by AgFunder include: FieldIn, AI Plalette, Tray, IGS, Brightseed, DeHaat, The Yield, Sentera, and ImpactVision.
AgFunder has over 50,000 members and subscribers on their online venture capital platform. Their investment platform makes seed to series B investments. Companies need to apply for funding by AgFunder, and if AgFunder chooses to invest in them, the company is given an option to raise more capital through AgFunder's online venture capital crowdfunding platform. As a Venture Capital Platform, AgFunder has built an ecosystem of over 50,000 members and subscribers through news, research, and innovation awards.
AgFunder has been featured on Bloomberg Television, TechCrunch, CNN Money, Reuters, CNBC, New York Times, and the Financial Times.
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Funded Companies
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People
Adam Hanft
Senior Advisor
Adam Oliver
Advisor
Brad Farquhar
Senior Advisor
Cliff Hinrichs
Investor
Craig Albrecht
Investor
Cyril Grislain
Investor
Diana Moldavsky
Investor
Jared Slosberg
Investor
Jing Sun
Investor
John Denniston
Investment Advisory Committee
John Simon
Senior Advisor
Justin Bruch
Advisory Board Chairman
Lauren Manning
Journalist
Louisa Burwood-T
Employee
Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Head of Media & Research
Manuel Esteban Gonzalez Guzman
Advisor
Manuel Gonzalez
Senior Advisor
Michael Dean
Co-Founder & CIO
Mike Betts
Employee
Pat Vizzone
Senior Advisor
Paul Matteucci
Investment Advisory Committee
Rob Leclerc
Co-Founder & CEO
Rob Millis
Investor
Robin Bot-Miller
Investor
Robin Chauhan
Head of Engineering
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Aerobotics
Cape Town, South Africa
Pest Management
Chinova Bioworks
New Brunswick, Canada
Biotechnology, Food Technology
Connecterra
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Dairy, Machine Learning, Data Science
ImpactVision
California, United States
Food Processing, Imagery, Machine Learning
Solinftec
São Paulo, Brazil
Farm Management, Internet of Things, Machine Learning
The Yield
Sydney, Australia
Decision Support, Internet of Things, Machine Learning