Chris Abbott

Conti Ventures (Conti Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Continental Grain Company Corp. founded in 1921. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Phospholutions, Inc. develops solutions to reduce the environmental impact of phosphorus. The firm specializes in drought prevention, environmental protection, manure treatment, root growth, horticulture, agriculture, aquaculture, turf, golf course and water treatment. The company was founded by Hunter Swisher in April 2016 and is headquartered in State College, PA.

Pivot Bio, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that provides genome-scale programming of microbes. The firm offers its services under the categories of agriculture, agtech and biotechnology. The company was founded by Alvin Tamsir, Karsten Temme and Christian Voigtlaender in 2010 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Bushel, Inc. is an automated mobile app platform for elevators and cooperatives to connect with their growers and deliver real-time actionable information via a mobile app. The company was founded by Jake Joraanstad and Ryan Raguse in 2017 and is headquartered in Fargo, ND.

Sentera LLC supplies integrated remote sensing, analytics and IoT solutions to the digital agriculture marketplace. The firm?s products include sensors, DJI NDVI upgrades, fieldagent, AGX710 sensor, PHX drone, OMNI UAV and LIVENDVI. The company was founded by Greg Emerick and Eric J. Taipale in 2014 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Pattern AG, Inc. provides soil testing and farm protection services. The company is based in Emeryville, CA. The company was founded by David Friedberg. The CEO is Rob Hranac.

Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC (Craig-Hallum) is an employee-owned, idea-driven research, trading and investment banking firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm was founded by Bradley Baker and Kevin Harris in 1997. Craig-Hallum provides research, institutional sales and trading and investment banking services to institutional investors and growth companies.

EcoAlpha Asset Management LLC provided investment advisory services. The company was headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.