It was a true pleasure to chat with David Blazevski, co-founder and CEO of Fresh Agriculture Technologies, a company that uses data science to predict when crops like apples are at risk of disease!  We discussed the various ways of building trust with farmers and agronomists, how a research project with Cornel was a game changer, the climate impact of their product, the different go to market strategies they explored, what comes next after apples, building a company in Serbia and much more!

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It was a true pleasure to chat with Fiona Edwards Murphy, co-founder and CEO of ApisProtect, a company using advanced sensors and data science to keep beehives healthy and productive! We discussed what colony collapse disorder is and why helping prevent is so important, the impact bees have on food and agriculture, the importance of getting a startup’s technology team in front of users (even if it means bee stings!), the state of sensor and data science technology today, building a company in Ireland and much more!

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Fantastic podcast with Dmitry Dementiev, co-founder of GeoPard Agriculture, a company simplifying precision farming with data rich maps! We discussed how a weekly basketball game was key to their founding story, what it like to go through a startup acquisition, how their product helps farmers understand their farms better, the relationship between sustainability and agronomy and much more!

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Really great to speak with Robert Schmitt, co-founder and CEO of Vultus, a company working to eliminate waste in farming with satellite based recommendations! We discussed how they pivoted away from being a drone startup to focus on satellites, why now is such a great time to access satellite data, their approach to building APIs, the timelines it takes to get traction in agtech, the tradeoffs of grant vs venture funding and much more!

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Fascinating conversation with Frederik Taarnhøj cofounder of FaunaPhotonics, a startup with advanced insect monitoring technology for agriculture. We discussed the importance of paternity leave to the early days of FaunaPhotonics, how they developed their early sensor prototypes, what they learned working with farmers on trials, the positive sustainability impacts their technology has on farming, why Denmark is a fascinating country for agtech startups and much more!

Great to chat with Martijn Lukaart founder of Odd.Bot a startup that builds autonomous robots (a weeding robot!) for farms. We discussed how a EU directive coupled with a hackathon drove the initial decision to start Odd.Bot, why they chose carrots as their first use case, the incredible time and labor savings their robot can generate, how they are able to couple data science with in-world robotics, how they think about the future of agtech and more! 

Great to chat with Cosmo Pepe co-founder of Soonapse, a company whose products make farming more efficient with a particular focus on smart irrigation. We discussed how they combine data from multiple sources to give recommendations on when to irrigate to the farmer,  the challenge of balancing software and hardware in agtech, their go-to-market strategy, what it is like building a company in Italy and more!