Visual Tech Revolutionizing Food + Agriculture — LDV Capital
Visual Technologies Revolutionizing Food + Agriculture
July 29, 2020, 12:00 - 2:00 PM ET Online Event
Visual technologies are powering developments in food and agriculture that will change the way the world grows, manufactures, transports and consumes food. Visual sensors and computer vision will enable the industry to rise to meet the demands of our world today and are generating massive business and investment opportunities.
In this free, virtual event we gave a sneak peek at the findings we will publish in our 2020 LDV Capital Insights report and showcased several keynote speakers who are true pioneers in the food & agriculture space. Attendees also got to see some of our unpublished research into the visual tech revolutionizing food & agriculture. Our past LDV Capital Insights reports have covered Healthcare, Logistics, Manufacturing, and how many cameras will be in the world by 2022.
Speakers
- Jorge Heraud
Blue River Technology - John Deere,
CEO & Co-Founder - Om Malik
True Ventures, Partner - Aidan Connolly
Cainthus, CEO - Lindon Gao
Caper, Co-Founder & CEO - Evan Nisselson
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Founder & General Partner - Leah Oppenheimer
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2020 Summer Associate - Abby Hunter-Syed
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Former Partner - Meryl Breidbart
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Former Associate - Merritt Jenkins
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2020 Summer Associate
Agenda
To safely feed our growing population while the coronavirus pandemic rages, global warming accelerates, supply chains get strained and the global economy nose dives, we need visual tech solutions.
In this event we will discuss how cameras, sensors and other visual technologies will impact:
- Yield projections
- Plant breeding and phenotyping
- Controlled environment agriculture and vertical farms
- Animal agriculture
- Lab grown food & food processing
- Supply chain traceability and autonomy
- The future of grocery stores, restaurants and food service
- And more…
Schedule
Private Session For Institutional Investors & Family Offices
12:00PM - 1:00PM ET
- Fireside Chat: Om Malik, True Ventures, Partner & Evan Nisselson, LDV Capital discuss investing and visual technology trends.
- LDV Capital Portfolio Presentations
Public Forum:
1:00PM ET Introduction to LDV Capital & LDV Insights Report 2020. Farm to Fridge: Food and Agriculture are Ripe with Visual Technology Opportunities
1:10PM ET AgTech Keynote by Jorge Heraud, CEO & Co-Founder of Blue River Technology (Acquired by John Deere)
1:20PM ET LDV Insights Report Findings on Next-Generation Plant Breeding
1:25PM ET Animal AgTech Keynote by Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus
1:35PM ET LDV Insights Report Findings on Automation in Meat Processing
1:40PM ET LDV Insights Report Findings on New Ingredient Discovery
1:45PM ET GroceryTech Keynote by Lindon Gao, Co-Founder & CEO of Caper.ai
1:55PM ET Q&A
More about our speakers:
Om Malik, Partner at True Ventures: Journalist Om Malik founded technology blog Gigaom in 2001. With seed funding from True Ventures, he turned the one-man blog into a media company and research firm. Not long thereafter, Om became a venture partner at True Ventures.
Jorge Heraud, CEO & Co-Founder of Blue River Technology Blue River Technology was acquired by Deere & Co in September 2017 and is now run as an independent subsidiary. Jorge has a passion for the intersection of agriculture and high tech that started during high-school summers.
Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus Aidan officially joined Cainthus as CEO in January 2019 but is often referred to as the fourth founder given his involvement with the company since its inception.
Lindon Gao, Co-Founder & CEO at Caper Caper is a New York-based retail technology company, leading the development of an AI-powered self-checkout shopping cart.