LDV Capital Insights 2020
Visual Technologies Driving Innovation in 15 Food & Agriculture Sectors
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.
This five year market analysis examines visual technologies across 15 different sectors of food and agriculture to determine where visual technologies are being deployed to help feed the world through 2025 and beyond.
It provides an in-depth analysis of the innovative visual tech solutions that will be critical to feeding a growing population while the coronavirus pandemic rages, global warming accelerates, supply chains get strained and the global economy nose dives. There are significant business opportunities for startups and technology companies to leverage their computer vision and machine learning to modernize the $8 trillion global food and agriculture industry.
This 42 page report is the fourth of a multi-phased market analysis of the visual technology ecosystem by LDV Capital. In this report, we showcase how cameras, sensors, and other visual technologies will impact:
Yield projections;
Plant breeding and phenotyping;
Precision agriculture for crop monitoring & input control;
Controlled environment agriculture & vertical farms;
Animal agriculture;
Meat processing automation;
Imaging for food safety improvements;
Supply chain traceability;
Future of grocery;
Waste reduction in restaurants and food service;
Smart kitchens;
And more…
Our team presented the findings we published in this report at our free, virtual event, “Visual Technologies Revolutionizing Food + Agriculture” in July 2020.
These articles are based on our 2020 LDV Insights research project:
Farm to Fridge: Food and Agriculture are Ripe with Visual Technology Opportunities
Visual Technologies Will Enable the Meat Industry to Be More Efficient
The Next Generation Of Plant Breeding Is Powered By Visual Technologies
We look forward to hearing your insights, learning about your startups, and reading your research papers on how businesses are addressing these challenges and opportunities.
Information in this report can be referenced and quoted with a hyperlink to this page and credit ©LDV Capital.
Authors:
Evan Nisselson, General Partner
Kat Lopez, Director of Content & Marketing
Abigail Hunter-Syed, Former Partner
Meryl Breidbart, Former Associate
Merritt Jenkins, 2020 Summer Associate
Leah Oppenheimer, 2020 Summer Associate
Special thanks go out to the following individuals for sharing their insights and expertise with LDV Capital for the research behind this report:
Eric Adamson, CEO & Co-Founder at Tortuga Ag Tech
Dr. Patricia Bubner, CEO & Founder at Orbillion Bio, Inc
Kevin Duffy, Founder at Winnow
Pablo Fuentes, Founder & Principal at makpath
Jorge Heraud, CEO & Co-Founder at Blue River Technology
Charlie Andersen, CEO at Burro
Keyu Cao, Co-Founder at Sani Scanner
Eric Eisele, CEO & Founder at GrowFlux
Mickaël Gandecki, Managing Director at myfood.eu
Steven Hornyak, CCO at Fabric
Jun Axup, Chief Science Officer & Partner at IndieBio
Brendan Collins, Founder & Principal at makepath
Bruce Erickson, Education Distance & Outreach Coordinator at Purdue University
Lindon Gao, CEO & Co-Founder at Caper
Dr. Jasmin Hume, CEO & Founder at Shiru
ML Bhaya, Ph.D. Candidate at Central Food Technological Research Institute
Aidan Connolly, CEO at Cainthus
Ivan Farneti, Managing Partner at Five Season Ventures
Rei Goffer, Chief Strategy Officer at ClimaCell
Nicola Kerslake, Founder at Contain Ag
Brett Brohl, Managing Director of Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator
Nate Crosser, Startup Growth Specialist at The Good Food Institute
David Farquhar, CEO at Intelligent Growth Solutions
Amado Guloy, CEO & Founder at Rex Animal Health
Alan Kriz, Innovation Sourcing Manager at Bayer/Monsanto
Ahbi Kumar, Investor at Lever VC
Joshua March, CEO & Co-Founder at Artemys Foods
Stephen Nuske, Director of Computer Vision & Machine Learning at Abundant Robotics
Saar Safra, CEO & Co-Founder at BeeWise
Christine Schindler, CEO & Co-Founder at PathSpot
Jeffrey Landau, Director of Business Development at Agritecture
Nieves Martínez-Marshall, CEO & Co-Founder at Novel Farms
Cecilia Paredes Saltos, Andean Region Manager at Agricomseeds
Amrita Sahu, Senior Scientist at Altria
Andrew Shearer, CEO & Founder at Farmshelf
Michael Lapides, Head of Marketing at Orbital Insight
Gary McMurray, Associate Director of Collaborative Robots at Georgia Tech ATRP
Tobias Peggs, CEO at Square Roots
Ilan Samish, CEO at Amai Proteins
Adam Smith, Head of Strategy & Co-Founder at Descartes Labs
Eric Lund, President & Co-Founder at Veris Technologies
Cristine Morgan, Chief Science Officer at Soil Health Institute
Juan Manuel Péres Echevería, General Manager at Crystal Chemical Ecuador
Luis Sanz, CEO at Carto
Chinmay Soman, Co-Founder & CEO at Earthsense
Abby Lyall, Program Director at Big Idea Ventures
Cameron Norgate, Head of Product & Co-Founder at Pattern Ag
Andrew Rabinovich, Expert in Residence at LDV Capital
Sam Schatz, Managing Director & Head of Global Farm Development at AeroFarms
Bill Spire, President at Heathside Ventures
Bill Stenger, Director of Food Solutions at KNAPP
Jeff Tkach, Chief Impact Officer at Rodale Institute
Decker Walker, Partner & Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group
Ricky Stephens, Director of Digital Strategy at Agritecture
Didier Toubia, CEO & Co-Founder at Aleph Farms
Dale Walsh, Former Director of Innovation at Ricoh
Peter Stern, Venture Partner at LDV Capital
Kenneth Tran, CEO & Founder at Koidra.ai
Chris Walton, CEO at Omni Talk & Third Wave
Israel Talpaz, CEO & Co-Founder at SeeTree
Larry Tranel, Dairy Specialist at Iowa State University Cooperative Education
Ahmad Zameil, CEO & Founder at Evergreens Farm
Karsten Temme, CEO at PivotBio
Anastasia Volkova, CEO & Founder at FluroSat
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