Finistere Ventures: The next wave of evolution in crop protection & input management

In 2017, Finistere Ventures and PitchBook partnered to build and share the most comprehensive data set on agtech investment in the industry. We are extremely proud of how this partnership has grown and developed over the years, spawning three comprehensive reports covering global, regional, stage and sector-based agtech investment trends/key developments, and garnering collaborations from major agricultural powerhouses from across the industry. However, our focus on providing a global overview has limited how deeply we can dive into intra-segment trends and forward-looking thoughts on our sector. In our last report alone, we were unable to include much of the valuable and powerful information shared with us by collaborators, co-investors, and partners. In short, we have opinions and information that we’ve been wanting to share!

Read the first article in this series, authored by Finistere’s very own Adrian Percy (CTO) and Ingrid Fung (Associate), here.

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