Colin Steen

Intersouth Partners (Intersouth Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1985 by Dennis Dougherty and Roy Rodwell. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

BiognoSYS AG operates as a biotechnology company. Its products include iRT Kit, HRM Kit, Sample Prep Kit, PlasmaDive, Spectronaut and SpectroDive. The company was founded by Philipp M. Antoni, Johan Malmstroem and Oliver Rinner on September 3, 2008 and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

Metabolon, Inc. operates as a health technology company. It offers precision medicine, clinical diagnostic, and metabolomics services. The firm serves to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer product industries. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

AgriMetis LLC operates a biotech company, which engages in the development of crop protection agents. It also offers natural products derived compounds to protect crops from weeds, fungal diseases, and insect pests. Its AgriMetis technology platform employs multidisciplinary and integrated scientific approach that allows access to areas of chemical space and production routes that are inaccessible to others. The company was founded by Philip Goelet, Simon Aspland and Brian Green in March 2014 and is headquartered in Lutherville, MD.

Sound Agriculture Co. engages in the development of crop protection and crop enhancement products. Its Rapid Discovery platform focuses on finding solutions that increase the sustainability, productivity, and healthiness of food supply. The company was founded by Eric Davidson and Travis Bayer in 2013 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Brandtone Ltd. provides mobile marketing services. It offers consumer profiling, product promotion, incentive and loyalty programs, and direct marketing solutions. The firm also serves various FMCG brands. It closes the loop between brand and consumer, between communications & purchase, through the reach and intimacy of the mobile phone; all with a clear, measurable return on marketing investment. The company was founded by Ben Atherton in 2009 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Phytech Ltd. provides agriculture mission of improving agricultural practice. Its phytomonitoring technology monitors the plant’s growth rate and contraction by using various sensors, and enable growers to receive and share a constant real-time stream of data that gives them the exact status of the plant and its stress level. The firm’s products are used by growers worldwide in various crops, including almonds, pistachios, pomegranate, citrus, avocado, mango, walnuts, blueberries, apples, dates, vineyards, cotton, corn, sugar cane, soy beans, chickpeas, carrots, potatoes, greenhouse tomatoes, peppers, melons, cucumbers, flowers, and more. The company was founded by Zohar Benner and is headquartered in Yad Mordechai, Israel.

WeedOUT Ltd. is an Israeli company that focuses on exploiting sterility against resistant weeds. The company is based in Ness Ziona, Israel. Orly Noivirt-Brik, Efrat Lidor Nili has been the CEOs since 2016. The company was founded in 2016 by Orly Noivirt-Brik, Efrat Lidor Nili.

Premier Crop Systems Holding LLC engages technology industry. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Des Moines, IA.

Growers Holdings, Inc. offers an all-in-one crop planning, sales, and precision software. The company was founded by Steven Valencsin in 2011 and is headquartered in Garner, NC.

FluroSat Pty Ltd. develops satellite-based remote sensing technology for the early detection of crop stress. It provides interpretable information to the agriculture industry. The company was founded by Malcolm Ramsay and Anastasia Volkova and is headquartered in Eveleigh, Australia.

Meati, Inc. engages in the provision of plant-based meat alternatives. Its products include fungi-based steak and fungi-based chicken. The company was founded by Tyler Huggins and and Whiteley Justin and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Agworld Pty Ltd. farm management solutions. It offers crop production plans, geospatial data interrogation, agronomist recommendations, and financial and crop performance reporting. The company was founded by Matthew Powell, Doug Fitch and Chris Ramsey on December 8, 2009 and is headquartered in West Leederville, Australia.

PrecisionHawk, Inc. engages in the provision of drone-based solutions. It offers training services, drone technology consulting services, and global flight servicing. The company was founded by Ernest Earon and Christopher Dean in 2010 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

TemperPack Technologies, Inc. manufactures packaging solutions for temperature sensitive goods. It specializes in sustainable packaging, cold chain shipping, e-commerce food, and life sciences shipping. The company was founded by Brian Powers, Charles-Alexandre Vincent, and James McGoff in 2015 and is headquartered in Richmond, VA.

Buymie Technologies Ltd. develops mobile application for groceries. The application gives convenience, personalized, cashless, and fast delivery. The company was founded by Artavazd Sokhikyan and Devan Hughes in February 2016 and is headquartered in Tallaght, Ireland.

Wheatsheaf Investments Ltd (Wheatsheaf Investments) is a venture capital subsidiary of Grosvenor Group Ltd. founded in 2012. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom with an additional office in Palo Alto.

Shared-X LLC provides access to modern technology and specialty markets for smallholder farmers to encourage a culture of innovation. The company was founded by John Denniston and Tony Salas in 2015 and is headquartered in Woodside, CA.

HexaTech, Inc. designs and manufactures aluminum nitride single crystals. It offers aluminum nitride substrates, and technology development. The company was founded by Raoul Schlesser and Zlatko Sitar in 2001 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Zenoss, Inc. provides information technology monitoring and management solutions. It offers cloud, server, virtualization, application, storage, converged infrastructure, unified communications and network monitoring. The firm serves federal, financial, technology, and services provider industries. The company was founded by William G. Karpovich and Erik Dahl in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

6fusion USA, Inc. develops a Software-as-a-Service based infrastructure metering and management platform. It offers solutions for information technology infrastructure operation and acquisition. The company was founded by John D. Cowan and Delano Seymour in 2010 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Ascribe Bioscience, Inc. is a company based in Ithaca, NY. Jay Farmer has been the CEO of the company since 2017.