Dave Coorts

AgraQuest, Inc. develops pesticides and provides best management services. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC.

Loveland Products, Inc. manufactures agricultural and professional products. It offers seed treatment products, plant nutrition products, fertilizers, adjuvants, and crop protection products. The firm also provides chemistry products, including herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, defoliants, and PGRs; and nutritional products, such as biological catalysts, enhanced macronutrients, enhanced micronutrients, micronutrients, nutritional enhancements, starters, and turf and ornamental products. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Loveland, CO.

Enlighted, Inc. engages in the provision of lighting controls systems. The firm offers Enlighted Smart Sensor, the Enlighted Gateway, and the Enlighted Energy Manager. It specializes in energy and cost savings to office workspaces and garages. The company was founded by Tanuj Mohan and Premal Ashar in 2009 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

GlassPoint Solar, Inc. manufactures solar steam generators for the oil and gas industry. The company was founded by Rod McGregor and Pete von Behrens in February 2009 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

REPOWER America, Inc. installs solar panels. It provides franchisee for power generation and installing. The company was founded by Joseph Bono in 2008 and is headquartered in Oakland, CA.

Benson Hill Holdings, Inc. operates a crop design platform to develop sustainable food and ingredients. It offers CropOS (Crop Operating System), a cognitive engine that provides decision support to accelerate crop improvement and enhance the sustainability of food, feed, fiber, and fuel production using plant biology, big data analytics and cloud computing. The company was founded by Matthew B. Crisp, Todd Mockler and Thomas P. Brutnell in 2012 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

MycoTechnology, Inc. is a food technology company, which engages in the development and delivering of fermentation process using gourmet fungi to transform agricultural products to improve taste, value, and health. Its products include ClearTaste and PureTaste. The company was founded by Alan D. Hahn, Pete Lubar, Jim Langan, and Brooks J. Kelly in 2013 and is headquartered in Aurora, CO.

SG Holdings LLC offers services to the agriculture industry. The company is headquartered in Harrisonburg, VA.

Bechtel Corp. operates as an engineering, construction, and project management company. Its portfolio encompasses energy, transportation, communications, mining, oil and gas, and government services. The firm also raises finance from a host of international lenders including commercial banks, multilateral and bilateral lending institutions, export credit agencies, and the capital markets. The company was founded by Warren A. Bechtel in 1898 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Soli Organic, Inc. produces herbs and spices. Its products include basil, arugula, dill, chives, parsley, oregano, sage, cilantro edible flowers and mint. The company was founded by Mike Sarco, Philip Karp and Ken Koehn in 1989 and is headquartered in Rockingham, VA.

Global Environment Fund Management Corp (Global Environment Fund) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1990 by Jeffrey Leonard and John Earhart. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

Egg Innovations LLC engages in the packaging and distribution of eggs. The firm offers cage free, organic, and omega 3 certified eggs. It supports the farmers of America in treatment of animals. The company was founded by John Brunnquell in 1999 and is headquartered in Warsaw, IN.

CLSA Capital Partners (Singapore) Pte Ltd is a Private Equity firm, a subsidiary of CLSA Capital Partners (Hong Kong) Ltd founded in 2006. The firm is headquartered in Singapore.

E. O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation is a non-profit organization. It focuses on education, technology, and business strategies to further the preservation of biodiversity. The company was founded by Jay M. Short, Neil Patterson, and Charles J. Smith in 2005 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is a non-profit organization provides insight and solutions to global issues. It offers independent research, surveys, and platform for the public. The company was founded on February 20, 1922 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Enki Technology, Inc. provides technology that improves the performance of solar panels. It develops materials that improve the light absorption capabilities and performance of solar panels. The firm is working to improve PV module efficiencies through the development of low-cost anti-reflective and anti-soiling coatings. The company was founded by Vinod Nair, Brenor Brophy and Bakul Dave in 2009 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Clean Energy Trust is a non-profit organization which provides clean energy technology solutions. The firm also specializes in commercializing research from labs and universities into the market. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Agricen is an agricultural technology company delivering biochemical-based solutions for efficient and sustainable plant nutrition. Their solutions help growers adapt to the rapidly changing demands of modern agriculture by providing the most effective tools to increase nutrient availability and uptake, improve sustainability and increase yields. Helping Growers Meet Today’s Agricultural Challenges. Around the globe, commercial growers are facing increasing costs, the need for greater productivity and the demand for more sustainable agricultural practices. Agricen is committed to delivering the next generation of innovative plant nutrition products—ones derived from biological and biochemical sources—to help growers meet these challenges. Their products are biochemical tools that are designed to work within a grower’s established fertilizer program, making nutrients more available to the root system and stimulating greater plant growth than fertilizer alone. By incorporating Agricen’s products into their current fertilizer programs, growers can enhance their nutrient use efficiency and increase their yields economically and sustainably. Agricen’s products are innovative biochemical fertilizer catalysts that are distributed under the Company’s proprietary SoilBuilder and NutriLife brands, as well under the Accomplish LM and Titan PBA brands distributed by Loveland Products, Inc. (a subsidiary of Crop Production Services, Inc.). Tested and proven in over 600 field and greenhouse studies conducted by Agricen, universities, the USDA and other third-party evaluators, their products have been shown to perform consistently over a broad range of plant species, soil types, application methods and grower practices, including both certified organic and conventional production practices. Growers who incorporate Agricen’s technology into their programs generally see improved yield responses and reduced fertilizer losses, year after year.

BioConsortia, Inc. provides microbial solutions for natural trait enhancement and yield improvement. It develops an Advanced Microbial Selection (AMS) process for crop trait enhancement that uses iterative rounds of plant phenotyping and selection to co-select for beneficial changes in the microbiome. The firm focuses on products for fertilizer use efficiency, growth improvement and both abiotic tolerance and biotic resistance, as commercial seed treatments, liquid in-furrow products, and granule products. The company was founded by Peter John Wigley and Andrew Broadwell in 2014 and is headquartered in Davis, CA.

Midwestern BioAG, Inc. provides agricultural consulting services. It manufactures fertilizers, livestock nutrition, seeds, specialty crops, and organic agricultural products. The firm offers a range of fertilizer blends, dry and liquid fertilizers, and soil amendments; livestock nutrition products, including free-choice minerals and feed inoculants for lactating cows, dry and pre-fresh cows, and calves and heifers; a range of mineral products for berry, orchard, potato, and other fruit and vegetable crop programs; and a range of organic fertilizers and soil amendments for organic agriculture. The company was founded by Gary Zimmer in 1983 and is headquartered in Blue Mounds, WI.

S2G Ventures LLC (S2G Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Victor E. Friedberg. The firm is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Agricen Sciences is an applied sciences research company leading the development of novel microbial and biochemical solutions for plant nutrition and health. The company’s cutting-edge research programs on soil-plant systems are yielding new insights for crop nutrition, soil science and nutrient management. By applying this knowledge, Agricen Sciences is developing innovative solutions to address the sustainability and production challenges facing modern agriculture. Advancing Soil-Plant System Research to Improve Agricultural Applications. At Agricen Sciences, their dedicated science team and network of third-party and university partners continue to garner attention for the research and development of new technologies with the potential to address the challenges facing modern agriculture. Using the PlantomicsTM system, which applies the integrated disciplines of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics and phenomics to the study of plant nutrition and health, they have a vast opportunity to unlock and apply new technologies and practices to enhance grower productivity. From investigating better ways to manage the complexities of the soil ecosystem to seeking a more advanced understanding of the effects novel agents may have in stimulating plant response, their goal at Agricen Sciences is to advance the applications of science for the benefit of growers worldwide.

Terramera, Inc. manufactures pesticides and agrochemicals products. It offers biopesticides for the control of bed bugs and other household pests, biopesticides for agricultural use in a variety of crops and applications for bee health, cold pressed neem oil, neem cake, karanja oil, karanja cake, and other ecologically friendly products for use in agriculture, human health, and cosmetic applications; and other professional products. The company was founded by Karn Manhas and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Telluslabs, Inc. operates geographic insights platform that combines satellite imagery with a machine learning platform to answer critical, time-sensitive economic and environmental questions. The company was founded by David Potere and Mark Friedl and is headquartered in Allston, MA.

Amfora, Inc. develops biotechnologies for nutritionally enhanced forage crops. The company was founded by Jonathan Burbaum and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

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.

Vindara, Inc. operates as an agriculture technology company, which engages in the provision of seeds for indoor farming. The company was founded by Roger Kemble and Jade Stinson and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

GroundTruth Ag, Inc. operates as an investment holding company. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Clear Frontier Ag Management LLC acquires and develops farmlands. The company was founded by Justin Bruch in 2019 and is headquartered in Omaha, NE.

Fidelity Labs LLC develops investing application for smartwatch. The company was founded on 2005 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Tabard Venture Capita LLC (Tabard Venture Capita) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Ryan D. Teksten. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

IBI Ag - Innovative Bio Insecticides Ltd. engages in the development of chemical and biological crop-protection solutions. The company was founded by Rony Oren Benaroya and Amir Ayali in April 2017 and is headquartered in Misgav Regional Council, Israel.

Chrysalabs develops real-time, portable and accurate soil fertility assessment technology. The company was founded by Samuel Fournier, Gabriel Mangeat, Jacques Michiels, and Benjamin De Leener is and headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Achates Power, Inc. designs and develops internal combustion engines. The firm's solutions encompass opposed-piston, compression ignition, and two-stroke diesel engines. It focuses on the development and commercialization of engines that aim to increase fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The firm's capabilities encompass computer-based design, testing, simulation, data monitoring, and analysis tools development. The company was founded by James U. Lemke in 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.