Smart Agrifood Summit 2021: A global innovation ecosystem is needed to catch up with other sectors

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Oct 05, 2021

By Gareth Gardiner Jones

Panelists on investing, funding agritech innovation © Smart Agrifood Summit

Investors from SVG Ventures/THRIVE, Pinduoduo and others agree that players must join forces to boost agrifood tech investment, internationally and across the value chain

Global collaboration in agritech innovation and boosting investment were recurring themes underpinning debate at the Smart Agrifood Summit in Malaga, Spain, last week. One panel, “Investment and Financing in the Field of the Innovation and Digital Transformation of the Agrifood Sector,” was wholly dedicated to the subject, with VCs and CVCs from around the world debating current and future trends and needs.
The panelists included Danny O’Brien, Managing Director for Europe and the Middle East at THRIVE Agrifood accelerator, part of SVG Ventures, the most active agritech investor in th...

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