There’s nothing like the end of another year to have us reflecting on the recent successes in the world of agtech, and the many challenges still left to overcome. One thing that has continued to stand out to us in 2024 is the vital need for more business model innovation. 

There’s so much amazing technology that already exists, but for one reason or another, it is not getting adopted or utilized; it’s not delivering on the promised impact or commercial potential. Over the last twelve months we’ve talked to countless entrepreneurs and innovators who are finding novel and fascinating ways to overcome business model barriers, even when they aren’t using those words to describe their efforts. 

So this week, Sarah is sitting down with Tenacious Ventures Managing Partner Matthew Pryor to connect the dots on business model innovation that we’ve discussed in different podcast episodes all year long. We discuss: 

• The challenges and opportunities of creating an innovative capital stack in order to advance unconventional projects, from the farm-scale to portfolio-scale
• How to build initial revenue wins to help support a market-building strategy for first-of-a-kind technology
• Why the most profitable potential wins aren’t achieved through preparing for what comes next, but through enabling what comes next

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Useful Links:

• Unconventional Farmer-led Finance Strategies with Quint Pottinger, Owner of Affinity Farms
• Fractal Ag Pitch Breakdown with  Shane Thomas, author of Upstream Ag Insights, sit down with Ben Gordon, co-founder and CEO of Fractal Ag
• How green is sustainable aviation fuel? With Cris Handel, Global Sustainability Officer at Valent Biosciences, Fractional COO at New West Genetics, and Former COO at Covercress
• AgTech News… So What? July 2024 with Shane Thomas, author of Upstream Ag Insights
• Evaluating Biologicals Businesses with Joel Lipsitch, Founder at Blair Road Consulting and an expert in biological products and businesses
• Rethinking Who Pays in Irrigation AgTech with Jairo Trad, CEO and Cofounder at Kilimo, 
• Ron Adner’s The Wide Lens 
• The agtech adoption dilemma: irrigation 
• Goterra investment notes
• RapidAIM investment notes

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