In recent years, the vertical farming startup space has been characterized by ecstatic highs and disappointing lows. More than a billion dollars worth of funding has flowed into a relatively small number of investments, but despite this resourcing and years of runway, we’ve started to see frequent, high profile collapses. So, is there a value proposition with vertical farming? Or was it all hype, and time is running out? 

Today, we’re joined by Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin, Founder at Phyllome (a Tenacious Ventures portfolio company), to help us tackle these tricky questions.  

In this episode, Seb speaks about:

• What emerging vertical farming companies can learn from the existing cohort 
• How controlling an indoor farm’s economics can unlock new products and opportunities 
• Why the future of vertical farming might look very different 

Useful Links:

• Investment notes- why Tenacious Ventures backed Phyllome
• The octopus tree!
• Check out some stories that inspired today’s episode, like FastCompany’s “The Vertical Farming Bubble Is Finally Popping”
• We’re fundraising for Tenacious Ventures Fund II, out loud To learn more about investing in Fund II, click here

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