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The Future of Food with Driscoll’s Berries CEO Kevin Murphy

About 40 miles south of Silicon Valley in Watsonville, California the multibillion dollar company Driscoll’s Berries is transforming its half-century old agriculture legacy for the 21st century marketplace. On February 1st, 2017, Driscoll’s Berries CEO Kevin Murphy along with Bruce Taylor, CEO of Taylor Farms and other AgTech pioneers spoke to the unique challenges facing […]

Banking the Common Good

During his first week as head of CleanTech at Wells Fargo, Matt Servatius wrote out a check for $1m to Imagine H20; the check being one in a series of grants totaling $100m committed by Wells Fargo to the clean energy sector. Born out of the renewable power sector, CleanTech at Wells Fargo has put […]

What Lies Ahead for AgTech

IN CONVERSATION WITH MATT DAVIS, THRIVE ADVISER & SVG PARTNER Matt Davis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mateva Capital, LLC, which provides strategic financial advisory services to companies principally involved in the energy, power and mining related industries. Prior to founding Mateva Capital, LLC, he successfully led several major Wall Street investment […]

Tech Led Transformation: Taylor Farms

Bruce Taylor founded Taylor Farms in 1995 with the vision to become North America’s favorite maker of salads and fresh foods. Under the direction of Taylor, a third generation farmer himself, the company grew its 21 fresh produce products in Salinas, CA, the town where Taylor was born and raised. Fast forward to today and […]

Announcing the THRIVE Top 50

50 agtech companies shaping the future of agriculture Media Contact: Emily Breslin, SVG Partners, Emily.Breslin@svgpartners.com San Francisco, Jan. 16, 2017 – SVG Partners today announced its THRIVE Top 50 annual ranking of the 50 leading AgTech companies around the globe, honoring companies exemplifying the best in agriculture-focused innovation. Recognizing companies across 6 different domains within agriculture- biotechnology, connected devices, cloud services/SaaS, robotics […]