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SVG Ventures|THRIVE Announces Strategic Engagement with the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) to Advance Innovation in Plant Nutrition

Los Gatos, CA, March 14, 2025 – SVG Ventures|THRIVE, the leading global AgriFoodTech innovation and investment platform, is pleased to announce its strategic engagement with the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) to drive innovation in plant nutrition and sustainable agriculture. As part of this collaboration, IFA will join THRIVE as a Platinum Partner for the 2025 […]

SVG Ventures|THRIVE and KRONE join forces to accelerate innovation across the agricultural equipment market.

We are thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership between SVG Ventures|THRIVE and KRONE, a leading family owned business based in Northern Germany, renowned for manufacturing cutting-edge agricultural equipment and one of the leading manufacturers in the agricultural market.  The announcement comes on the back of a very successful visit to the KRONE headquarters in Spelle last […]

Why We Invested: Olombria

I love to eat. I consume blueberries, strawberries, and almonds like moviegoers consume popcorn: mindlessly and in giant handfuls. When I started investing in the agrifood tech sector through SVG Ventures-THRIVE, my primary goal was to invest in an industry that is both supporting the sustainability of our natural ecosystem and helping to improve our […]

SVG Ventures Announces its THRIVE V Seed Accelerator Cohort

    April 4, 2019— Los Gatos, CA– The SVG Ventures-THRIVE AgTech platform announced today the nine startup finalists that comprise its 5th annual seed accelerator cohort. Following 6 months of rigorous research and analysis these nine companies were selected from a global applicant pool of 275 companies across 67 countries. SVG Ventures-THRIVE will invest $100k […]

270+ Companies from 55 Countries Apply to THRIVE Accelerator 2018-2019 Cohort

Applications to THRIVE’s Seed Accelerator closed October 31 and we are delighted to announce that we received nearly 300 applications from 55 countries. Going into its fifth year, THRIVE continues to expand its presence in new regions around the world with the help of our corporate partners including Coca Cola, Trimble, Heidenhain, Taylor Farms, EY, […]

The Fast-Growing World of Indoor Farming

The image of the modern-day farm extends from a well-orchestrated landscape of lettuce heads, to a chic building in inner city Newark, New Jersey. Welcome to AeroFarms, one of the largest indoor farming companies in the U.S. and one of the pioneers of the indoor farming sector in the US. The glass exteriors of the […]

THRIVE Companies Showcase at Forbes AgTech Summit Indianapolis

THRIVE accelerator companies were at the forefront of the Forbes AgTech Summit in Indianapolis last week. Four agtech startups attended the innovation showcase included Arable, Aker Technologies, Farm Dog and 3Bar Biologics. THRIVE News caught up with the companies and learned of their recent milestones. AKER Aker, a member of THRIVE IV’s cohort, has much to […]

Heidenhain Corporation Joins THRIVE AgTech as Latest Partner

SAN FRANCISCO (September 24, 2018) — SVG Partners announced today that the leading manufacturer of precision measurement and control equipment, HEIDENHAIN, is the latest corporate partner to join its THRIVE AgTech Venture & Innovation Platform.   The partnership with HEIDENHAIN, a leader of innovative precision measurement and motion control systems for medical, general automation, electronics, and agriculture applications, will […]

SVG & THRIVE Announce $1m investment in Third Cohort

THRIVE AGTECH HOSTS ITS THIRD SEED CAMP THIS WEEK BRINGING 10 COMPANIES FROM 5 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO ACCELERATE THE NEXT CLASS OF CUTTING EDGE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES Media contact: Emily Breslin, Emily.Breslin@SVGPartners.Com April 11, 2017, Salinas, CA– Entering its third consecutive year, the THRIVE AgTech accelerator announced today that it will invest a total of $1m […]