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GLOBAL AG INNOVATION NETWORK
AG INNOVATION SHOWCASE
A national leadership forum that follows the trends of the ag industry and discusses
the role of innovation in today's solutions.
Connecting to industry is at the core of our
practice. Commercialization becomes organic
when innovation and industry are interwoven.
GAIN FORUMS IN 2016
FARMERS + TECH
PALO ALTO, CA
Larta Institute and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center’s premier ag event
in the U.S. where entrepreneurs and investors go to make tomorrow’s deals.
“EIGHT YEARS AGO THE DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER
PARTNERED WITH LARTA INSTITUTE TO CREATE A PREMIER
GATHERING OF STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THE AG-TECH
INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM. TOGETHER, WE EVOLVED OUR
OFFERING TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGING NEEDS OF OUR
CONSTITUENCY FROM YEAR TO YEAR. WE ARE EXCITED TO
BE AFFILIATED WITH LARTA INSTITUTE’S LAUNCH OF WHAT
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?
AG’S NEW AND
TRADITIONAL INVESTORS
Founder of XTB Laboratories, Cristina
Davis accepted Larta Institute’s first
ever “Ideas, energized” prize at the 2016
Ag Innovation Showcase. The award
went to the company presenter who
scored highest on quality of presentation, and the disruptive and commercial
potential of their technology.
INVEST MIDWEST, ST. LOUIS, MO
WOMEN IN AG AND FOOD
PALO ALTO, CA
FERTILE GROUND –
LA URBAN FARMING
I HOPE WILL BE A SERIES OF SATELLITE SHOWCASE-LIKE
VERNON, CA
EVENTS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND PERHAPS BEYOND. ”
AG GENE EDITING:
AG-ONY OR X-TASY?
SAM FIORELLO, COO & SENIOR VP DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER,
PRESIDENT, BRDG PARK
$477M+ 97%
RAISED BY PRESENTING
COMPANIES AFTER THE EVENT
SINCE 2009
OF PRESENTERS INTRODUCED
TO NEW PARTNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES SINCE 2009
30
15
TECHNOLOGIES SHOWCASED
19
COMMERCIALIZATION ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
GAIN Forum, October 2016, Fertile Ground - LA Urban Farming, for LA Innovation Week
83%
SHOWCASE COMPANIES FOUND
INVESTOR LEADS SINCE 2009
692
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
ON LARTA LINKTM, OUR ONLINE
MEETING SCHEDULER
DURHAM, NC
GLOBAL BRIDGE
A moveable CAP for any geography
ROMANIAN INNOVATION COMMERCIALIZATION
ACCELERATOR PROGRAM (RICAP)
“THE MENTOR TEAM OF RICAP WAS INVALUABLE WHEN IT CAME
TO PUTTING TOGETHER OUR INDUSTRIAL TRIALS, MARKETING
STRATEGY, HUMAN RESOURCES AND MORE. I AM A TECHNICAL
GUY, NOW I CAN SPEAK LIKE A SALESMAN THANKS TO THEM.”
CATWALK15 WAS ACQUIRED
BY GREPPY SYSTEMS
16
COMPANIES ASSISTED IN 2016
BOGDAN-ALEXANDRU DEAKY, CEO, BLUEMIND
COMMERCIALIZATION ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS
20