State of Agritech - 13th September 2023

With every Goliath and David agritech coopting Regenerative Ag, ‘Regenerative Agriculture’ has officially entered the trough of disillusionment

Programming Note 1: The next members-only town hall will happen this Friday, 15th September at 2 PM IST (830 AM GMT). Agritech Investor Sanjiv Rangrass will be presenting the framework for Digital Index in Agriculture for discussion. Members can RSVP for the event.

Programming Note 2: August warmed the cockles of my heart. (I should celebrate more birthdays:)). Special thanks to paid subscribers who made this possible😍. For brave agritech founders and investors building the future of agriculture, I want to invite you to join us with another offer to commemorate the Ides of September: 20% off for the next 6 days.

Crushing Grapes is a characteristic activity for the month of September in Roman Art (Image Courtesy: Wikipedia)

In Today’s Edition:

1/ Middlemen Collectives (courtesy Syngenta vs. Bayer)

Whether it is Farmrise or Centrigo, Bayer and Syngenta are building smallholding platforms to pursue collectivisation of farmers and gain strategic control over the emerging breed of digitally-enabled middlemen: Collectives.

2/ Making Sense of Satsure’s $15 Mn Series-A Funding

When it comes to earth observation data in agriculture, should the cart be placed before the horse or the other way?

3/Bye Bye Irrigation Tech! Hello Precision Agriculture! (courtesy Fyllo)

How to avoid the curse of no-funding venture activity in smallholding irrigation tech contexts? You embrace the positioning of precision agriculture. Case In Point: Fyllo

1/ Middlemen Collectives (courtesy Syngenta vs. Bayer)

Bayer and Syngenta are pursuing the collectivisation of farmers in smallholding contexts through divergent means. Why is collectivisation important?