Ryan D. Teksten

Founder and Managing Director

2017 - Current

● AgTech-focused Investor, advisor and mentor to early-stage AgTech, Enterprise IT & FinTech companies. Focused on deal-specific Angel/SPV/Fund-of Funds investments. ● Investments include: TellusLabs (acquired by IndigoAg, Dec 2018), Greensight Agronomics, Vence, Verdical, SmartYields, and Work-Bench, LP Fund II. ● Investment thesis and operating ethos creates deep relationships with early stage companies and key leadership across a broad portfolio of businesses ranging across animal health, nutrition, biotech, yield improvement, crop protection, water utilization, agronomy, and supply chain solutions. ● Builds deep and authentic relationships throughout the agtech innovation ecosystem ranging from corporations, incubators, academia, event coordinators, and other VCs.

Founder and Managing Principal

2008

● As a boutique consulting firm, we focus on agtech’s hard problems: innovation, spinouts, corporate strategy, and complex financial modeling. ● We specialize in crafting international business development strategies, new product generation, and go-to-market solutions that win; bringing clarity to nebulous concepts and programs. ● Our clients include early stage companies, family offices with operating agricultural companies, large corporations, and academics looking to dive deep into the nexus of agriculture, technology, and finance. ● Services include: C-level advisory services, tech investment and innovation strategy, board management, M&A roadmap planning, complex financial modeling, organizational design, sourcing/evaluating partnerships, acquisition, and investment diligence. ● A leading mentor and advisor to early stage companies disrupting complex agriculture, finance, and technology-enabled markets.

Advisor/Investor

2017

GreenSight provides an integrated HW/SW/Data platform in the cloud for land managers--ranging from Turf, to Agriculture, to Defense, We combine automated drones, advanced sensors, and data analytics to deliver superintendents and farmers actionable alerts enabling them to better manage water, pesticide, and fertilizer usage. www.greensightag.com

Investor

2018

Senior Director, Venture Investments

2020 - 2024

● Developed and championed the team’s crop science digital, environmental, and food security investment theses--Water, Sustainability, Soil Health,, Nitrogen replacement, and Carbon. ● Lead investor in four leading AgTech companies: SoundAg, EarthOptics, GuardianAg, ChrysaLabs. ● Board member and committee member across 7 companies over 4.5 years, including NewLeaf Symbiotics, Amfora, IBI-Ag. ● $50m+ USD deployed in four years ● Builds deep and authentic relationships throughout the AgTech innovation ecosystem ranging from corporates, incubators, academia, event coordinators, and other VCs

Board Member

2023 - 2024

Board Member

2021 - 2024

Board Member

2021 - 2024

Board Member-Observer

2020 - 2024

Board Member

2020 - 2023