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2023 vsaFt
pitch competition

The 2023 VSAFT Startup Competition featured exciting startups in the agriculture, food, and technology space

2023 VSAFT Pitch Competition Winner

Congratulations to Hunter Craft, CEO of Puebla on winning this year’s Start-Up Pitch Competition! The conference is thrilled to have seen so many great startups apply to present during the event. The judges were particularly impressed with Puebla’s vision for changing the way tropical agriculture is distributed across the world and Hunter’s responses during the Q&A portion.

We’d also like to extend a thank you to all our participants and judges, without whom this wouldn’t have been possible! Thank you again to our amazing judges: Natalie Cira from BHP Ventures, Schuyler Dalton from the World Wildlife Fund, and Monica Pani from the Louis Dreyfus Company!

Learn more about Puebla here: https://www.puebla.io/

judges

We are excited to confirm the following judges for the Pitch Competition finals!

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Natalie Cira

Principle

BHP Ventures

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Schuyler Dalton

Impact Investing (Regenerative Agriculture)

World Wildlife Fund

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Monica Pani

Senior Associate

LDC Innovations at  Louis Dreyfus Company

Advisors for wiNNERs

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José Alvarez

Clinical Professor of Business Administration,

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Schuyler Dalton

Impact Investing (Regenerative Agriculture)

World Wildlife Fund

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Jim Feuille

Venture Partner

Crosslink Capital

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Tobin Krieg

Principal

Falcon Ventures

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Daniella Reischstetter

Clinical Professor of Business Administration,

Faculty Advisor (Center for Entrepreneurship),

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Pitch competition details

Top 10 companies land on the desk of prominent foodtech VCs. Winner receives 1:1 advisory time with advisors.

Top 3 companies presented live virtually to prominent foodtech VCs on April 27, 2023 @ 5pm w/ judge Q&A.

 

Company Eligibility:

  • Raised < $500k in dilutive funding

  • ​Operating in the food & ag space

  • Less than 5 years old 

Prizes

Opportunity to pitch at VSAFT 2023

 

1:1 meeting with chosen VC advisors

KEY dates

April 15th: Decision made on teams that move to due diligence phase

April 1st – April 15th: due diligence practice with Tuck team virtually for companies selected. Top 10 land on the desk of prominent foodtech VCs

April 27th @ 5pm: Top 3 present live virtually to prominent foodtech VCs with judge Q&A

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