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!
Natalie Cira
Principle
BHP Ventures
Schuyler Dalton
Impact Investing (Regenerative Agriculture)
World Wildlife Fund
Monica Pani
Senior Associate
LDC Innovations at Louis Dreyfus Company
Advisors for wiNNERs
José Alvarez
Clinical Professor of Business Administration,
Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Schuyler Dalton
Impact Investing (Regenerative Agriculture)
World Wildlife Fund
Jim Feuille
Venture Partner
Crosslink Capital
Tobin Krieg
Principal
Falcon Ventures
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:
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Raised < $500k in dilutive funding
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Operating in the food & ag space
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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