Venture Capital – Prime Future

Animal AgTech Venture Capital

Byjanettebarnard20March 6, 2023April 11, 2023

Prime Future 142: Is animal agtech venture viable?

When I started writing this newsletter in 2020, if you had asked me what I’d be doing in 2023, I would have told you...

Emerging Tech Funding Venture Capital

Byjanettebarnard20January 30, 2023April 11, 2023

Prime Future 137: It’s time to call it, farm mgmt software was a wash.

Riddle me this: What do you call a category of companies that raised a ton of venture capital and, a decade later, had not one...

AgTech Animal AgTech Venture Capital

Byjanettebarnard20November 28, 2022December 28, 2022

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Prime Future 128: The overlap between FTX and funny business in cattle feeding

The FTX implosion is a train wreck and I 👏🏽can👏🏽not👏🏽 look away. It’s shocking because of the scale of the implosion and the depth...

AgTech Animal Health Venture Capital

Byjanettebarnard20October 17, 2022December 28, 2022

Prime Future 122: Not all heroes wear capes.

I’m increasingly convinced that in a world of blowhards who overpromise and underdeliver, to underpromise and overdeliver is a superpower. Not only is it a...

AgTech Animal AgTech Venture Capital

Byjanettebarnard20July 25, 2022December 28, 2022

Prime Future 110: Rising from the averages: a cattle story

“If the cattle industry is to survive, it must adapt to new customer demands and scientific knowledge to create a better product. The industry’s...

AgTech Animal AgTech Venture Capital

Byjanettebarnard20May 30, 2022December 28, 2022

Prime Future 102: What if Cargill, Tyson & Pilgrims were venture-backed companies?

Imagine an alternate universe where William Cargill, Sam Walton, John Tyson, Bo Pilgrim, and JR Simplot had access to venture capital in their early...