Financing Scale, Liquidity And Returns In Agri Food & Agtech

This closed-door pre-summit briefing is designed exclusively for LPs, venture capital, private equity, corporate venture arms, sovereign capital, and strategic investors active across agri-food, climate, and deep tech sectors. It provides a focused opportunity to understand where capital is flowing, how risk is being re-priced, and what business models are proving scalable in real-world agricultural systems.

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14:15
  1. Breakout Room
    60 mins

    This session provides a macro-level map of the agri-food and agtech investment landscape. Participants will examine how global forces are reshaping the sector, including geopolitical fragmentation, climate-driven production risk, supply chain reconfiguration, and input cost volatility.

    Key areas of focus include:

    • Evolution of capital flows across agri-food innovation ecosystems
    • Valuation trends and emerging consolidation dynamics
    • Risk re-pricing across geographies and production systems
    • The role of strategic capital versus traditional venture funding
    • Shifting investment appetites across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Ukraine-linked supply systems
15:15
  1. Breakout Room
    30 mins
15:45
  1. Breakout Room
    75 mins

    This session moves from macro trends to investment decision-making and execution realities. It focuses on how investors evaluate agtech and agri-food innovation in practice, particularly at early and growth stages.

    Key themes include:

    • Why many agtech ventures fail to transition from pilot to scale
    • What defines true scalability in fragmented agricultural markets
    • Deep tech defensibility versus commercial execution risk
    • The impact of biological timelines on investment structures and exits
    • The role of retailers, corporates, and supply chains in enabling scale
    • Capital models better aligned with long-cycle agricultural innovation
17:00
  1. Breakout Room
    75 mins