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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
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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
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