Finistere Ventures and International Farming Corporation Team up to Launch Willow Hill Ventures
Summary
Willow Hill Ventures is an agtech fund with a captive farmland base and on-farm innovation ecosystem dedicated to growth capital.Leveraging the combined expertise and resources of Finistere and IFC, the fund offers a solution to farmer challenges, with dedicated acreage and proprietary scientific testing programs for rapid in-field iteration, and a diversified platform of crop varieties, weather, growers and long-standing agricultural partners to transfer knowledge to growing companies.The Willow Hill advantage is distinct, offering a diversified platform of crop varieties, weather, growers and long-standing agricultural partners to transfer knowledge to growing companies.“Today’s farmers are bombarded with a dizzying array of technology solutions while trying to navigate evolving consumer food trends and the pressures of a consolidating farm sector,” noted Charlie McNairy, CEO of IFC.Willow Hill will focus on best-in-class AgTech solutions in informatics/big data, novel farm systems, food quality and nutrition, genetics and seed tech that increase the sustainability, profitability and productivity of agriculture.