Meet the experts at your service

A team with a singular goal of enabling positive impact by helping distinctive entrepreneurs

Founding Team

  • Rajiv Singh

    Fmr. CEO, Rabobank N. America

    Investment experience across a wide range of stage and size from start-ups to multi-billion acquisitions in food and ag.

  • Soren Schroeder

    Fmr. CEO, Bunge Ltd.

    Over 35 years of leadership experience in Global Agribusiness and Food Ingredients.

  • Matt McKenna

    SVP PepsiCo, Senior Advisory to U.S. Sec of Ag.

    Over 25 years of experience in CPG, food, finance and agriculture.

  • Greg Looser

    Co-Founder and Partner, Clarion Offshore Partners (Blackstone Energy Fund)

    25 years of global investing, management and risk mitigation experience.

Syndicate Team

  • Paul Lightfoot

    Founder, Fmr. CEO BrightFarms

    Experienced entrepreneur and operator; founded and ran BrightFarms for over a decade, growing it from inception to a national brand.

  • Peter Yolles

    Founder, WaterSmart Software

    Experienced entrepreneur and operator; founded and ran WaterSmart Software for over a decade before being acquired by VertexOne.

  • Kishor Nayar, PhD

    Water-Energy Consultant

    MIT PhD, Forbes 30 Under 30 (Energy), former clean-tech entrepreneur with 10 years of energy-water experience and recognized technical due-diligence expert.

  • Stephen Haggerty

    Fmr. Head of Research for Bank of America in New York and Hong Kong

    Also a former Head of Research for Moon Capital. Has over 25 years of experience on Wall Street and Financial Services.

  • Eric Rasmussen

    Fmr. CFO of Meridian Bioscience

    Held leadership roles in strategy and corporate development for Arconic, Lear Corp., Adient; a strategic adviser with background in corporate strategy, M&A, new product and technology investments, corporate finance.