Meet Kyle Cobb, cofounder of Advanced.Farm, an agricultural robotics startup, and learn about his startup journey.
Kyle Cobb, cofounder, president and CFO of Advanced.Farm, will share his story and respond to questions in an “AMA” (ask me anything) format. Advanced.Farm builds robots for the next frontier in farming and is based in Davis, CA.
Aaron Anderson, principle at Impact Venture Capital, whose portfolio includes Advanced.Farm, will interview Kyle in a Fireside Chat and then we’ll open it up to questions from the audience. Attendees will gain valuable insights from Kyle that they can apply to their own startup journey.
Light refreshments will be provided. This event is hosted by the Sacramento Entrepreneurial Growth Alliance whose members include StartupSac, the Growth Factory, the Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Sac State, and CleanStart.
Who should attend: Innovators, Startup Founders, Students
Date: Tue, May 10, 2022, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
Location: Inventopia, 630 Pena Drive #100 Davis, CA 95618
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This event is organized by the Sacramento Entrepreneurial Growth Alliance, a network of collaborative entrepreneurial ecosystem builders with a bias towards action and a commitment to grow equitable opportunities and fuel a thriving regional economy. The alliance includes StartupSac, the Growth Factory, the Carlsen Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Sacramento State, and CleanStart and is open to new members.
Kyle Cobb, Co-founder, President and CFO
Kyle is the Co-Founder and President of advanced.farm, a venture-backed startup based in Davis that is developing robotic farm equipment for the next generation of agriculture. At advanced.farm, Kyle is reunited with a Founding team that had prior success in robotics with a company called Greenbotics. Greenbotics pioneered robotic solar panel cleaning for utility-scale solar farms, and was ultimately acquired by SunPower in 2013. Before Greenbotics, Kyle worked in mergers and acquisitions at Bank of America and Pearson (a London-based education company). Kyle has a B.A. in Business Economics from UCLA and an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He lives in Davis with his wife and two kids.
About Advanced.Farm
Advanced Farm Technologies develops robotic technology for farmers. In 2019, Advanced Farm became the first U.S. company to commercialize robotic strawberry harvesting, bringing fresh fruit to market using its innovative T-6 platform designed specifically for soil-planted beds. With more than $70 million in customer commitments, Advanced Farm is working to innovate its technology through collaborative partnerships, including one with the U.C. Davis breeding program, to develop a full spectrum of automated solutions for in-field strawberry harvesting from picking to sorting and packing.To learn more about Advanced Farm Technologies check out their website: https://advanced.farm/
This event is part of Davis Discovery Days, a collaborative weeklong schedule of events for the innovation community, fostering the most significant advances in research and innovation for global impact.
This first annual event series, happening May 9-13, 2022, will offer a cluster of tailored initiatives to engage expert innovators, researchers, investors, producers and manufacturers from across the globe who are committed to advancing long-term solutions for challenges at the intersection of food and health. These collaborative world-class events foster and unveil the most significant scientific advances and create new connections with senior-level stakeholders around opportunities for investment or collaboration that could launch bold ideas onto the global market. For a full listing of all Davis Discovery Days event, visit the website.
