Learn from a Local: Kyle Cobb, President of advanced.farm

About Our Speaker: Kyle Cobb

Kyle Cobb is the President and Co-Founder of advanced.farm. Before advanced.farm, Kyle was a Co-Founder of Greenbotics, a cutting-edge platform for robotic solar panel cleaning that was acquired by SunPower in 2013. Kyle has a diverse business background ranging from investment banking to product management, and has an undergrad and an MBA degree from UCLA. He lives in Davis with his wife and two children.

About advanced.farm

advanced.farm is a 21st-century ag equipment company centered around robotics, with a current focus on automating harvest and postharvest in fresh fruit. The two initial crops on which the company has demonstrated their equipment include strawberries and apples. In each instance, the company has leveraged strategic partnerships to help co-design the solution to meet the needs of their customers. advanced.farm is based in Davis, California and has raised over $40M of venture investment led by Kubota, Yamaha, CNHi, Catapult Ventures and Impact Ventures.

To learn more visit www.advanced.farm

About The Series: Learn From a Local

Learn from a Local is an on-going speaker series hosted by AgStart, a non-profit organization supporting entrepreneurs advancing innovation in agriculture, food, and health. Typically on the 1st Thursday evening of every month, AgStart hosts a local speaker from the agriculture, food, and health world to speak on a topic relevant to our entrepreneurial ecosystem. Our goal is to offer a space to connect with local individuals and learn from leaders in our local AgriFoodTech sector on topics relevant to our AgStart community. Events take place in our AgStart Event Center: 1100 Main St., Suite 170, Woodland, CA 95695. An approximate event agenda is detailed below.

Learn more at www.agstart.org