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Wilbur-Ellis Announces Student Teams Honored in “Wilbur-Ellis Innovation Award”
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SAN FRANCISCO – August 8, 2022 – Today, Wilbur-Ellis is announcing the winners of the firstWilbur-Ellis Innovation Award, which invited student teams from U.S. colleges and universities to submit innovative ideas for feeding a growing world population. The winner of the $25,000 Grand Prize is the Kansas State University Entomology Team for their submission “Insects…
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Wilbur-Ellis’ Cavallo Ventures Featured in Magazine Story on Ag Innovation
Mike Wilbur, President and CEO of Cavallo Ventures, was featured in an article in Successful Farming magazine about agriculture innovation. Wilbur talked about how Wilbur-Ellis – through its Cavallo Ventures venture capital arm – is investing in the development of new agriculture technologies, helping to bring them to market for customers. The Successful Farming story…
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Cavallo Ventures Hires Brett Morris as Managing Director
Venture capital arm of Wilbur-Ellis focuses on technology, innovation SAN FRANCISCO – January 11, 2021 – Cavallo Ventures, the venture capital arm of Wilbur-Ellis, announced today the addition of Brett Morris, CFA®, as managing director. Morris will be responsible for evaluating and developing technology investment opportunities for the business divisions of Wilbur-Ellis, a leading international…
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Beta Hatch Closes Series A1 Funding Round for Continued Innovation of Its Insect Feed Technology
Company to Break Ground on Largest Mealworm Facility for Animal Feed in North America CASHMERE, WASH.,May 21, 2020 – Beta Hatch, a company industrializing the production of insects as a sustainable protein for animal feed, today announced the close of their Series A1 funding. Co-led by Cavallo Ventures, Wilbur-Ellis’ venture capital arm, and early-stage venture…
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Sound Agriculture Announces Adam Litle as Chief Executive Officer
Leadership Expansion Supports Company Evolution in Sustainable Food and Agriculture Solutions EMERYVILLE, Calif. (April 16, 2020) – Sound Agriculture is pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Litle as Chief Executive Officer. Adam brings years of experience as a senior executive in the food, ag and biotech space, making him well positioned to support the…
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MICHAEL D. WILBUR JOINS WILBUR-ELLIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SAN FRANCISCO – October 21, 2019 – Wilbur-Ellis announced today that Michael D. Wilbur has joined the Company’s board of directors. Wilbur currently serves as president and CEO of Cavallo Ventures, Inc., the venture capital arm of Wilbur-Ellis, a leading international marketer and distributor of agricultural products, animal nutrition, and specialty chemicals and ingredients. In…
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AGROSPHERES RAISES $4 MILLION IN A SERIES A FINANCING ROUND LED BY OSPRAIE AG SCIENCE
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – August 27, 2019 – AgroSpheres, Inc., an agricultural technology company developing a novel delivery system for crop protection products, announced today that it has raised $4 million in a Series A financing round. Venture capital firm Ospraie Ag Science led the investment round that also included Cavallo Ventures, the venture capital arm…
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CAVALLO VENTURES PORTFOLIO COMPANY AGCODE HIRES LANCE DONNY AS INAUGURAL CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER
GLENWOOD, Minn. – August 21, 2019 – AgCode Inc., an industry-leading, comprehensive software-as-a-service (SAAS) specialty crop solution and a Cavallo Ventures portfolio company, announces today the appointment of its first Chief Commercial Officer, Lance Donny. Donny will be based out of Fresno, California, and will bring his extensive experience to AgCode’s software and other offerings…
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Cavallo Ventures invests in the future of feed with Performance Livestock Analytics
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 01, 2019 – Cavallo Ventures, Inc., the venture capital arm of Wilbur-Ellis, a leading international marketer and distributor of agricultural products, animal feed and specialty chemicals and ingredients, announced today an investment in Performance Livestock Analytics (PLA), the Ames, Iowa, based producer of livestock analytics software Performance Beef™. “We look…
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New COO and NSF Grant Fuel Beta Hatch Growth and Efficiency
SEATTLE – Nov. 1, 2018 – Beta Hatch, a Seattle, Washington-based company industrializing the production of insects as a sustainable protein for animal feed, announced the appointment of Dr. Lisa Newman as its inaugural chief operations officer and a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, both supporting the Company’s efforts towards scaling for commercialization. Newman, a…
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