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David Friedberg

Disciplines:
entrepreneurship
venture capital
podcasting
technology/agriculture technology

Summary

American entrepreneur, co-host of the All-In Podcast, founder of The Production Board (food and agriculture technology investment firm), and former CEO of Climate Corporation (sold to Monsanto for $1.1B).

Core Contribution

Built one of the first major data-science companies applied to agriculture (Climate Corp) and continues to invest in agricultural and biological technology — bringing a science-first approach to venture capital and making food systems a major investment thesis.

Historical Influences

Google engineering culture Data science tradition

Intellectual Lineage

Google AlumniClimate TechnologyAgricultural TechnologyAll-In Podcast

Contemporaries & Peers

Jason Calacanis Chamath Palihapitiya David Sacks

Minds Influenced

Agricultural technology investingAll-In Podcast audience

Intellectual Posterity

Climate CorporationAll-In Podcast Agricultural technology VC

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