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Rabobank Announces First Five Companies to Present at FoodBytes! Brooklyn
Rabobank,
the world's premier food & agribusiness bank, has announced the
first five of ten companies to present at FoodBytes!
Brooklyn and they are LoveTheWild,
Masienda,
Kakaxi,
FreshTemp,
and Arable
Labs. FoodBytes! Brooklyn is scheduled for Thursday, March 3, 2016
at The
Hall at MP in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
As part of their selection, each company will have the opportunity to
present for five minutes to an audience filled with investors,
technologists, media, and others. After the presentation, each company
will then have the opportunity to answer questions from the audience for
another five minutes.
The first five companies presenting at FoodBytes! Brooklyn are:
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LoveTheWild - pairs sustainable fish with bold flavors and easy
cooking instructions for an all-in-one solution to cooking great,
healthy meals at home. Increasing seafood consumptions will have a
meaningful impact on population health, and lighten our agricultural
footprints on the earth.
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Masienda -sell Mexican corn to meet the demands of chefs
producing high quality Mexican food in New York, Los Angeles and
beyond. Their core mission is to source, import and purvey the highest
quality products while creating a fair market that promotes
agricultural biodiversity, sustainability and supports smallholder
farmers in Mexico.
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Kakaxi - a 21st century solution to the growing disconnect
between farmers and consumer. The Kakaxi smart-farm monitoring device
and mobile App provides valuable information to farmers through data
collection and satisfies consumer curiosity through time-lapse video
and social news feed.
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FreshTemp - temperature management technology with cloud
connectivity that provides complete food safety and operations
management for commercial kitchens - from large-chain, quick service
restaurants to independent dining services to food retailers.
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Arable Labs - Created the Pulsepod - a complete solution for
crop management that provides scientific quality measurements such as
rainfall, crop water demand, water stress, microclimate, canopy
biomass and more. Jam-packedwith sensors that fit into the palm of
your hand and weighs under a pound with integrated mounting so it can
be used anywhere in vegetables, field crops, perennials or pastures.
"We are proud to announce the first five companies that will come from
across the country to present at FoodBytes! Brooklyn. From seafood to
food safety these companies are truly innovating in their fields and we
are excited to hear more when they take the stage at our event," said
Manuel Gonzalez, Head Western Region, Rabobank North America Wholesale.
"We look forward to announcing the next group that will round out the
top 10 demo companies later this month - we expect it will be a diverse
group that will showcase future possibilities in food and ag."
Startups in food, agribusiness and beverages that are interested in
presenting at FoodBytes! Brooklyn are encouraged to review the event
criteria and apply via the FoodBytes!
website by Thursday, February 18 at 5pm PT. The remaining five
companies invited to present at FoodBytes! Brooklyn will be announced
after applications close.
FoodBytes! Brooklyn is the first summit in the series to be held on the
East Coast. SF
New Tech, San Francisco's largest and longest-running tech showcase
company, and Food
+ Tech Connect, the New-York based site of record and community for
the food tech and innovation sector, are partnering with Rabobank to
bring FoodBytes! to New York.
FoodBytes! Brooklyn is the latest in a series of transformational
conferences designed to foster new ideas in food, innovation,
technology, and bring them together with investors. Previous FoodBytes!
events were held in San Francisco in 2015.
Investors looking to finance the next bright idea in food will meet new
and innovative companies that are disrupting across the food chain and
in food-related software and applications, distribution, manufacturing,
production and more. Approximately ten entrepreneurs and startup
companies will be chosen to present live demos of their ideas to
FoodBytes! Brooklyn attendees - investors, technologists, media, and
will have the opportunity to network with food and agribusiness
executives and opinion leaders, among many other industry influencers.
FoodBytes! Brooklyn is expected to draw over 350 attendees and tickets
are available to purchase via the FoodBytes! website and the media
partners for the event are Edible
Brooklyn & Gothamist.
For coverage of FoodBytes! Brooklyn, follow FoodBytes! and Rabobank on
Twitter (News - Alert) @FoodBytes and @RaboWholesale or view curated content via the
hashtag #FoodBytes.
About Rabobank
Rabobank Group is a global financial services leader providing wholesale
and retail banking, leasing, and real estate services in more than 40
countries worldwide. Founded over a century ago, Rabobank today is one
of the largest banks in the world, with nearly $1 trillion in assets,
and ranks among the 10 safest banks globally. In the Americas, Rabobank
is a premier bank to the food, agribusiness and beverage industry,
providing sector expertise, strategic counsel and tailored financial
solutions to clients across the entire food value chain. Rabobank.
The financial link in the global food chain.® NAW.Rabobank.com
@RaboWholesale.
About SF New Tech
SF New Tech (SFNT) is a world-renowned live platform for technology
startups to showcase their latest innovations in front of 100s of
tech-minded founders, engineers, investors, media, and more. Since 2006,
over 700 companies have leveraged SFNT to launch and/or demo their new
products, services, and features, including such internet luminaries
Evernote, Waze, 23andMe, Flipboard, Twilio, Splunk (News - Alert) and many other
pre-fame startups. As a cornerstone of the San Francisco technology
community and as SF's largest, longest-running, and most-loved
technology event, SFNT is laser-focused on putting innovators and their
innovations in the spotlight in front of their peers -- and beyond. SF
New Tech is been supported by amazing companies including Fathom Law,
Akamai (News - Alert), Microsoft, Twitter, DoubleDutch, Telerik, Macworld, The New York
Times, and many others. For more information, visit http://www.sfnewtech.com
@sfnewtech.
About Food + Tech Connect
Food+Tech Connect is the site of record and world's largest community
for the food tech and innovation sector. Over the past five years,
Food+Tech Connect has worked with game changing companies like
Applegate, Google (News - Alert) and Chipotle to build the world's largest community of
innovators working at the intersection of food, agriculture,
foodservice, technology, design, investment, media, retail and policy.
Food+Tech Connect gives innovators the tech and business insights,
connections and skills they need to transform the food industry through
its website, newsletters, events, consulting and business courses. Join
the community at foodtechconnect.com
and @foodtechconnect.
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