Agri-Esprit
Profitable and scalable Sustainable Agriculture deploying the latest data management, ICT and artificial intelligence technologies.
- Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
- Industry Clean Technology
- Location Strasbourg, Alsace, France
- Currency EUR
- Founded March 2010
- Employees 7
- Website agri-esprit.com
Company Summary
We offer software supported services to farmers. Services consist of Implementing a platform that integrates all relevant data & data capture systems & generates selected management reports, establishing a systematic Continuous Improvement Process & applying novel, proprietary learning algorithms. This leads to increased & more efficient production of wholesome food while reducing usage of water, fuel, crop chemicals & nitrogen fertilizers.
Team
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Dr. Christian LinkeProject Management Lead
- Co-Owner of Sylphium-SAS, Management Consulting
- 10 years at John Deere: technology foresight, scouting, evaluation, market research, business development
- Deep turn-around expertise with distressed farming operations
- Broad practical Ag operations experience: green houses, dairy, large-scale crop farm mechanization
- In-depth knowledge of the science and practice of agricultural systems
- PhD. Agronomist from Hohenheim University, Germ -
Jeffrey NadisonPresident
- Former Associate Provost (Innovation), NTU, Singapore
- 7 years of investing in early-stage technology start-ups
- 25 years commercializing innovation globally: Unilever, DuPont, Aventis, John Deere
- M&A: acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, licensing, research collaborations… over $750M in transaction value
- Board positions on start-up companies in Singapore, France, Germany, UK
- BSc. Food Chemistry UMass Amherst, MBA, UCLA, ESS -
Samir SekkatTechnical Development and core IT system Lead
- Expert knowledge in computer languages and databases for highly flexible applications
- Deep experience as software architect and lead consultant in large IT projects
- Extensive experience as a trainer for computer languages
- Expert in agile software development processes
- Advanced working experience with a variety of standard computer languages and functional programming
- Mechanical engineering, Technische Universität München -
Vincent ToupsTechnical Development and Core IT system
- PhD Theoretical Physics, Post-doctoral Researcher, UNC, Chapel Hill
- Computational Neuroscience
- Outstanding Graduate in Physics (LSU Physics Dep't), 2002
- Scholars of Tomorrow Fellow (UNC Graduate Program), 2002
- Expert in the application of mathematical, statistical, programming and modeling skills to complex systems to extract meaningful information and present it in clear and useful ways. -
Ronald KrauseData Integration, Sensor and Telematics Lead
- Partner, GEOsens Measurement Systems & Software Development
- Expert in environmental monitoring installations
- Project management & operation of VitiMeteo, official grape disease prediction system
- Project management of Dataphyto, official Swiss plant protection chemical database for vegetables
- Development & operation of INetControl environmental monitoring & alert system
- Diploma Geological Science, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Fre -
James AndersonTechnical Development and Core IT System
- Graduate of, and former professor at MIT
- 40 years development experience
Co-Founder of Dydra, a powerful graph database in the cloud designed to make the most of highly connected data, like social networks
- Lead developer of a financial markets prediction application for a group of private investors in the US and Germany. The system, which derives market predictions from sentiment-based analysis, was deployed by Dow Jones
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