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

  • Dr. Christian Linke
    Project 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 Nadison
    President

    - 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 Sekkat
    Technical 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 Toups
    Technical 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 Krause
    Data 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 Anderson
    Technical 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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