Resident agtech startups at Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology are making news
By Sara Isenberg Founder, Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Santa Cruz Tech Beat March 9, 2018 — Santa Cruz, CA Last week we published Boost Biomes Launches..
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Boost Biomes Launches With $2.05M Seed Funding to Develop Microbiome-Based Products
(Contributed) February 27, 2018 — Salinas and San Francisco, CA Boost Biomes today announced the close of a $2.05M seed round — led by Nimble Ventures..
Six AgTech Co’s Selected to Compete for Up To $250K Equity Investment
(Contributed) October 25, 2017 — Salinas, CA [Editor’s note: While Western Growers is based in Irvine and S2G is based in Chicago, The Western..
THRIVE bridges heartland of California agriculture with worldwide technology providers
By Emily Breslin THRIVE Marketing Manager Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat August 17, 2017 — Salinas and Los Gatos, CA The THRIVE Venture & Innovation..
Watch: Food Origins Success Story
(Source: Western Growers Association, YouTube) May 11, 2017 — Salinas, CA Nathan Dorn, founder of Food Origins, tells us about a case study where he..
10 named THRIVE Accelerator winners
By Amy Wu The Californian April 13, 2017 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Eric Smith, visiting fellow at Western Growers, and Jessica Bollinger of Arable..
herScript Hacks will focus on agtech at this year’s hackathon
(Source: eventbrite) April 6, 2017 — Salinas, CA Event Summary herScript Hacks is an annual regional hackathon meant to engage and excite the tech..
Minority Women Entrepreneurs Share Stories in “From Farms to Incubators”
By Jan Janes Special to Santa Cruz Tech Beat February 18, 2017 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Amy Wu, producer of the multimedia presentation “From..
Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology (WGCIT) celebrates one-year anniversary
(Source: Taylor Farms blog) January 19, 2017 — Salinas, CA (Photo: The Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology (WGCIT) celebrates its..
Western Growers announces new leader for premier agtech startup incubator
(Contributed) November 2, 2013 — Salinas, CA (Photo above: Dennis Donohue has been selected to lLead WGA’s Center for Innovation & Technology..