Building an Investable Agriculture Ecosystem | Glenn Argenbright

About the Guest

Glenn Argenbright has 30 years’ experience operating and running a variety of private, pre-IPO, and public technology companies. He has founded over a dozen startup ventures, resulting in three public offerings, nine exits, and billions in shareholder returns. His background includes expertise and projects in software, firmware, middleware, hardware, enterprise, SaaS, consumer goods, and Web and mobile applications.

In 2017, Glenn launched Quake Capital, an early-stage venture fund with offices in New York, Austin, Los Angeles, and Cologne Germany (through a partnership with Deutsche Telekom). Quake is now on its eighth fund, with over 300 investments and nine exits across its portfolio. The firm was recently recognized as the second most active funder of female founders worldwide (Forbes); one of the ten most active early-stage funds (Crunchbase); and one of the twenty most active venture funds in NYC (Pitchbook). And, according to published CrunchBase data, Quake is the #1 early-stage fund in the world for diverse founders (2021 Beta Boom Study of over 3,400 global early-stage funds, incubators, and accelerators). All of Quake’s funds rank in the top 20% of venture performance with their latest fund producing Net IRR of roughly 40%.

Glenn has appeared as a guest lecturer at numerous universities and startup events throughout the U.S. In addition, he’s been interviewed for both print and television, with features in/on Barron’s, Bloomberg, Business Week, CNBC, CNN, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fox Business, Fox News, Inc. Magazine, Wired, and many others.

What can you expect to learn from this episode of Popular Pig?

• What makes industries investable and how agriculture can step up to attract outside capital.
• Why agriculture needs a strong network of founders, mentors, and investors to drive real innovation.
• The importance of practical, results-driven solutions over flashy tech trends.
• How to focus on sustainable improvements instead of short-term fads.
• Lessons from other industries that agriculture can apply to boost long-term success.