We invest at the nexus of Food and Health.

St. Louis
Joined October 2012
Noon(er) Chat Friday, April 19 11:30 am central time Co-host: @jcarterwil Thank you to @CraryAg for sponsoring the chat! Check out their Big Top Product line up! youtu.be/wwByRD91w74?si=UCm5…
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Kevin Van Trump and Carter Williams feature and discuss the newest disruptive technology hitting the ag industry in their new podcast series titled, "Your Outsourced Ag CTO" @KevinVanTrump @jcarterwil @iSelectFund EP: 001 - @HitchPin_Ag Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/vsiopbY0aRc
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In honor of Halloween, we dig into 7 of the spookiest #soil microbes that affect our industry. The kind of microbe that causes big #agronomic damage, and keeps green industry professionals and #farmers like yourselves up at night. Read about it here: hubs.li/Q01q33nm0
The Mayor reminded me today that we do not need permission to lead. He is leading on a simple #t2d message. Diabetes is often curable with diet.
Switching to a plant-based diet transformed my life. Thank you, @CrusoniaForum for bringing together innovative growers, entrepreneurs, doctors, and food investors this morning. I look forward to working with you to create a more nutritious food supply for all New Yorkers.
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Should we be worried about the regulatory future of #plantbased products? Maybe. The FDA and the US Department of Agriculture still have no accepted definition of plant-based, opening up companies in the space to potential regulatory risk. bit.ly/3dPENFe
The Digital Medicine Society, also known as DiMe, has launched a collaborative initiative focused on integrating sensor-generated data into patient care and clinical research. Amazon, the FDA and Oracle are among the participants. bit.ly/3EBgbvU #digitalhealth #wellbeing
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Can Machine Learning help researchers unlock more precise lab results for patients? Investigators from the @WeizmannScience and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center @tasmc1, might have the answer. bit.ly/3xYMUbV @iSelectFund #machinelearning #healthcare
New study claims 50% of VC investments are “good” rather than the accepted 5%.If so, half of all VC fund managers outperform the public markets and are worthy of institutional investment. Should VC be looked at more closely like the S&P 500? bit.ly/30Zo2on @iSelectFund
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10% of the world is undernourished. The @UN recently addressed the many issues impacting the global #foodsystem. How can we make a healthier, more sustainable, equitable and resilient #foodsystem widely available? go.nature.com/3v0wpdQ @iSelectFund
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Can scientists halt or slow the #aging process? Altos Labs was recently formed with this in mind and is bringing on world renowned scientists to help. This is a frontier worth keeping an eye on. bit.ly/2X0nOLS @iSelectFund #antiaging
Do you know @tylercowen? He’s the best #talent evaluator in the world, with a knack for spotting emerging talent years before the masses. How? Here’s what he looks for. bit.ly/3BqwoCk @iSelectFund #recruiting #investing
Researchers have created a new #technology to implant CRISPR altered stem cells in mice to deliver a drug that fights inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis. This could help many different conditions. bit.ly/3mv07E1 @iSelectFund #arthritis #pharmanews #rheumatology
Worth a read. @MIT’s Jones Prather has created a new biologic way to produce chemicals at scale. bit.ly/3a7LUqO @iSelect #bacteria #microbes #syntheticbiology
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At 9:30ET this morning, @BensonHillInc, a leading food technology platform and iSelect portfolio company, started trading under the symbol BHIL. Food technology companies, like Benson Hill, form the foundation of a healthier, more sustainable food system. bit.ly/3AVXSPX
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Good news that @Danone SA is expanding its year-old partnership with @Brightseed, but when a $50B #food company gets into #plantbased and #foodishealth there’s even more to celebrate. bit.ly/38lDqeE #foodtech #futureoffood
Replying to @RobertLustigMD
@RobertLustigMD knows what he’s talking about when he says our modern diet of processed foods and high sugar is destroying our health. This excerpt from his latest book, Metabolical, is worth a read. bit.ly/382G492 #foodishealth
Synthetic #biology means we can improve the taste, nutrition and yield of current crops using combinations of breeding, GMO, and gene editing. bit.ly/3k40iF3 @iSelect Fund @Benson Hill #synbiology #foodishealth #CRISPR
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The future may happen faster than any of us plan. If you thought a lot happened in the last 100 years, what needs to be true to achieve similar exponential gains in the next? bit.ly/3m7tyO1 @iSelectFund #AI
How important is #gut bacteria and our #microbiome? Very. So much so that people aged 100+ might even have special #bacteria to help ward off infections. bit.ly/3CUWVJm @iselectfund #health @EvolveBio @Holobiome_Inc
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