AgriSmart
Company

Last deal

$200K

Amount

Pre-Seed

Stage

23.02.2015

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1

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$200K

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date founded

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About Company
AgriSmart develops sustainable agriculture technology to cultivate crops and food products.

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founded date

01.01.2013

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Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Pre-Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

The company partners with the government of Côte d'Ivoire to lease over one million acres of certified forests and savannah land to establish large-scale intensive farming operations using modern mechanized equipment. AgriSmart aims to meet the growing demand for corn, palm oil, and other agricultural products while generating significant quantities of food, building productive capacity, reducing poverty, and restoring degraded forests. The company also prioritizes better crop management and post-harvest practices to raise yields and create higher-than-average-wage jobs for the people of Côte d'Ivoire and the region. AgriSmart offers various career opportunities, including for Wounded Warriors.
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Number of Funding Rounds

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Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 23.02.2015. Their latest round Pre-Seed

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23.02.2015
$200K
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People

Founders
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Bonita Brisker
Bonita Brisker

Bonita Brisker

Bonita Brisker, Principal, brings 25 years of experience in project management across a diverse area of media and corporate operations. A consultant within a network of international luminaries, specializing in budgets, contracts and deliverables. Executive Producer at the helm of million-dollar independent film projects, Bonita has worked in collaboration with Columbia, Sony, Paramount and other mass-media conglomerates. Using her global business ties, Bonita brings together this experience with cause-related marketing, “feeding the world” through impact entrepreneurship. Bonita is CEO of Brisk Enterprises.

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AgriSmart
AgriSmart

organization founded

1

Bonita Brisker

Michel Lodugnon
Michel Lodugnon

Michel Lodugnon

Michel Lodugnon is a native Ivorian and dual Côte d’Ivoire / US citizen with notable international business development, public-private partnerships, and startup experience. Mr. Lodugnon has provided economic and financial advisory services to international governments, organizations and companies. He identifies and analyzes business opportunities in the US agro-industry sector, for potential matchmaking with public or private sector entities in developing countries. For example, in 2006-2007 Michel structured the team and package for purchase of the NESTLE factory plant in Fulton (upstate) New York - the buyer was the government of Côte d’Ivoire. He also provides strategic advisory services to coffee and cocoa producing countries, to add value to their export commodities.

current job

AgriSmart
AgriSmart

organization founded

1

Michel Lodugnon

H. David meyers
H. David meyers

H. David meyers

H. David Meyers, is an entrepreneur, attorney and businessman with many diverse talents. After graduating from the University of Miami, he earned his J.D. degree at George Washington University Law School. As an innovative and successful industrialist, he has created, developed and prospered in several companies that have been listed on the NYSE. He was chairman of the board for TimeSaver/Mastercard and Visa. Meyers is also a world-renowned oboist, performing extensively throughout America to critical acclaim in virtually every major concert venue, from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to the Kennedy Center, performing with the New York City Symphony Orchestra, New York City Center Opera, Miami Philharmonic, and the Virginia Chamber Orchestra to respectively name a few. H.David is a strong supporter with deep passion for the Wounded Warrior Trust Programs, thus beginning his own non-profit organizational branch as founder and Executive Director of Beethoven Found for Wounded Warriors.

current job

AgriSmart
AgriSmart

organization founded

1

H. David meyers

Employee Profiles
4
Bonita Brisker

Bonita Brisker

Principal, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer

H. David meyers

H. David meyers

Chairman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Michel Lodugnon

Michel Lodugnon

Co-founder and President

Trey Warme

Trey Warme

Chief Information Officer

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