July 2019, Salinas, CA, USA and Champaign, IL, – AgTech Insight LLC, Salinas, CA and Verdant Partners LLC, Champaign, IL are excited to announce the formation of a strategic alliance between the two firms. In its simplest form, AgTech Insight will advise and provide services to Verdant on a non-exclusive basis in the digital and precision agriculture consulting segment while Verdant will advise and provide services to AgTech Insight on a non-exclusive basis for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances related to ag technology. The focus of the mutually beneficial effort is aimed at improving both firm’s capabilities across a broader array of services for clients in the ag technology sector.

Blake Croegaert, Senior Associate at Verdant Partners said, “We are thrilled about the opportunity to work with AgTech Insight and its affiliates to improve Verdant’s ability to facilitate clients’ broad needs through greater knowledge, experience, and resources in the ag technology segment available at AgTech Insight. We’ve been impressed with the AgTech Insight team and their understanding of the complex challenges and opportunities in this market, which Verdant believes will be crucial to the future success of agribusinesses and growers in all verticals of agriculture.”

Aaron Magenheim, Founder of AgTech Insight stated that, “We are excited about the additional value we can provide our clients by working with Verdant Partners and the Verdant team has been exceptional to work with! As the global AgTech industry matures there is going to be a lot of consolidation thus having an experienced global leader in Agriculture M & A as a resource for our team and clients is crucial to allow us at AgTech Insight to concentrate on our core expertise. Both our teams have complementary experience throughout the industry which leads to an even wider variety of consulting expertise coupled with growing business from locally to globally. As we started collaborating, it has become clear that we are working towards the same goals and together we can exponentially help the industry for years to come!”