Allison Kopf is founder and CEO of the enterprise Cultivation Management Platform (CMP) Artemis (formerly known as Agrilyst). Kopf is also Investment Partner at XFactor Ventures and serves on boards related to companies and organizations in the education and science sectors such as Santa Clara University and SCU Ciocca Center.[1][2]
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| Born | Allison Kopf March 2, 1990 New York, U.S. |
| Education | Santa Clara University |
| Occupation(s) | Businesswoman, CEO |
| Known for | Businesswoman, CEO of Artemis |
Early life and education
editKopf was born and raised in New York, and went to Santa Clara University and gained her bachelors of science degree within physics.[3]
Career
editIn 2008, while gaining her degree, Kopf started her professional career in the solar industry, where she became the project manager for the California entry into the Solar Decathlon, a design and engineering competition. Kopf and her team raised over $1.2 million over two years and designed and built a solar-powered fully functional home.[3][4]
In 2011, Kopf joined the American indoor farming company BrightFarms. During this time, Kopf worked as the company's Real Estate and Government Relations Manager, where she aided in scaling up projects in addition to focusing on how the organisation could improve operational performance of each site.[3][5][6][4]
In 2015, Kopf left her position at BrightFarms and founded Agrilyst, a web-based Cultivation Management Platform (CMP). The business intelligence platform to increase efficiency within the agriculture and farming industry, by pulling in data from sensors in greenhouses and information about crop yields and other metrics. Within the same year of the start up, Agrilyst won TechCrunch Disrupt's start up competition.[7][8][9][4] As of 2019 Agrilyst's customer base consisted of 50% cannabis industry customers to aid in crop growth and maintenance.[3]
During 2018, Kopf joined XFactor Ventures, a start up investment company that focuses on women and mixed gender team founders. she focuses primarily on investing in organisations based within fields of future of work, enterprise SaaS, agtech, and deep tech.[10]
During 2021, Artemis was acquired by iUNU, a developer of greenhouse management platforms, at which point Kopf became Chief Growth officer for the organisation.[11]
Recognition
editIn 2016, Kopf was named Entrepreneur of the Year by technical.ly Brooklyn for her efforts in the newfound field of digital horticulture.[12]
Following this in 2016, Kopf was named Change Maker of the year for her work within the digital horticulture industry by the Association for Vertical Farming.[7]
In 2019, Kopf was named one of the winners of the Women of Influence award by the New York Business Journal and Bizwomen.[13]
In 2021, Kopf was named the winner of the Woman of Impact award from Global Women Fresh, an event that brings together women in produce to close the gender divide within the industry.[14]
Personal life
editKopf resides in Brooklyn, New York.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "30 Under 30 - Food & Drink (2019) Allison Kopf". Forbes. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Allison Kopf". xfactor.ventures. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d Bobrow, Warren (22 August 2019). "Five Bold Questions For Artemis CEO: Allison Kopf". forbes. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Will climate change move agriculture indoors? And will that be a good thing?". Grist. 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ "Allison Kopf". necann.com/. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ Kortum, Grace (29 April 2019). "Interview with Allison Kopf, Founder and CEO of Agrilyst". journal.businesstoday.org. journal.businesstoday. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ a b Feder, Kora (12 December 2017). "Allison Kopf, founder and CEO, Agrilyst". thebridgebk.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ Dillet, Romain (24 September 2015). "And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 Is… Agrilyst". TechCrunch. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Taylor, Harriet (24 September 2015). "What won the day at Tech Crunch Disrupt? Agriculture". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ "Allison Kopf". xfactor.ventures. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Accelerating Our Growth – iUNU Acquires Artemis". artemisag.com. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Woods, Tyler (6 January 2016). "Here's who won the Brooklyn Innovation Awards last night". technical.ly. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Announcing Women of Influence honorees for 2019". bizjournals.com. bizjournals. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ Bammatova, Natalia (24 June 2022). "Global Woman Fresh Project: connecting, inspiring and empowering women in the fresh produce business". Retrieved 3 August 2022.