LP flight, AI, and competition vs collaboration: AFN’s top guest articles in 2025

Most of us began the year asking if 2025 would see the agtech sector recover from its lows of the last couple years.

AgFunderNews’ top guest contributors this year—a mix of startup founders, investors, and scientists—zeroed in on much the same. Why are LPs walking away from agtech? Are ag biologicals actually an investible category? How is AI impacting this sector? Do capital models need a complete makeover for food and ag?

Read here: Rice, the staple crop most VCs forgot
Amy Duffuor, Azolla Ventures cofounder and general partner
Barrios Labarthe, Azolla Ventures rice investment fellow