Allison Kopf
| Allison Kopf | |
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| Born | Allison Kopf March 2, 1990 New York, U.S. |
| 🏫 Education | Santa Clara University |
| 💼 Occupation | Businesswoman, CEO |
| Known for | Businesswoman, CEO of Artemis |
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 is positioned on many boards across many education and science boards as an Advisory Board Member for Santa Clara University and SCU Ciocca Center.[1][2]
Early life and education
Kopf was born and raised in New York, spending lots of time within the Black Dirt Region she had always had a high level of respect for the state farmers. As a child Kopf had an interest in science and technology and had planned to become and engineer in Silicon Valley. She later enrolled to Santa Clara University and went on to gain her bachelors of science degree within physics.[3]
Career
In 2008, while gaining her degree in physics from Santa Clara University, 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 for students at over twenty universities worldwide. Kopf's and her team raised over $1.2 million over two years and designed and built a solar-powered fully functional home.[3]
In 2011, after the Solar Decathlon had come to an end, Kopf found herself with an increased interest in solving problems within complex supply chains, which led her to join the American indoor farming company BrightFarms. During this time, Kopf who was one of the company's first employees became the company's Real Estate and Government Relations Manager, where she aided in scaling up projects across the United States in addition to focusing on how the organisation could improve operational performance of each site.[3][4][5]
In 2015, Kopf left her position at BrightFarms and founded Agrilyst, a web-based Cultivation Management Platform (CMP). Kopf's aim was to create a 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.[6][7]
During 2018, Kopf joined XFactor Ventures, a start up investment company that focuses on women and mixed gender team founders. Kopf stated "Female CEOs get 2.2% of venture capital raised and Less than 50 black women have raised more than $1 million in venture capital. This needs to change." Kopf focuses primarily on investing in organisations based within fields of Future of work, enterprise SaaS, agtech, and deep tech.[8]
During 2021, Artemis was acquired by iUNU, a developer of greenhouse management platforms, at which point Kopf became Chief Growth officer for the organisation.[9] During an interview with AFN, Kopf noted she is continuing her efforts to promote CEA and indoor farming as a solution for the issues of both food insecurity and climate change in which she described it as a valuable tool for ensuring the preservation of climate and food resiliency.[10]
Recognition
In 2016, Kopf was named Entrepreneur of the Year by technical.ly Brooklyn for her pioneering efforts in the newfound field of digital horticulture within her company Agrilyst.[11]
Following this in 2016, Kopf was named Change Maker of the year for her pioneering within the digital horticulture industry by the Association for Vertical Farming.[6]
In 2019, Kopf was named one of the winners of the Women of Influence award by the New York Business Journal and Bizwomen. The award was presented at a private wine dinner in November 2019 featuring Janet Trefethen of Trefethen Vineyards.[12]
In 2019, for her work to aid and power the Cultivation Management and horticulture industries. Allison was named as one of the Forbes 30 under 30 list.[1]
In 2021, Kopf was announced as 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.[13]
Personal Life
Kopf resides in Brooklyn, New York.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "30 Under 30 - Food & Drink (2019) Allison Kopf". Forbes. Forbes. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Allison Kopf". xfactor.ventures. Retrieved 3 August 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bobrow, Warren (22 August 2019). "Five Bold Questions For Artemis CEO: Allison Kopf". forbes.com. forbes. Retrieved 2 August 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Allison Kopf". necann.com/. Retrieved 2 August 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Kortum, Grace (29 April 2019). "Interview with Allison Kopf, Founder and CEO of Agrilyst". journal.businesstoday.org. journal.businesstoday. Retrieved 2 August 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Feder, Kora (12 December 2017). "Allison Kopf, founder and CEO, Agrilyst". thebridgebk.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Dillet, Romain (24 September 2015). "And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 Is… Agrilyst". TechCrunch. Retrieved 3 August 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Allison Kopf". xfactor.ventures. Retrieved 3 August 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Accelerating Our Growth – iUNU Acquires Artemis". artemisag.com. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Marston, Jennifer (29 March 2022). "Q&A: Scaling CEA's future farms with IUNU's Allison Kopf". agfundernews.
- ↑ Woods, Tyler (6 January 2016). "Here's who won the Brooklyn Innovation Awards last night". technical.ly. technical.ly. Retrieved 2 August 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Announcing Women of Influence honorees for 2019". bizjournals.com. bizjournals. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Bammatova, Natalia (24 June 2022). "Global Woman Fresh Project: connecting, inspiring and empowering women in the fresh produce business". Retrieved 3 August 2022. Unknown parameter
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External links
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Category:1990 births
Category:Living people
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