David Friedberg

Extracted Attributes

• Born

  1980-06-06

• Degree

  Astrophysics

• Alma Mater

  University of California, Berkeley

• Occupation

  Entrepreneur, Businessman, Angel Investor

• Nationality

  South African, American

• Board Member

  Lavoro, Pattern Ag, NorQuin, Clara Foods, Tillable, Cana Technologies

• Current Role

  CEO, Chairman, and Co-founder of Ohalo Genetics

• Dietary Preference

  Lifelong Vegetarian

• Patents Contributed

  32

Timeline

• Born in South Africa. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1980-06-06

• Graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with an Astrophysics degree. (Source: Web Search)

  2001

• Founded WeatherBill, which later became The Climate Corporation. (Source: Web Search)

  2006

• WeatherBill was rebranded as The Climate Corporation. (Source: Web Search)

  2011

• The Climate Corporation was acquired by Monsanto for $1.1 billion, becoming the first unicorn in agricultural technology. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, DBPedia, Web Search)

  2013-00-00

• Joined Monsanto's executive leadership team after the acquisition of The Climate Corporation. (Source: Web Search)

  2013-00-00

• Metromile, a company he founded, went public on NASDAQ. (Source: Web Search)

  2021-00-00

• Metromile was acquired. (Source: Web Search)

  2022-00-00

David Friedberg

David Albert Friedberg (born June 6, 1980) is a South African-American entrepreneur, businessman, and angel investor. He founded and was chief executive of The Climate Corporation, whose $1.1 billion sale to Monsanto in 2013 made it the first unicorn in the emerging agricultural technology space. He is founder and CEO of The Production Board (TPB). He is a co-host of the All-In podcast, alongside David Sacks, Jason Calacanis & Chamath Palihapitiya. Spanning his career, he has contributed to 32 patents.

Web Search Results

• David Friedberg - Wikipedia

  David Albert Friedberg (born June 6, 1980) is a South African-American entrepreneur, businessman, and angel investor. He founded and was chief executive of The Climate Corporation, whose $1.1 billion sale to Monsanto in 2013 made it the first unicorn "Unicorn (finance)") in the emerging agricultural technology space. He is founder and CEO of The Production Board (TPB). He is a co-host of the All-In "All-In (podcast)") podcast, alongside David Sacks, Jason Calacanis & Chamath Palihapitiya. [...] Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia ## Contents # David Friedberg | David Friedberg | | | --- | --- | | Friedberg in 2020 | | | Born | (1980-06-06) June 6, 1980 (age 45) South Africa | | Citizenship | South African, American | | Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley | | Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, businessman, angel investor | [...] Friedberg is one of the four co-hosts of All-In "All-In (podcast)"), a business and investment podcast with Chamath Palihapitiya, David O. Sacks, and Jason Calacanis. Friedberg is a lifelong vegetarian. ## References ## External links Wikimedia Foundation Powered by MediaWiki

• David Friedberg Biography | Booking Info for Speaking Engagements

  David Friedberg is the CEO, chairman, and co-founder of Ohalo Genetics, which is accelerating evolution to unlock nature's potential. Friedberg excels at developing and deploying agricultural technologies that boost farmer productivity while reducing humanity's land, water, and energy footprint. [...] Friedberg is founder and former CEO of The Climate Corporation, offering hardware, software, and insurance services that bring together hyper-local weather monitoring, agronomic data modeling, and high-resolution weather simulations to help farmers protect and improve their operations. Friedberg founded the company in 2006; it was acquired by Monsanto in 2013. He was previously with Google, where he held several roles in corporate development and product management. Before Google, Friedberg [...] Friedberg is also CEO and founder of The Production Board (TPB), a venture foundry that builds and invests in technology businesses in food, agriculture, and life sciences. Prior to TPB, Dave was founder and CEO of The Climate Corporation, the world’s leading digital agronomy software platform, used by farmers across 200+ million acres worldwide. Monsanto acquired The Climate Corporation in 2013, when he joined Monsanto (now Bayer) as a member of the executive leadership team. Earlier in his

• About - David Friedberg - All-In Podcast

  Dave Friedberg is CEO, Chairman, and co-founder of Ohalo Genetics, which is accelerating evolution to unlock nature's potential. Dave excels at developing and deploying agricultural technologies that boost farmer productivity while reducing humanity's land, water, and energy footprint. Dave is also CEO and founder of The Production Board (TPB), a venture foundry that builds and invests in technology businesses in food, agriculture, and life sciences. Prior to TPB, Dave was founder and CEO of

• David Friedberg - The Production Board

  ## David Friedberg ## CEO and Partner ‍Dave Friedberg is CEO of TPB. Dave helps set strategy, define TPB’s investment theses, and manages key TPB investments. Dave is a director on the boards of Lavoro (Latin America's largest ag inputs retailer) and Pattern Ag (the leading predictive agronomy company focused on soil biology). ‍ [...] Before TPB, he was founder and CEO of The Climate Corporation, the world’s leading digital agronomy software platform, used by farmers across 200+ million acres of farms worldwide. The Climate Corporation was acquired in 2013 for over $1 billion by Monsanto, where Dave joined as a member of the executive leadership team. ‍ [...] Dave was also the founder of Metromile, the world’s leading digital auto insurance platform, which went public on NASDAQ in 2021 and was acquired in 2022. Earlier in his career, Dave held senior roles in Corporate Development and Product at Google. ‍

• David Friedberg - Founder & CEO, The Production Board - buildd

  ## Nurturing other Companies as a Board Member David Friedberg is also an active investor. He is a board member and executive chairman of several companies. A few well-known names are NorQuin, Clara Foods, Tillable, and Cana Technologies. ## You'll love these stories too! Luis von Ahn [...] Born in South Africa, David Friedberg moved to Los Angeles early in his life. He became the president of an environmental club in high school. This sparked Friedberg’s drive to improve environmental sustainability. In 2001, he bagged an Astrophysics degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Download buildd app ## Stepping into the Corporate World Friedberg enjoyed research during his coursework. This nurtured his entrepreneurship and business skills. [...] He left Google and founded WeatherBill in 2006. The company provided farmers with weather forecast tools and insurance. Friedberg renamed WeatherBill to The Climate Corporation in 2011. And in 2013, the company was acquired by Monsanto for $1 billion. Managing business at WeatherBill, Friedberg realised it was challenging to establish insurance businesses.

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• Gender

  male

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  angel investor

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  1/1/1980

David Albert Friedberg (born 1 June 1980) is an American entrepreneur, businessman, and angel investor. He founded and was chief executive of The Climate Corporation, whose $1.1 billion sale to Monsanto in 2013 made it the first unicorn (finance) in the emerging agricultural technology space. He is currently founder and CEO of The Production Board (TPB). He is a co-host of the All-In podcast. Spanning his career, he has contributed to 32 patents.