Martha Schlicher

General Partner at Cultivation Capital

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Biography

Martha Schlicher is a General Partner at Cultivation Capital focused on AgriFood Tech investments. Her firm profile records over 30 years of global life sciences experience, leading technology identification, development and commercialisation at Monsanto and at agricultural startups, and CEO roles at Plastomics and Impetus Ag. She is Board Chair of Plastomics, Board Chair and cofounder of Solis Agrosciences, and a board member of Vive Crop Protection and Impetus Ag, and is an Executive in Residence at BioGenerator. She holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Northwestern University. The Form D for Cultivation Capital AgTech Fund IV, L.P. names her as a Director of the fund's general partner.

Education

• University of Illinois, PhD Organic Chemistry
• Northwestern University, MBA

Previous Experience

• Monsanto, executive
• Plastomics, Chief Executive Officer
• Impetus Ag, Chief Executive Officer

Notable Investments

Board Seats

• Plastomics
• Solis Agrosciences
• Vive Crop Protection
• Impetus Ag

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