
From seed sales to forest seedlings, Collin Phillip has worked where agricultural ideas meet customers. At Verdex Capital, he is bringing that commercial experience to the question of how Canadian farmers get the money to put innovation to work.

After building, selling and rebuilding agricultural marketing firms, Len Kahn has taken his farm-bred instincts into agtech. His career is a case study in staying close to the customer, saying the useful thing out loud and always keeping one move in reserve.

From Olympic operations to orchestra halls and the Canadian egg aisle, Natalie Rumscheidt has built a career around a deceptively hard assignment: making familiar things feel worth noticing again.