Remi Schmaltz

General Partner & Founder, Koan Capital Corp.

Remi is a proven ag-business leader with a true entrepreneurial passion; experienced in driving meaningful revenue and value in agriculture including raising capital, structuring strategic partnerships, building businesses, and exiting. Recently he led and Co-founded Decisive Farming an industry leading digital agtech company that raised venture funding from McRock Capital, one of Canada’s top technology venture funds. Remi successfully negotiated an exit to TELUS that resulted in Decisive Farming being a founding part of TELUS Agriculture and was awarded the Most Significant Tech Transaction in 2020.

Today, Remi is the co-founder and General Partner of Koan Capital (www.koan.vc), which invests in early stage Agtech companies. He actively mentors start-ups as a THRIVE mentor, A100 member, CDL Ag Associate, an advisor and Director on several private company boards.