The Future and the Farm
Inventions that capture the public’s attention tend to the whiz-bang: self-driving cars, gadgets we talk to that order our groceries. But 869 tech founders surveyed by venture capital firm First Round Capital find other innovations more compelling. They ranked 14 major tech categories as being over- or underhyped—and were most excited about some that don’t always win headlines.
In 2017, the highly hyped VR industry pocketed $2.5 billion in funding through November, according to Digi-Capital. But AgFunder’s stats find agtech nearly doubled that—$4.4 billion—
