Clean Crop Technologies Welcomes Pete Oberle to Its Board of Directors
Holyoke, MA based agriculture technology start-up investor and Managing Partner of Trailhead Capital joins advisory board.
HOLYOKE, MA, April 29, 2024 – Clean Crop Technologies (“Clean Crop”) is thrilled to share that long term Clean Crop investor and board observer, Pete Oberle, Managing Partner of Trailhead Capital, will be joining the Board of Directors.
“Having Pete step up from an observer to an active role on our Board of Directors is a major win for us” expressed Dan White, CEO & Co-Founder of Clean Crop. “His extensive experience and networks in regenerative agriculture innovation and investing gives us invaluable support to our growth and strategic direction as we scale.”
Oberle joins fellow board members, including co-founders Dan White and Daniel Cavanaugh, investor Amy Duffuor of Prime Impact Fund/Azolla Ventures and independent Board Member, Justin Frankert, formerly a Bowery Farming executive, and currently CTO of Phood Solutions.
With over 25+ years of finance and investing experience, Oberle brings a wealth of knowledge in strategic growth across a variety of industry sectors. Since 2014, he has been investing in companies seeking to improve food and agriculture systems, and since 2020 doing so as Managing Partner at Trailhead Capital. Prior to Trailhead, Oberle spent 15 years in private equity overseeing +$9 billion of investments throughout the US and Asia at Rockpoint and FREO Group. Before that, he spent 6 years in investment banking covering agriculture, life sciences, cable and telecom companies. Oberle earned a B.A. at Dartmouth College, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Trailhead Capital, a Boulder-CO based mission-driven venture capital firm, seeks to create outstanding financial, societal, and ecological returns by backing entrepreneurs who are building the regenerative future of food and agriculture. The investment framework is based around soil, systems, and stakeholders with the impact potential to improve crop yield and nutrient density of food, reduce GHG emissions, and develop more resilient communities.
Pete Oberle shared his excitement about joining the board, saying, “Clean Crop is a portfolio company that we’re proud to back at Trailhead Capital. I’m eager to contribute more directly to Clean Crop’s growth as they deploy their Clean Current technology as the new standard first line of defense against crop disease globally.”