Gabe Blanchet is co-founder and CEO of Grove, an indoor farming company that helps people grow fresh, tasty fruits and vegetables inside homes and restaurants. Grove leverages the power of IoT, proprietary seed pods, and ecological expertise to engage customers and guarantee great flavor, high yields and long-term customer satisfaction.
Gabe co-founded Grove with MIT classmate Jamie Byron and together, they have raised capital from renowned investors, including Upfront Ventures, Steve Ross, Tim Ferriss and Gary Vaynerchuk, and received recognition at events such as Fortune’s Brainstorm E Conference and Techonomy. Gabe has been listed on Forbes 30 under 30 and the Kairos Society 50 Emerging Global Entrepreneurs to Watch. Previously, he led business development and customer learning at Boston startup GrabCAD, which was acquired for $100M. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from MIT.
Agriculture
Startups Stirring Up the Future of Food
Session Description: Massive innovation is changing what we eat and how it’s made. Farmers are data scientists as plants grow in factories and even our kitchens. To see presentations from these panelists, use the More On This sidebar or follow the below links: Zoe Leavitt Charles Baron Gabe Blanchet David Rosenberg The panel’s session transcript can […]
Startups
Gabe Blanchet on Startups Stirring Up the Future of Food
Session Description: Massive innovation is changing what we eat and how it’s made. The transcript is available below, while the PDF version can be found here. Startups Stirring Up the Future of Food (Transcription by RA Fisher Ink) Blanchet: That cues me up pretty well. So my name’s Gabe Blanchet. I started a company called Grove […]
180° Shift: When Local Means Your Kitchen
Blanchet: My name’s Gabe Blanchet, I’m co-founder and CEO at Grove Labs. It’s a pleasure to be here. To start this off I’d like to see a show of hands, how many people in here have grown a plant? A windowsill basil plant all the way to a full-fledged farm? Awesome. So I’m kind of […]
Conferences
Techonomy 14
This year Techonomy moves to the beautiful Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, November 9-11, on the cliffs south of San Francisco, near Silicon Valley.
