Dean Tilyard

Dean is Chief Executive of The Factory and Sprout Agritech, a New Zealand start-up advisory and accelerator specialising in early stage agritech investment. Dean has experience with multiple start-ups and technologies and is a founding member of the New Zealand Angel Association where he received the Association’s inaugural Kotahitanga Award. Dean has founded an angel investor network, two seed investment funds and is a Venture Partner for Finistere Ventures.

Dean is also a director of Levno (on farm IoT) and Invert Robotics (robotic inspection). Dean has a BA(Hons) in Economics and Geography from Otago University.