About
Sarah Nolet is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Tenacious Ventures, an Australia-based agri-food venture and advisory firm. She leads the firm's investment and advisory activities across early-stage startups and established organizations, focusing on commercialization challenges in the sector. Nolet holds an engineering background and an MBA from MIT Sloan, and hosts Agtech So What, a podcast covering agri-food innovation.
Sarah Nolet @svnoles
Have you ever been on a call with a competitor, and wondered how much it's safe to share? Or wondered if one of your competitors could buy you? In this week's #agtechSoWhat pod, we dig into a real life case study of an #agtech startup merger! Listen here:
Apr 16, 2025 Β· β₯ 6 Β· β 1
Sarah Nolet @svnoles
Who pays for sustainability in agriculture? How does the term "regen" land with farmers? Which beer is the best beer to drink while listening to #agtechSoWhat? π» We dig into these sticky questions & more this week with @BrookeMGAS π https://t.co/KxgMAU4Pua https://t.co/jjtao5Pobf
Apr 2, 2025
Sarah Nolet @svnoles
"Dynamics of being able to support the channel & the advisor of the farmer has been consistently one of the drivers of strong adoption of different ag technologies" Channel economics are key in #agtech ... but how is the channel changing? πLatest pod with @ShaneAgronomy
Mar 5, 2025 Β· β₯ 3 Β· β 3
Experience
- Tenacious VenturesCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2018 β presentGreater Sydney Area
- AgTech...So What? PodcastHostcurrent2018 β present
- The Australia New Zealand Agritech CouncilCouncil Membercurrent2019 β present
- Industry Innovation and Science AustraliaDirector2020 β 2022Australia
- AgThenticFounder2016 β 2022Greater Sydney Area
- Australian Agritech AssociationBoard Member2020 β 2022
- Farmers2FoundersCo-Founder (acquired)2019 β 2021
- Global Shapers CommunityMember2016 β 2020Greater Sydney Area
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementSystem Dynamics TA2015 β 2016
- MIT Sloan School of ManagementFood Systems Project Coordinator for the Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan2015 β 2016Cambridge, MA
- MIT Sustainability SummitCo-Managing Director2014 β 2016Cambridge, MA
- MIT Sustainability SummitFellow, System Design and Managment Program2014 β 2016
- MIT Sustainability SummitPresident2014 β 2016Cambridge, MA
- MIT Sustainability SummitResearch Assistant2015MIT Sloan School of Management; MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design
- Frontier Co-opSustainability Systems Analyst2015North Liberty, IA
- Charles River AnalyticsScientist2011 β 2013
- Tufts University Computer Science Dept.Teaching Assistant2009 β 2011
- Tufts University Computer Science Dept.Research Assistant2010
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyM.S. Engineering and Management, System Design and Management2014 β 2016
- Tufts UniversityB.S., Computer Science2007 β 2011
Skills & more
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CPublic SpeakingLanguages Spanish
- Sustainability Certificate β MIT Sloan School of Management
- Essentials of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Operations β PatchPlus Consulting
- Certified Scrum Product Owner β Jeff Sutherland, Scruminc.
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Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,290
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Also worked at AgThentic1
Also worked at Farmers2Founders4
Also worked at MIT Sloan School of Management103
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Also worked at MIT Sustainability Summit438
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Investments
Board seats
Earthodic Inc.
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